HomeMy WebLinkAboutA027 - Request for Initiation of Voluntary Annexation within North AmesITEM #:29
DATE:01-14-25
DEPT:P&H
SUBJECT:INITIATION OF VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION WITHIN NORTH AMES OF
MULTIPLE PROPERTIES GENERALLY BETWEEN GEORGE W. CARVER
AVENUE AND HYDE AVENUE
COUNCIL ACTION FORM
BACKGROUND:
The City has received annexation petitions from the Robert J. Borgmeyer Trust and Margaret A.
Borgmeyer Trust, Northridge Height's Homeowners Association, and Erben and Margaret Hunziker
Apartments, LLC, for seven properties east of George W. Carver Avenue extending to Hyde Avenue
and south of Ames Golf and Country Club (AGCC).
An annexation plat is included in Attachment A. With this application for annexation, it triggers
consideration by City Council of including non-consenting properties and use of previously agreed
upon covenants for future annexation of properties to eliminate islands and to make more uniform
boundaries as provided for under state statute for voluntary annexation.
The Borgmeyer properties are the largest property ownership within the annexation petition.
The Borgmeyer properties are also the last significant area of unincorporated land in the Ames
Plan 2040 north Urban Growth Scenario. They represent an important development opportunity
that is readily serviceable with relatively short extensions of City infrastructure, based upon
previous infrastructure planning.
Along with Borgmeyer property annexation, it would be appropriate to review infrastructure needs for
development of the area with the future developer and prepare a developer agreement. This
would address construction of infrastructure needed to support the Borgmeyer development, such as a
traffic study, extension of Stange Road concurrent with development, looping of water lines, extension
of a sanitary sewer, development of shared use paths and trails, and neighborhood park dedication. The
Addendum includes more discussion regarding these issues and consistency with Plan 2040.
A local development group that includes Friedrich and Hunziker Companies has a purchase agreement
for the Borgmeyer property. Their intent is to develop the property as a residential neighborhood with a
commercial area as identified within the existing Ames Plan 2040 designations of Residential
Neighborhood 4 (RN-4: Walkable Urban) and Neighborhood Core - Mixed Use (see Future Land Use
Map in Attachment B).
In order to eventually approve the proposed Annexation petition as presented, the City Council
will be required to include several nonconsenting properties. There is a long history of
annexations and covenants for consent to annex property in this area. The overall amount of
territory with the annexation, depending on the decision of the Council on the initiation, could be
approximately 400 acres of land. This amount would include the original application, the Ames
Golf and Country Club, The Irons Subdivision, a railroad corridor, and other properties along
Hyde Avenue.
Under Iowa Code Section 368, up to 20% of the total land area of a voluntary annexation may be
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comprised of nonconsenting properties (referred to as the 80/20 rule). This is allowed by statute to
avoid creating islands or to create more uniform city boundaries. With the annexation of the Borgmeyer
properties, three properties along George W. Carver Avenue would need to be annexed as they would
otherwise be islands. Additionally, with the annexation of the Hunziker properties, the lands east of the
railroad along Hyde would be considered islands and also need to be annexed. Lands along Hyde would
also include the implementation of previous agreements for voluntary annexation of property owned by
the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF) and the Sturges property.
A number of alternatives exist for Council to consider in terms of both annexation configuration
and timing. The first step in the annexation process is for the City Council to accept the application and
define the boundaries that they desire for annexation. With Council's decision on what territory to
include in the annexation, the final territory description will be completed based upon all consenting
applications and incorporation of nonconsenting properties. Once this is accepted, the formal
notification process will begin, which includes a series of notifications to property owners and
governmental entities, a referral of the application to the Planning & Zoning Commission for
recommendation, and ultimately a public hearing with the City Council for formal approval. Once the
City Council makes a final decision, the annexation will then be reviewed by the State City
Development Board for final approval. City Development Board approval is required as the annexation
will be both 1) an 80/20 annexation and 2) within two miles of Gilbert, another urbanized area. The
total time to complete an 80/20 annexation process with State approval is likely seven months,
potentially more.
ANNEXATION TERRITORY BOUNDARIES:
Since 2013 there have been two annexations within this general area and three rural subdivisions
authorized by the City Council contingent upon agreement to voluntarily annex in the future. The City
has agreements in place for voluntary annexation of the Ames Golf and Country Club and the homes
created as a rural subdivision known as The Irons. Additionally, property was divided along Hyde
Avenue for purchase from the Sturges family by the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation that included an
agreement for future annexation to allow for the rural division at that time. Two other properties owned
by Hunziker are part of the submitted application.
City Council is being asked with this annexation petition to determine what territory to include in
annexation at this time to achieve the applicants' goals and whether to implement the existing
annexation covenants either in whole or in part to support a comprehensive annexation strategy for the
area to complete more uniform boundaries of the City.
Staff has generated three territory description choices for authorizing the voluntary annexation (a
map of the areas is included in Attachment C and a table of all affected properties, and their
acreage, are included in the Addendum):
1. Initiate 80/20 Annexation of requested Borgmeyer-related properties and Hyde Avenue
properties, and defer AGCC and the Irons annexation applications until completion of the
submitted annexation.
This alternative would involve an initial annexation of the four consenting Borgmeyer properties, the
consenting Northridge Height’s HOA property west of the railroad, and the consenting Hunziker
properties along Hyde. The City would obtain voluntary annexation applications from, at least Sturges,
and INHF, consistent with their prior agreements, and include City ROW along Hyde.
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With these consenting properties, there would be three properties along George W. Carver, the
railroad, a parcel owned by Hayden's Preserve LLC, and four privately owned properties along
Hyde Avenue, which all may be nonconsenting (See Attachment C). Staff under this alternative,
would contact the nonconsenting property owners to see if they now would desire to voluntarily join the
annexation process. Previously, the City had offered owners a reduced water and sewer connection fee
to participate voluntarily in an annexation.
