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Andover council approves Southern Hills final plat, developer agreement and internal-improvements ordinance
Summary
The Andover City Council on Jan. 28 approved the final plat for the Southern Hills subdivision, a developer agreement and an ordinance authorizing internal infrastructure work. The 57-lot project includes an upsized water main; the city will cover an estimated $141,000 of that cost.
Andover City Council on Jan. 28 approved the final plat for the Southern Hills subdivision, adopted a resolution of advisability and a developer's agreement, and passed an ordinance authorizing construction of the subdivision's internal improvements.
The 57-lot, single-family project is zoned SF-2 and will be served by Andover for sewer and by Rural Water District No. 5 for water service. Planning staff told the council the development was previously a planned-unit development established in 02/2007 that was later vacated and that the water service agreement with Rural Water District No. 5 was the primary issue holding the project up until recently. "A water service agreement has been reached with rural water district number 5 for Andover to serve the property," Planning and Zoning Administrator David Westfall said.
The developer's petition covers stormwater and drainage improvements, paving, water distribution, sanitary sewer, an off-site water main and paving of Southwest 130th Street. Staff advised that the internal water main will be upsized from an 8-inch to a 16-inch main and that the upsizing cost will be borne by the city at large under the city's financing plan, an estimated $141,000. A staff presenter described the Southwest 130th Street paving as meeting the city's subdivision regulations for a Class D arterial and said the city would bear any additional cost if it later elects to upgrade the work to curb-and-gutter (Class C) during construction bidding.
Council members and staff discussed long-term maintenance tradeoffs of asphalt-only versus curb-and-gutter designs. A staff speaker said initial costs for a curb-and-gutter approach are "a big difference in cost" and that adding storm sewer and curb and gutter can nearly double a project's cost depending on earthwork needs.
The planning commission recommended approval at its Dec. 17, 2024 meeting; staff said the preliminary plat was recommended by the subdivision committee in August 2022 and that several conditions were addressed in October 2022. Access to the subdivision will be from Andover Road and Southwest 130th Street.
Council approved the three related actions with unanimous recorded outcomes: final plat/dedications (motion carried 5-0), petition/developer's agreement and resolution of advisability (motion carried 5-0), and an ordinance authorizing construction of the internal improvements (motion carried 5-0).
