HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Approving Preliminary Plat for a Major Amendment to the Scenic Valley Subdivision RESOLUTION NO. 18-647
RESOLUTION APPROVING PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR
A MAJOR AMENDMENT TO THE SCENIC VALLEY SUBDIVISION
FOR THE CITY OF AMES
WHEREAS,Hunziker Development Co.,LLC,received preliminary plat approval for Scenic
Valley Subdivision on June 10, 2014, and since that time, three final plats, comprising of 68 lots,
have been approved and infrastructure for those lots installed; and,
WHEREAS,the proposed revision to Scenic Valley Subdivision includes a change in the lot
layout for the cul-de-sacs, grading, and storm water design; and,
WHEREAS,the proposed changes are a major amendment to the approval due to the changes
in the proposed storm water infrastructure; and,
WHEREAS, the most significant change is that the storm water will be routed to the
northwest across land owned by Friedrich Land Development, LLC, and this area is not currently
part of the boundaries of the Scenic Valley Subdivision and is located within the county; and,
WHEREAS,the City Council directed staff to begin the annexation process for the 108 acres
of land owned by Friedrich Land Development, LLC,; and,
WHEREAS,Hunziker Development Co.,LLC,and Friedrich Land Development,LLC,are
working on a joint storm water plan that will take the Scenic Valley storm water onto the Friedrich
property; and,
WHEREAS, the initial preliminary plat had the storm water from the northwest detention
pond flowing through a pipe to the south, then emptying in the Squaw Creek flood plain; and,
WHEREAS, this plan has the storm water directed through a swale to the northwest, south
of an existing identified wetland on the Friedrich property, and prior to the final plat, appropriate
easements for the final storm water plan will be needed; and,
WHEREAS, in addition, the revised plat includes new easements necessary for extending
utilities to the adjacent properties to the north; and,
WHEREAS, since the approval of the initial preliminary plat,the Ames Urban Fringe Plan
was amended to designate the properties west of George Washington Carve Avenue and south of
Cameron School Road as Urban Residential, allowing annexation and development.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,
that the revised Preliminary Plat for the Scenic Valley Subdivision is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 11`' day of December, 2018.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk John . Haila Mayor
Introduced by: Corrieri
Seconded by: Betcher
Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin, Martin,Nelson
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this I I'day of December, 2018.