The annexation of the Borgmeyer properties would create an island of three parcels along George W.
Carver that must be annexed with the Borgmeyer property (See Attachment C). The Hunziker lands
near Hyde would also fill in a previously created gap and create islands that are not permissible by state
code. Adding the Hunziker land would allow for its development with their planned Auburn Trail
development. City services are available in this area and the City owns and maintains the Hyde right-of-
way proposed to be annexed on which the nonconsenting properties have frontage. More information on
City infrastructure in this area is included in the Addendum.
To achieve the 80/20 ratio of consenting to nonconsenting lands, at a minimum, the INHF and Sturges
property need to be consenting. If the properties along Hyde and railroad were not annexed with
the Borgmeyer or AGCC and Irons Subdivision properties, there would be insufficient acreage
alone remaining south of 190th to facilitate a future 80/20 voluntary annexation of this area
without some other combination of land.
Additionally, after completion of this annexation, annexation of the properties that are part of the
Irons Subdivision or otherwise part of the Ames Golf and Country Club to the north of the
Borgmeyer properties would occur.
Prior to the development of the Irons Subdivision, the Ames Golf and Country Club agreed to future
annexation at the City's discretion through a Covenant & Agreement for Annexation. More information
on this agreement can be found in the Addendum. Deferring the AGCC and Irons annexation would
allow time to obtain the voluntary annexation applications needed from these property owners while
allowing the other areas to proceed with annexation at this time. Given the number of properties
involved in the annexation of the Irons Subdivision and AGCC properties, this Alternative would
include initiating their annexation potentially within 6 months of finalizing the initial annexation
involving the Borgmeyer properties. This annexation would have to repeat all of the steps of an
annexation with Council initiation, notice, Council approval, and state approval.
In total, this Alternative with both annexations occurring consecutively would include approximately
400 acres of land. The acreage of the Borgmeyer and associated properties and the properties along
Hyde are broken down by consenting and nonconsenting owners as follows in Table 1. Nonconsenting
property owners would total less than 20% of the annexation area, meeting the 80/20 voluntary
annexation rule for the initial annexation. Road right-of-way owned by the County is included as
nonconsenting property, but permitted to be annexed by State Code. The separate, 100% voluntary
annexation of the Irons and AGCC properties with acreage is included in Table 2.
Table 1: Borgmeyer and Properties Along Hyde Annexation Acreage Breakdown (80/20 Voluntary)
Consenting (Property and
City ROW)
Nonconsenting (Property,
Railroad, County ROW)
Estimated Acres 196.17 41.99
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Percent of Annexation Area 82%18%
Table 2: AGCC and the Irons Annexation Acreage Breakdown (100% Voluntary)
Consenting (Property) County ROW
Estimated Acres 154.08 7.59
Percent of Annexation Area 100%n/a if 100% voluntary
2. A second alternative would be to complete the annexation with the AGCC and The Irons
concurrently with the properties within Alternative 1 as one application.
This Alternative will alter the timing of the annexation described in the first alternative—the annexation
of the Irons and AGCC would occur at the same time and as part of the 80/20 annexation of the
Borgmeyer properties and properties along Hyde. The benefit of this Alternative is the efficiency of
processing one application for annexation by the City. The downside is likely an extended amount
of time to obtain all the required annexation applications, which would delay the annexation of
the new development areas. The acreage breakdown of this 80/20 annexation would be as follows in
Table 3.
Table 3: Borgmeyer, Properties Along Hyde, and AGCC and the Irons Annexation Acreage Breakdown
(80/20 Voluntary)
Consenting (Property and
City ROW)
Nonconsenting (Property,
railroad, County ROW)
Acres 350.25 49.58
Percent of Annexation Area 88%12%
3. Initiate annexation of Borgmeyer related properties only at this time, and defer annexation of
the Hyde Avenue properties, AGCC, and the Irons to a later time
This final Alternative would be to annex the Borgmeyer and associated properties only. The Irons
and AGCC properties along with the Hyde properties could be annexed at a later time. As part of
this Alternative, Council would not authorize the annexation of the Hunziker properties east of
the railroad to avoid the creation of an island along Hyde. The acreage breakdown of this 80/20
annexation would be as follows in Table 4.
Table 4: Borgmeyer West of the Railroad Annexation Acreage Breakdown (80/20 Voluntary)
Consenting (Property)Nonconsenting (Property,
County ROW)
Acres 158.48 10.54
Percent of Annexation Area 94%6%
A subsequent annexation of the Irons and AGCC properties along with the Hyde properties as an 80/20
annexation would be possible, with the acreage breakdown as follows in Table 5.
Table 5: Properties Along Hyde, AGCC, and the Irons, Annexation Acreage Breakdown (80/20
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Voluntary)
Consenting (Property and
City ROW)
Nonconsenting (Property,
railroad, County ROW)
Estimated Acres 191.77 39.03
Percent of Annexation Area 83%17%
ALTERNATIVES:
1.
a. Initiate an 80/20 annexation of approximately 238 acres along George W. Carver and
Hyde, including the consenting Borgmeyer properties, Northridge Height’s property, and
Hunziker properties, obtain applications from other consenting properties, and include the
nonconsenting properties along George W. Carver and Hyde as shown in Attachment C
Alternative 1 in order to avoid creating islands and to make more uniform boundaries.
b. Additionally, direct staff to prepare a developer agreement related to the consenting
Borgmeyer properties to address construction of infrastructure needed to support the
development, including but not limited to a traffic study for intersection improvements,
extension of Stange Road concurrent with development, looping of water lines to
Northridge Heights, extension of a 15" transitioning to a 12" sewer trunk line from Hyde
Avenue west to the site, development of shared use paths and trails, and neighborhood park
dedication. The agreement will include consideration of developer obligations and
oversizing cost sharing options with the City.
c. Direct staff to initiate 100% voluntary annexation, based upon previously approved
covenants, of the properties that are part of the Irons Subdivision or otherwise part of the
Ames Golf and Country Club (AGCC) to the north of the Borgmeyer properties, totaling
approximately 162 acres. This will include property owner notification and outreach to
obtain voluntary annexation applications. Provide an update of the status of this process to
the Council within 6 months of the completion of the first annexation.
