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Item # ILI
Date: February 9, 1999
COUNCIL ACTION FORM
SUBJECT: FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH FREEL
DRIVE/EAST LINCOLN WAY WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION DISTRICT
BACKGROUND:
When a City installs utilities abutting undeveloped properties, the City may assess the
project or the City may recoup construction costs through fees collected at the time
utility service is requested as allowed by Section 384.38(3) Code of Iowa, 1997.
This ordinance establishes fees to be charged to the developable portion of the Lange's
farm property south of East Lincoln Way and east of the Skunk River. The developable
portion of the Lange's property in the flood plain that can be filled amounts to 12.745
acres and is shown on the attached plat. The proposed fee for sanitary sewer
improvements is $1,185.64 per acre and the proposed fee for water main improvements
is $823.53 per acre.
If the entire area is developed, the City could recoup up to $15,105 for sanitary sewer
improvements and up to $10,500 for water main improvements that have been installed
by the City and not assessed to the Lange's property. The costs for the sanitary sewer
improvements were determined from the Freel Drive sanitary sewer lift station
assessment that was to be levied on the Lange's property. The costs for water main
improvements were determined by using the property frontage along East Lincoln Way
and multiplying it by the established water main fee of $10.00 per foot.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Approve the ordinance and recoup City costs to install utilities when properties
are developed.
2. Reject the ordinance and do not recoup City costs to install utilities.
MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED ACTION:
It is the recommendation of the City Manager that the City Council approve the East
Lincoln Way Water and Sewer Connection District ordinance.
COUNCIL ACTION: