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Waukee City Council approves plats, site plans and ordinances in consent and regular business
Summary
At its March 4 meeting the council approved multiple preliminary plats, construction drawings, final plats and site plans, moved ordinances for Sugar Creek Municipal Golf Course and Triumph Park, and placed several development items on final passage or approval.
The Waukee City Council on March 4 approved a series of consent and regular-business items including plats, construction drawings, site plans and ordinances across several development projects.
The council approved preliminary plats and construction drawings for Kettlestone Lakes Plat 1 and Kettlestone Lakes Commercial Plat 1, including plans for street and utility extensions, trails and stormwater detention; approvals included preliminary plats, construction drawings and final plats or site plans where noted. Council members also approved the preliminary plat and construction drawings for Painted Woods Spectrum (Painted Woods Development LC) and the Edgeland Waukee Plat 1 development (Indie Run West LLC / Erickson Balmer Construction), which includes 24 townhome units and associated common-area outlots.
A multi-part consent agenda passed in two sections; one member announced an abstention on consent part 2 due to a professional conflict (the transcript did not specify which agenda item concerned the conflict). The council approved a resolution introducing an ordinance to amend chapter 27 (Sugar Creek Municipal Golf Course) to expand the prohibition on alcoholic beverages to the golf course premises, including the parking lot, and to revise listed concession offerings; that measure was introduced and passed on first reading.
The council also passed an ordinance to replace chapter 28 governing Triumph Park, taking second and third readings and placing the ordinance on final passage in the same meeting.
Other approvals included site-plan approval for 3150 Grand Prairie Parkway, construction drawings and site plans associated with the various Kettlestone Lakes developments, and approvals for parking, trail and right-of-way improvements referenced in multiple development presentations. The presentations identified public improvements such as a roundabout at the intersection of Southeast Kettlestone Boulevard and Southeast Parkview Crossing Drive, 10-foot-wide trails along key corridors, and stormwater basins to serve new developments.
The council then moved into a closed session under Iowa Code 21.5(1)(j) to discuss the purchase or sale of particular real estate where disclosure could affect the price; the meeting was muted for closed session and reopened later for adjournment.
Votes at a glance (items recorded on the March 4 agenda): - Resolution approving plan specifications for Alice’s Road Improvements Phase 1A — approved (see separate article). - Resolution concurring with Clive’s contract award to Concrete Technologies (Alice’s Road Phase 1A) — approved (see separate article). - Consent Agenda Part 1 — approved (recorded yes votes listed in transcript). - Consent Agenda Part 2 — approved with one abstention recorded due to a professional conflict (member not specified in the record). - Ordinance (intro/first reading) to amend Chapter 27, Sugar Creek Municipal Golf Course (concession area and restrictions) — introduced and approved on first reading. - Ordinance to repeal and replace Chapter 28 (Triumph Park) — second and third readings waived; placed on final passage and approved. - Kettlestone Lakes Plat 1 — preliminary plat approved; construction drawings approved. - Kettlestone Lakes Commercial Plat 1 — preliminary plat and construction drawings approved; final plat approved where applicable; site plan for 3150 Grand Prairie Parkway approved. - Painted Woods Spectrum (Painted Woods Development LC) — preliminary plat and construction drawings approved. - Edgeland Waukee Plat 1 (Indie Run West LLC) — preliminary plat, final plat and site plan approved; project includes 24 townhome units and associated outlots.
Many items received little or no public comment at the meeting and passed on recorded roll-call votes following staff presentations. Presenters repeatedly recommended approval and staff answered routine questions about site layout, stormwater detention locations, landscaping, trail widths and utility ownership.
The meeting closed for a recorded, statutorily authorized closed session to discuss real-estate negotiations under Iowa Code 21.5(1)(j). The council reconvened briefly to adjourn in open session.