2. Initiate an 80/20 annexation of all the properties described above (approximately 400 acres)
concurrently and direct staff to prepare a developer agreement for the Borgmeyer development
properties as described above, this is consistent with Attachment C Alternative 2. The overall
process will require obtaining additional voluntary annexation applications and delay initiation of
the annexation process until adequate applications have been received.
3. Initiate an 80/20 annexation of approximately 169 acres along George W. Carver including the
Borgmeyer related properties only located west of the railroad and defer annexation of the
remaining properties to the north and to the east as their own annexation.
4. Decline to proceed with initiating the Borgmeyer property annexation request in whole or in part.
CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Annexation of the Borgmeyer properties is consistent with Ames Plan 2040 and a final piece of
the City's north growth planning. Their annexation and annexation of other consenting properties
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part of the annexation petition requires Council to proceed with an 80/20 annexation of adjacent
nonconsenting properties along George W. Carver and Hyde Avenue that would otherwise be an island.
Railroad property is also included for more uniform boundaries.
Authorizing an 80/20 annexation would reflect the City's practice to look at annexations strategically
and logically, so that future annexation was not impeded by enclaves of unincorporated area and the
City's boundaries facilitate efficient service delivery. If Council does not authorize annexation of the
properties along Hyde as outlined in Alternative #1, they would need to be annexed in the future with
additional lands. This could include additional lands north of 190th Street or the AGCC and Irons.
Annexation of the AGCC and the Irons is consistent with previous agreements for development.
Additionally, once development of Borgmeyer properties progresses the agreements also require the
residential properties to connect to City water and to connect to a sanitary sewer extension and abandon
septic systems at the owners' costs. These events would be triggered at a much later date as the
Borgmeyer site is developed over many years. Therefore, it is the recommendation of the City Manager
that the City Council adopt Alternative #1.
ATTACHMENT(S):
Attachment A - Annexation Plat
Attachment B - Future Land Use Map
Attachment C - Alternative Maps.pdf
Addendum.pdf
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ADDENDUM
Developer Agreement
A pre-annexation developer agreement identifies substantial improvement requirements
in advance of platting or rezoning of a property, which assists the developer in
understanding any future obligations of development and affords the City the broadest
level of discretion in consideration of off-site impacts. The agreement will be informed by
Ames Plan 2040 development requirements for the site, which include infrastructure
improvements such as intersection improvements, extension of Stange Road, extension
of sanitary sewer, extension and looping of water mains, deve lopment of shared use
paths and trails, and neighborhood park dedication. These improvements are needed to
serve the area as it develops and are required concurrently with development. The
specific design of the site would not be part of agreement as that would be determined
with rezoning and future subdivisions.
However, the annexation agreement will more broadly set forth developer and City
responsibilities for potential cost-sharing and other expectations for development
improvements and timing for the project.
Ames Plan 2040. Land Use. The Borgmeyer property is designated Residential
Neighborhood 4 (RN-4: Walkable Urban) and Neighborhood Core - Mixed Use. The RN-
4 designation emphasizes a high level of connectivity and is characterized as an urban
neighborhood connected with a village ce nter or mixed-use district. The intent of the
designation for this site is focus on fairly compact and dense residential
development pattern that includes multiple housing types of apartments, small lot
homes, townhomes, and regular single-family lots. Staff believes in excess of 400
dwelling units will be developed on the site. Having a significant diversity of homes
types in this project is important to achieve our growth and housing goals identified
within Plan 2040.
Similarly, the NC MU designation indicates commercial areas adjacent to residential
uses to support neighborhood commercial needs. While NC MU may be larger than
other neighborhood commercial centers, it is also differentiated in its walkability,
pedestrian orientation of commercial spaces, and connectivity to nearby residential
areas, as well as including residential uses with commercial uses as mixed -use
developments. This designation will include some higher density housing along with
commercial. It helps to create a center and identifiable place support of the overall
development concept.
The NC MU area is shown to the interior of site along a conceptual extension of Stange
Road. Reflective of the characteristics of the designation, it is shown as a larger
commercial area, over 20 acres in size. Based upon Plan 2040 designations and goals
for services in north Ames, a mixed use core is important component of the site for the
project layout and providing a diversity of uses and service options. The overall size
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final location will be determined with a rezoning application. The routing of the Stange
Road extension will influence its ultimate configuration.
The developer has expressed in preliminary meetings that this scale and location may
not be desirable. The development agreement may assist in setting forth expectations
for this area to inform infrastructure improvement needs prior to a Master Planning
process.
Street Connectivity. Ames Plan 2040 shows the extension of Stange Road through the
site, connecting to George W. Carver Avenue to the northwest. It is classified as an
“avenue” per the Complete Streets typology (a collector street in terms of a functional
class). This extension would be required concurrent with the site’s development and is
not expected to precede development of the area. Other streets will be local streets.
Typically, a collector street is required to provide a 100-foot right of way and a 31-foot
paved street section. Collector streets also have a greater thickness than residential
streets due to higher traffic loads. At least one shared use path would run parallel to
Stange. There is also an opportunity to introduce mini-roundabouts along Stange for
street intersections to manage traffic speeds, likely near the NC-MU core area. The
additional width and depth of the collector roadway may warrant city participation
in “oversizing costs” to facilitate the development patterns planned by Ames Plan
2040.
