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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Rural Water Service for properties within the City's two-mile jurisdiction RESOLUTION NO. 02-411 RESOLUTION APPROVING REQUESTS FOR RURAL WATER SERVICE FOR PROPERTIES LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY'S TWO-MILE JURISDICTION FOR THE CITY OF AMES WHEREAS, in Iowa,cities retain the right to designate whether they will provide water service within two miles of their corporate boundaries; and, WHEREAS, if a request for water service is received,the City must designate whether they will serve the requesting parties or allow rural water systems to provide service; and, WHEREAS, if the City indicates that they will provide the service, it must be constructed within four years; and, WHEREAS,the City and Xenia Rural Water System established water service territories around the City; and, WHEREAS, at the time of the designation of which entity would provide service, it was known that it would be necessary to modify the designation on a case-by-case basis for those properties on the"edges"; and, WHEREAS, over the past several months, Xenia Rural Water System has been constructing water facilities in the area to meet their designated customers' demands, and as a result of its work, it has received requests from five property owners to provide them with rural water; and, WHEREAS, the five properties are in the area that the City had previously retained for water service (Riley property,Kingsbury property,Belz property,McCay properties,and Reyes property); and, WHEREAS, the McCay request for rural water involves two properties in the Land Use Policy Plan (LUPP)Growth Area B,and it is expected to be in excess of 15 years before sanitary sewer is available in the area and development takes place; and, WHEREAS, because of this timing, it is appropriate to give permission to Xenia to serve these two properties; however, since the land is in the growth area, an agreement should be signed that requires the landowner to pay any and all costs related to disconnection of the rural water facilities when the land is annexed into the City. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that the requests for rural water service for Riley,Belz,and Kingsbury are hereby approved;the McCay request is hereby approved subject to signing an agreement to pay any and all costs related to disconnecting from rural water when the land is annexed to the City; and,the Reyes request for rural water service is hereby denied. ADOPTED THIS 23rd day of July,2002. C:�&�?. U� Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ted Tedesco,Mayor Introduced by: Goodhue Seconded by: Cross Voting aye: Cross, Goodhue, Quirmbach,Vegge,Wirth Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 23rd day of July,2002.