HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-02-12-Resolutions 07-40_Connect Fee Ord - Sugar Creek Pump Station - Set PHTHE CITY OF WAUKEE,IOWA
RESOLUTION NO.07-40
TO FIX A DATE OF MEETING AT WHICH IT IS PROPOSED TO APPROVE AN
ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE SUGAR CREEK PUMP STATION CONNECTION
FEE DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SECTION 384.38 OF THE CODE OF IOWA
IN THE NAME AND BY THE A UTHORITY OF THE CITY OF WAUKEE,lOW A
WHEREAS,Section 384.38 of the Code ofIowa authorizes cities to establish by
ordinance connection fee districts and corresponding schedules of fees in order to allocate the
cost of improvements necessary to extend sewer service to properties within such a district;and
WHEREAS,pursuant to Section 384.38,the City of Waukee (the "City")has proposed to
establish the Sugar Creek Pump Station Connection Fee District (the "District")with a
corresponding schedule of connection fees,has prepared an ordinance for such purpose and it is
now necessary to set a date for a hearing on such proposal and to make provision for the
publication of notice thereof;
NOW THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Waukee,
Iowa,as follows;
Section 1.This Council shall meet on the 19th of March,2007,at 7:00 o'clock p.m.,
at the Waukee City Hall,in the City,at which time and place a public hearing will be held and
the Council may take to approve an ordinance establishing the Sugar Creek Pump Station
Connection Fee District,a copy of which has been placed on file in the office of the City Clerk.
Section 2.The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the proposed action,the
time when and place where said meeting will be held,by publication at least once not less than
twenty days before said meeting in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the City.Said
notice shall be in substantially the following form:
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PASSAGE OF AN ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHING THE SUGAR CREEK PUMP STATION CONNECTION FEE DISTRICT,
PURSUANT TO SECTION 384.38 OF THE CODE OF IOWA
The City Council of the City of Waukee,Iowa,will meet at the Waukee City Hall,on the
19th of March,2007,at 7:00 o'clock p.m.,at which time and place a hearing will be held and
thereafter action may be taken to approve an ordinance establishing the Sugar Creek Pump
Station Connection Fee District,as authorized by Section 384.38 of the Code ofIowa.A copy of
said proposed ordinance has been placed on file in the office ofthe City Clerk.
The Sugar Creek Pump Station Connection Fee District shall serve to equitably distribute
the costs associated with the Sugar Creek Pump Station so as to allow the conveyance of sanitary
sewer waste for treatment from the benefited area constituting the district which is necessary to
extend sewer service to property owners in the district.
The Sugar Creek Pump Station Connection Fee District shall include the property
described on exhibit A.
The connection fee shall be in an amount equal to the maximum acre area of contiguous
property,or fraction thereof,within the connection fee district,under such ownership which can
be served through such proposed connection,multiplied by the per acre connection fee
established in the Ordinance to Establish a Connection Fee District for that district.Issuance of
building permits and/or Mobile Home Permits shall not occur until such time as any and all fees
have been paid in full.
The necessary improvement include a pump station with a capacity 2.26 MGD and a
trunk line from the pump station site to the existing Sewer Treatment Plant Facility.The district
includes 280 acres of benefited area and he total project costs are estimated at $932,578.59.
The proposed fees are be based upon the equitable costs of extending sewer service to the
properties in the district.The fees may increase annually based on the following schedule to
recoup interest.From the effective date of this ordinance,fees shall be imposed on a per acre
basis in the following amounts:
Calendar Year
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
COl111ectionFee (Per acre)
$3,330.63
3,630.39
3,957.12
4,313.26
4,701.45
5,124.58
5,585.79
6,088.51
6,636.48
7,233.76
At the meeting,the Council will receive oral or written objections from any resident or
property owner of the City.Thereafter,at the meeting or at an subsequent meeting,the Council
may:
1.Create the connection fee district as proposed and affirm the proposed connection fee.
2.Alter the proposed connection fee district or the proposed connection fee;or
3.Make any other provision relative to the proposed connection fee district or connection
fee which the council determines to be equitable in the premises.
This notice is given by order of the City Council of Waukee,Iowa,in accordance with
Section 384.38 of the Code ofIowa.
JEFFREY L.KOOISTRA
City Administrator
Section 3.
repealed.
All resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby
Passed and approved February 12,2007.
Attest:
ROLL CALL VOTE
Donald L.Bailey,JI.
Isaiah McGee
JeffV.Mertz
Darlene Stanton
Mike Watts
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ABSENT
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