Traffic. In addition to street extensions through the site, development of the site would
require a traffic study to assess development impacts, including frontage improvement
needs and off-site impacts such as operations of adjacent intersections. The results of
the traffic study will indicate expected developer-financed improvements and off-site
impacts related to the site development. The study would also consider cumulative
impacts of development and other growth. Likely needed improvements would be turn
lanes and eventually a traffic signal at George W Carver and Stange. These
improvement responsibilities would then be detailed by the developer agreement.
Shared Use Paths and Trails. Per Ames Plan 2040 plan for trails and greenways, as
well as other City transportation plans, the shared use path along George W. Carver
Avenue to the south will be required to be extended northward to the Irons
Subdivision/AGCC property. This fills in a gap in the system that would then extend all
the way to 190th Street.
Additionally, a shared use path is expected along the extension of Stange, connecting to
the path on George W. Carver at the northwest corner of the site. A greenway trail is
also anticipated to be extended along the north boundary of the site to the east across
the railroad to connect with developments to the east and Ada Hayden Park.
The developer agreement will address reservation of land for the trails and the developer
responsibility for the cost of the shared-use path and any trail systems, as well as for
providing easements to the City as necessary. Construction of the path crossing the
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railroad would likely be a future city cost as it will conenct with the path anticipated within
Hayden’s Preserve Development agreement.
Parks. Ames Plan 2040 guidelines establish that neighborhood parks should be located
to serve a population within a 1/4 to 1/2 mile radius and, in expansion areas, 5 acres of
parkland should be planned per 1,000 people. Neighborhood parks are also typically 5
to 30 acres in size.
Due to the majority of the site being more than a half-mile distance from a neighborhood
park and densities of the RN-4 designation yielding a population of over 1,000 people,
staff believes some element of a recreation opportunity is needed per the policies of Plan
2040. The developer agreement would set expectations in terms of park dedication and
timing of development of the park and developer responsibility for costs.
Water Infrastructure. Water mains would required to be looped by the developer
through the site, connecting to an existing mains from Northridge Heights, including a
12 inch water main at the southeast corner of the site. Staff believes internally looping
connecting the 12 inch mains will be adequate without connecting to the east under the
railroad. This is likely a fairly modest issue and needed to serve the development
appropriately.
Additionally, the developer agreement would require that an agreement for future Xenia
water territory buyout is signed and returned to the City consistent with our master
Agreement with Xenia. Current buyout costs for the developer are $3,000 per net acre.
Sanitary Sewer Infrastructure. Sanitary sewer is planned to be extended to the site
from Hyde through other developments to the east. The existing sewer is 15” diameter
and would transition down to a 12” trunk line to serve the development. Extension north
to the Irons is also required per standard Subdivision Code standards.
The property is part of a sanitary sewer connection district for the previous extension of
the sewer along Hyde. Staff is investigating the ability to coordinate this offsite extension
with Hayden’s Preserve and to consider it primarily as pioneer infrastructure funded by
the City, with or without additional connection fees. The agreement is intended to
address how this improvement is timed and funded
The developers have indicated to staff they may have an interest of a near-term option
to provide partial service to the site. As these other developments to the east that would
bring the sewer to the site are pending, an interim option to provide sewer capacity to a
portion of the development (likely no more than 40 acres) would to extend the existing
sewer main at Valley View Road into the site. However, this line has limited capacity
for new uses due to a downstream constraint. A capacity improvement of lining
the pipe at within Moore Memorial Park could allow for up to 40 acres of the site
to be served. The developer agreement would detail the developer responsibility to
cover the cost of a lining project and how it relates to the other sewer extension needs.
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Annexation Area Alternatives
The breakdown of acreages for each alternative annexation area configuration with
properties and property owner names is as follows.
Alternative 1.
Table 1: Borgmeyer and Properties Along Hyde Annexation Acreage Breakdown
(80/20 Voluntary)
Owner Address/Parcel
ID
Consent
Status
Gross Acres
Borgmeyer, Robert J Trust 1/2 And
Borgmeyer, Margaret A Trust 1/2
5500 George W
Carver Ave
Consenting 35.72
Borgmeyer, Robert J Trust 1/2 And
Borgmeyer, Margaret A Trust 1/2
0521300200 Consenting 38.46
Borgmeyer, Robert J Trust 1/2 And
Borgmeyer, Margaret A Trust 1/2
0521300305 Consenting 38.63
Borgmeyer, Robert J Trust 1/2 And
Borgmeyer, Margaret A Trust 1/2
0521300400 Consenting 39.48
Northridge Heights Homeowner's
Association
0521400350 Consenting 6.19
Mandernach, Jordan & Stephanie 5326 George W
Carver
Nonconsenting 4.91
Hilker, Rick A 5217 George W
Carver
Nonconsenting 4.16
J D S Rental Properties LLC 4427 George W
Carver
Nonconsenting 1.21
County-owned Irons Court right-of-
way (south half)
n/a Nonconsenting 0.26
Hunziker, Erben & Margaret Hunziker
Apartments LLC 0521400004 Consenting 1.48
Hunziker, Erben & Margaret Hunziker
Apartments LLC 0521400006 Consenting 0.11
Sturges, Leroy D & Sue A 5019 Hyde Ave Consenting 4.56
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
13.15% And White, Joan Coffman
86.85% 0521400003 Consenting 30.16
Hayden's Preserve LLC 4811 Hyde Ave Nonconsenting 3.39
Gregg, Clayton & Schwery, Julie 4604 Hyde Ave Nonconsenting 1.17
Eness, Allison J 2015 Trust and
Taylor, Mark 2015 Trust and Taylor,
Mark Trustee and Eness, Allison J
Trustee 0522300370 Nonconsenting 5.1
Eness, Allison J 2015 Trust and
Taylor, Mark 2015 Trust and Taylor,
Mark Trustee and Eness, Allison J
Trustee 4714 Hyde Ave Nonconsenting 1.24
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Eness, Allison J 2015 Trust and
Taylor, Mark 2015 Trust and Taylor,
Mark Trustee and Eness, Allison J
Trustee 0522300315 Nonconsenting 5.43
Chicago & Northwestern Trans Co 0521400500 Nonconsenting 9.31
Chicago & Northwestern Trans Co 0528201001 Nonconsenting 5.79
County ROW (South Half 190th
Adjacent to Railroad) n/a Nonconsenting 0.02
City-Owned Hyde Avenue Row n/a Consenting 1.38
Total Acreage: 238.18
Total Consenting Acreage (Real Property and City ROW): 196.17 (82%)
Total Nonconsenting Acreage (Real Property, Railroad, County ROW): 41.99 (18%)
Table 2: AGCC and the Irons Annexation Acreage Breakdown (100% Voluntary)
Owner Lot in Irons
Subdivisio
n/Parcel
Consent
Status
Acres
Gemeninhardt-Cesler, Stacy & Jeffrey
Cesler
Lot 1 Consenting 0.71
Freeman, Kyle S & Brittany R Lot 2 Consenting 0.58
Schleicher, Deidra J And Watt, John Lot 3 Consenting 0.57
Gillen, Garrett & Sarah Lot 4 Consenting 0.58
Li, Lu And Wang, Shuyu Lot 5 Consenting 0.58
Clemmons, Edward J & Theresa A Lot 6 Consenting 0.85
Anderson, Marlene A & Wayne C Trust,
Anderson, Wayne C & Marlene A Trustees
Lot 7 Consenting 0.7
Sander, Adam Anthony & Kayla Earlene Lot 8 Consenting 0.7
Mar Lving Trust, Ruedy, Mark A & Margie A
Trustees
Lot 9 Consenting 0.86
Dejongh Trust, Dejongh, Ronald Dean
Trustee And Blatz-Dejongh, Vicki Trustee
Lot 10 Consenting 0.58
Jerman, Troy A & Renee L Lot 11 Consenting 0.58
Bryngelson, Ryan A & Mindy M Lot 12 Consenting 0.58
Wass, Kim & Joan Lot 13 Consenting 0.58
Abell, Randy & Deanna Lot 14 Consenting 0.71
Warren, Aaron D Lot 15 Consenting 0.18
Braden, Marsha & Randy Lot 16 Consenting 0.18
Groat, Jennifer J Lot 17 Consenting 0.18
Niegsch, Joseph David, Niegsch, Jason P
& Margaret
Lot 18 Consenting 0.18
Hanson, Timothy P & Mary A Lot 19 Consenting 0.17
Olson Family Revocable Trust Olson,
Dennis G & Linda J Cotrustees
Lot 20 Consenting 0.17
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Vegge Family Revocable Trust. Vegge,
Daryle L & Joyce L Cotrustees
Lot 21 Consenting 0.17
Gustafson, Louise A Revocable Trust
Gustafson, Gustafson, Louise Trustee,
Gustafson, Timothy C Trustee, Hock, Amy
L Trustee
Lot 22 Consenting 0.17
Bentley, Dennis Dean & Julie Ann Lot 23 Consenting 0.17
Thousand, E Family Trust, Thousand,
Richard & Elaine, Trustees
Lot 24 Consenting 0.17
Curtis, Pam Rennie Revocable Trust,
Curtis, Pam Rennie Trustee
Lot 25 Consenting 0.17
Larson Family Revocable Trust, Larson,
Paul D & Cindy Hall Co-Trustees
Lot 26 Consenting 0.17
Lyons Family Revocable Trust, Lyon,
Robert A & Kathleen J Trustees
Lot 27 Consenting 0.17
Stickrod, Dean R Lot 28 Consenting 0.17
Shaffer, Conrad R & Pamela K Joint
Revocable Trust, Shaffer, Conrad R &
Pamela K Trustees
Lot 29 Consenting 0.17
Easterling, W Samuel & Pamela J Lot 30 Consenting 0.17
Brousard, Jimmie G Revocable Trust 1/2,
Brousard, Jimmie G Trustee, Brousard,
Nancy L Revocable Trust 1/2, Brousard,
Nancy L Trustee
Lot 31 Consenting 0.3
Berryhill, Todd C & Christine M Lot 32 Consenting 0.74
Rebarcak, R & C Living Trust, Rebarcak,
Rod & Cindy Trustees
Lot 33 Consenting 0.64
Scott, Marjorie & William Lot 34 Consenting 0.64
Ames Golf & Country Club Lot 35 Consenting 135.4
Irons, The Townhomes Owners Association
Inc
Outlot X Consenting 1.37
Irons, The Townhomes Owners Association
Inc
Outlot Y Consenting 0.62
Irons, The Owners Association Inc Outlot Z Consenting 2.29
Ames Golf & Country Club Parcel F,
Sec. 21
Twp. 84
Rng. 24
Consenting 0.16
County Owned ROW (east half George W.
Carver)
Street Lot A Nonconsenting 3.63
County ROW (south half W 190th) Street Lot B
and South
Half 190th to
centerline
along
Nonconsenting 2.74
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AGCC
Properties
County Owned ROW (North Half Irons Ct.) North Half
Street Lot C
Nonconsenting 0.27
County Owned ROW (Irons Ct. Cul-De-
Sac)
Street Lot D Nonconsenting 0.95
Total Acreage: 161.67
Total Consenting Acreage (Real Property): 154.08
(100%)
County ROW: 7.59
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Alternative 2.
Table 3: Borgmeyer, Properties Along Hyde, and AGCC and the Irons Annexation
Acreage Breakdown (80/20 Voluntary)
Owner Address/Pa
rcel ID/Lot
Consent
Status
Gross Acres
Borgmeyer, Robert J Trust 1/2 And
Borgmeyer, Margaret A Trust 1/2
5500 George
W Carver
Ave
Consenting 35.72
Borgmeyer, Robert J Trust 1/2 And
Borgmeyer, Margaret A Trust 1/2
0521300200 Consenting 38.46
Borgmeyer, Robert J Trust 1/2 And
Borgmeyer, Margaret A Trust 1/2
0521300305 Consenting 38.63
Borgmeyer, Robert J Trust 1/2 And
Borgmeyer, Margaret A Trust 1/2
0521300400 Consenting 39.48
Northridge Heights Homeowner's
Association
0521400350 Consenting 6.19
Mandernach, Jordan & Stephanie 5326 George
W Carver
Nonconsenting 4.91
Hilker, Rick A 5217 George
W Carver
Nonconsenting 4.16
J D S Rental Properties LLC 4427 George
W Carver
Nonconsenting 1.21
County-owned Irons Court right-of-way
(south half)
n/a Nonconsenting 0.26
Hunziker, Erben & Margaret Hunziker
Apartments LLC 0521400004 Consenting 1.48
Hunziker, Erben & Margaret Hunziker
Apartments LLC 0521400006 Consenting 0.11
Sturges, Leroy D & Sue A
5019 Hyde
Ave Consenting 4.56
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
13.15% And White, Joan Coffman
86.85% 0521400003 Consenting 30.16
Hayden's Preserve LLC
4811 Hyde
Ave Nonconsenting 3.39
Gregg, Clayton & Schwery, Julie
4604 Hyde
Ave Nonconsenting 1.17
Eness, Allison J 2015 Trust and Taylor,
Mark 2015 Trust and Taylor, Mark Trustee
and Eness, Allison J Trustee 0522300370 Nonconsenting 5.1
Eness, Allison J 2015 Trust and Taylor,
Mark 2015 Trust and Taylor, Mark Trustee
and Eness, Allison J Trustee
4714 Hyde
Ave Nonconsenting 1.24
Eness, Allison J 2015 Trust and Taylor,
Mark 2015 Trust and Taylor, Mark Trustee
and Eness, Allison J Trustee 0522300315 Nonconsenting 5.43
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Chicago & Northwestern Trans Co 0521400500 Nonconsenting 9.31
Chicago & Northwestern Trans Co 0528201001 Nonconsenting 5.79
County ROW (South Half 190th Adjacent
to Railroad) n/a Nonconsenting 0.02
City-Owned Hyde Avenue Row n/a Consenting 1.38
Gemeninhardt-Cesler, Stacy & Jeffrey
Cesler
Lot 1 Consenting 0.71
Freeman, Kyle S & Brittany R Lot 2 Consenting 0.58
Schleicher, Deidra J And Watt, John Lot 3 Consenting 0.57
Gillen, Garrett & Sarah Lot 4 Consenting 0.58
Li, Lu And Wang, Shuyu Lot 5 Consenting 0.58
Clemmons, Edward J & Theresa A Lot 6 Consenting 0.85
Anderson, Marlene A & Wayne C Trust,
Anderson, Wayne C & Marlene A
Trustees
Lot 7 Consenting 0.7
Sander, Adam Anthony & Kayla Earlene Lot 8 Consenting 0.7
Mar Lving Trust, Ruedy, Mark A & Margie
A Trustees
Lot 9 Consenting 0.86
Dejongh Trust, Dejongh, Ronald Dean
Trustee And Blatz-Dejongh, Vicki Trustee
Lot 10 Consenting 0.58
Jerman, Troy A & Renee L Lot 11 Consenting 0.58
Bryngelson, Ryan A & Mindy M Lot 12 Consenting 0.58
Wass, Kim & Joan Lot 13 Consenting 0.58
Abell, Randy & Deanna Lot 14 Consenting 0.71
Warren, Aaron D Lot 15 Consenting 0.18
Braden, Marsha & Randy Lot 16 Consenting 0.18
Groat, Jennifer J Lot 17 Consenting 0.18
Niegsch, Joseph David, Niegsch, Jason P
& Margaret
Lot 18 Consenting 0.18
Hanson, Timothy P & Mary A Lot 19 Consenting 0.17
Olson Family Revocable Trust Olson,
Dennis G & Linda J Cotrustees
Lot 20 Consenting 0.17
Vegge Family Revocable Trust. Vegge,
Daryle L & Joyce L Cotrustees
Lot 21 Consenting 0.17
Gustafson, Louise A Revocable Trust
Gustafson, Gustafson, Louise Trustee,
Gustafson, Timothy C Trustee, Hock,
Amy L Trustee
Lot 22 Consenting 0.17
Bentley, Dennis Dean & Julie Ann Lot 23 Consenting 0.17
Thousand, E Family Trust, Thousand,
Richard & Elaine, Trustees
Lot 24 Consenting 0.17
Curtis, Pam Rennie Revocable Trust,
Curtis, Pam Rennie Trustee
Lot 25 Consenting 0.17
Larson Family Revocable Trust, Larson,
Paul D & Cindy Hall Co-Trustees
Lot 26 Consenting 0.17
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Lyons Family Revocable Trust, Lyon,
Robert A & Kathleen J Trustees
Lot 27 Consenting 0.17
Stickrod, Dean R Lot 28 Consenting 0.17
Shaffer, Conrad R & Pamela K Joint
Revocable Trust, Shaffer, Conrad R &
Pamela K Trustees
Lot 29 Consenting 0.17
Easterling, W Samuel & Pamela J Lot 30 Consenting 0.17
Brousard, Jimmie G Revocable Trust 1/2,
Brousard, Jimmie G Trustee, Brousard,
Nancy L Revocable Trust 1/2, Brousard,
Nancy L Trustee
Lot 31 Consenting 0.3
Berryhill, Todd C & Christine M Lot 32 Consenting 0.74
Rebarcak, R & C Living Trust, Rebarcak,
Rod & Cindy Trustees
Lot 33 Consenting 0.64
Scott, Marjorie & William Lot 34 Consenting 0.64
Ames Golf & Country Club Lot 35 Consenting 135.4
Irons, The Townhomes Owners
Association Inc
Outlot X Consenting 1.37
Irons, The Townhomes Owners
Association Inc
Outlot Y Consenting 0.62
Irons, The Owners Association Inc Outlot Z Consenting 2.29
Ames Golf & Country Club Parcel F,
Sec. 21 Twp.
84 Rng. 24
Consenting 0.16
County Owned ROW (east half George
W. Carver)
Street Lot A Nonconsenting 3.63
County ROW (south half W 190th) Street Lot B
and South
Half 190th to
centerline
along AGCC
Properties
Nonconsenting 2.74
County Owned ROW (North Half Irons
Ct.)
North Half
Street Lot C
Nonconsenting 0.27
County Owned ROW (Irons Ct. Cul-De-
Sac)
Street Lot D Nonconsenting 0.95
Total Acreage: 399.82
Total Consenting Acreage (Real Property and City ROW): 350.25 (88%)
Total Nonconsenting Acreage (Real Property, Railroad, County ROW): 49.58 (12%)
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Alternative 3.
Table 4: Borgmeyer Annexation Acreage Breakdown (80/20 Voluntary)
Owner Address/Parcel
ID
Consent
Status
Gross Acres
Borgmeyer, Robert J Trust 1/2 And
Borgmeyer, Margaret A Trust 1/2
5500 George W
Carver Ave
Consenting 35.72
Borgmeyer, Robert J Trust 1/2 And
Borgmeyer, Margaret A Trust 1/2
0521300200 Consenting 38.46
Borgmeyer, Robert J Trust 1/2 And
Borgmeyer, Margaret A Trust 1/2
0521300305 Consenting 38.63
Borgmeyer, Robert J Trust 1/2 And
Borgmeyer, Margaret A Trust 1/2
0521300400 Consenting 39.48
Northridge Heights Homeowner's
Association
0521400350 Consenting 6.19
Mandernach, Jordan & Stephanie 5326 George W Non-
Consenting
4.91
Hilker, Rick A 5217 George W Non-
Consenting
4.16
J D S Rental Properties LLC 4427 George W Non-
Consenting
1.21
County-owned Irons Court right-of-
way (south half)
n/a Non-
Consenting
0.26
Total Acreage: 169.02
Total Consenting Acreage (Real Property and City ROW): 158.48 (94%)
Total Nonconsenting Acreage (Real Property, Railroad, County ROW): 10.54 (6%)
Table 5: Properties Along Hyde, AGCC, and the Irons, Annexation Acreage
Breakdown (80/20 Voluntary)
Owner Address/Parcel
ID/Lot
Consent
Status
Gross Acres
Hunziker, Erben & Margaret Hunziker
Apartments LLC 0521400004 Consenting 1.48
Hunziker, Erben & Margaret Hunziker
Apartments LLC 0521400006 Consenting 0.11
Sturges, Leroy D & Sue A 5019 Hyde Ave Consenting 4.56
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
13.15% And White, Joan Coffman
86.85% 0521400003 Consenting 30.16
Hayden's Preserve LLC 4811 Hyde Ave Nonconsenting 3.39
Gregg, Clayton & Schwery, Julie 4604 Hyde Ave Nonconsenting 1.17
Eness, Allison J 2015 Trust and
Taylor, Mark 2015 Trust and Taylor,
Mark Trustee and Eness, Allison J
Trustee 0522300370 Nonconsenting 5.1
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Eness, Allison J 2015 Trust and
Taylor, Mark 2015 Trust and Taylor,
Mark Trustee and Eness, Allison J
Trustee 4714 Hyde Ave Nonconsenting 1.24
Eness, Allison J 2015 Trust and
Taylor, Mark 2015 Trust and Taylor,
Mark Trustee and Eness, Allison J
Trustee 0522300315 Nonconsenting 5.43
Chicago & Northwestern Trans Co 0521400500 Nonconsenting 9.31
Chicago & Northwestern Trans Co 0528201001 Nonconsenting 5.79
County ROW (South Half 190th
Adjacent to Railroad) n/a Nonconsenting 0.02
City-Owned Hyde Avenue Row n/a Consenting 1.38
Gemeninhardt-Cesler, Stacy &
Jeffrey Cesler
Lot 1 Consenting 0.71
Freeman, Kyle S & Brittany R Lot 2 Consenting 0.58
Schleicher, Deidra J And Watt, John Lot 3 Consenting 0.57
Gillen, Garrett & Sarah Lot 4 Consenting 0.58
Li, Lu And Wang, Shuyu Lot 5 Consenting 0.58
Clemmons, Edward J & Theresa A Lot 6 Consenting 0.85
Anderson, Marlene A & Wayne C
Trust, Anderson, Wayne C & Marlene
A Trustees
Lot 7 Consenting 0.7
Sander, Adam Anthony & Kayla
Earlene
Lot 8 Consenting 0.7
Mar Lving Trust, Ruedy, Mark A &
Margie A Trustees
Lot 9 Consenting 0.86
Dejongh Trust, Dejongh, Ronald
Dean Trustee And Blatz-Dejongh,
Vicki Trustee
Lot 10 Consenting 0.58
Jerman, Troy A & Renee L Lot 11 Consenting 0.58
Bryngelson, Ryan A & Mindy M Lot 12 Consenting 0.58
Wass, Kim & Joan Lot 13 Consenting 0.58
Abell, Randy & Deanna Lot 14 Consenting 0.71
Warren, Aaron D Lot 15 Consenting 0.18
Braden, Marsha & Randy Lot 16 Consenting 0.18
Groat, Jennifer J Lot 17 Consenting 0.18
Niegsch, Joseph David, Niegsch,
Jason P & Margaret
Lot 18 Consenting 0.18
Hanson, Timothy P & Mary A Lot 19 Consenting 0.17
Olson Family Revocable Trust Olson,
Dennis G & Linda J Cotrustees
Lot 20 Consenting 0.17
Vegge Family Revocable Trust.
Vegge, Daryle L & Joyce L
Cotrustees
Lot 21 Consenting 0.17
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Gustafson, Louise A Revocable Trust
Gustafson, Gustafson, Louise
Trustee, Gustafson, Timothy C
Trustee, Hock, Amy L Trustee
Lot 22 Consenting 0.17
Bentley, Dennis Dean & Julie Ann Lot 23 Consenting 0.17
Thousand, E Family Trust,
Thousand, Richard & Elaine,
Trustees
Lot 24 Consenting 0.17
Curtis, Pam Rennie Revocable Trust,
Curtis, Pam Rennie Trustee
Lot 25 Consenting 0.17
Larson Family Revocable Trust,
Larson, Paul D & Cindy Hall Co-
Trustees
Lot 26 Consenting 0.17
Lyons Family Revocable Trust, Lyon,
Robert A & Kathleen J Trustees
Lot 27 Consenting 0.17
Stickrod, Dean R Lot 28 Consenting 0.17
Shaffer, Conrad R & Pamela K Joint
Revocable Trust, Shaffer, Conrad R
& Pamela K Trustees
Lot 29 Consenting 0.17
Easterling, W Samuel & Pamela J Lot 30 Consenting 0.17
Brousard, Jimmie G Revocable Trust
1/2, Brousard, Jimmie G Trustee,
Brousard, Nancy L Revocable Trust
1/2, Brousard, Nancy L Trustee
Lot 31 Consenting 0.3
Berryhill, Todd C & Christine M Lot 32 Consenting 0.74
Rebarcak, R & C Living Trust,
Rebarcak, Rod & Cindy Trustees
Lot 33 Consenting 0.64
Scott, Marjorie & William Lot 34 Consenting 0.64
Ames Golf & Country Club Lot 35 Consenting 135.4
Irons, The Townhomes Owners
Association Inc
Outlot X Consenting 1.37
Irons, The Townhomes Owners
Association Inc
Outlot Y Consenting 0.62
Irons, The Owners Association Inc Outlot Z Consenting 2.29
Ames Golf & Country Club Parcel F, Sec. 21
Twp. 84 Rng. 24
Consenting 0.16
County Owned ROW (east half
George W. Carver)
Street Lot A Nonconsenting 3.63
County ROW (south half W 190th) Street Lot B and
South Half 190th
to centerline
along AGCC
Properties
Nonconsenting 2.74
County Owned ROW (North Half
Irons Ct.)
North Half Street
Lot C
Nonconsenting 0.27
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County Owned ROW (Irons Ct. Cul-
De-Sac)
Street Lot D Nonconsenting 0.95
Total Acreage: 230.8
Total Consenting Acreage (Real Property and City ROW): 191.77 (83%)
Total Nonconsenting Acreage (Real Property, Railroad, County ROW): 39.03 (17%)
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Other Information
The Irons Subdivision and Ames Golf and Country Club Properties Annexation
Covenant and Agreement.
Prior to the development of the Irons Subdivision, the Ames Golf and Country Club
agreed to future annexation at the City's discretion through a Covenant & Agreement for
Annexation. This encumbers future property owners, including the owners of the
subdivision lots.
Agreements regarding future City sanitary sewer and water service were required as
part of the Irons Subdivision Final Plat. The Xenia Water territory buy -out and territory
transfer agreement required that the developer install water lines to City specific ations,
but connect to a Xenia water main and receive service from Xenia until City water is
brought to the site. The residential lot owners would be responsible for the cost of
disconnection from the Xenia water main and connection to the City water main.
Similarly, an Infrastructure Installation and Conservation Management Agreement
requires residential lot owners (with the exception of the three lots that front on W 190th
Street) to abandon septic systems and connect to City sanitary sewer when it becomes
available. The properties may also be subject to connection fees as part of a sanitary
sewer connection district.
Staff does not anticipate City water and sanitary sewer infrastructure will be
brought to the Irons with the first phases of the Borgmeyer development. Initial
phases of the Borgmeyer development will likely rely on existing collection mains
in the Northridge Height’s subdivision to the south. Future phases adjacent to the
Irons Subdivision will need to connect to collection mains to the east along Hyde
Avenue, which will require other off-site extensions to the Borgmeyer
development to occur first.
Hyde Avenue Infrastructure.
Beyond the need to annex the properties along Hyde Avenue to avoid the creation of an
island, the City maintains Hyde Avenue and owns the unincorporated right-of-way in
front of the properties. Sanitary sewer and water infrastructure are already available,
though nonconsenting owners are not required to connect unless they choose to or their
septic system fails and City sewer is available within 200 feet.
The property’s use of these utilities will require payment of connection fees for both
sewer and water and property owners would be responsible for costs associated with
Xenia water territory buyout.
In addition, their inclusion in the annexation allows for consistent emergency service
response along Hyde Avenue between the City and Story County.
The railroad property connects the Hunziker and other properties along Hyde with the
unincorporated area. While it would not create an island if excluded, state law allows for
railroad property annexation for more uniform boundaries.
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Future developments may need utilities extended under the railroad. If the railroad were
not annexed, it could also create an unincorporated corridor affecting the City’s
boundaries long-term. The railroad continues north of 190th Street, where the Ames Plan
2040 designates Urban Reserve.
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