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Garden City approves amendments returning land and payments from Meadowlark Dairy
Summary
The City Commission authorized two amendments to a 2015 development agreement with Meadowlark Dairy Nutrition LLC requiring the developer to return about 16.1 acres, provide treated wastewater effluent to the city and make payments that staff says total $1,498,801; the commission authorized the mayor to sign the amended agreements.
The Garden City Commission on Dec. 17 approved two amendments to a 2015 development agreement with Meadowlark Dairy Nutrition LLC that change the city’s rights to treated wastewater and reclaim a portion of the originally conveyed property.
City staff told the commission the developer will return approximately 16.1 acres of the 156.1-acre site to the city for construction of an emergency basin to handle heavy-rain events and will provide the city with treated wastewater effluent produced by the plant for the life of the facility or its designees. As part of the amendments, staff said the developer agreed to pay the city for under-delivery of effluent and to pay for the remaining 140 acres at closing; staff listed $313,467 for under-delivery and $1,185,334 for the remaining acreage, with a fiscal-note total of $1,498,801 to be deposited into the water/wastewater fund.
The amendments also remove a prior annual delivery guarantee of 365,000,000 gallons and instead commit the city to receive only the quantity the plant actually produces, a change staff said reflected actual plant operations (plant did not reach originally expected 1 million gallons per day). The city retained authority to finalize the legal description of the returned acreage before Dec. 30, 2024, per staff.
Commission discussion focused on confirming the acreage return and the timetable for the payments and legal descriptions; staff said surveying was underway to verify boundaries and that the listed payments would be received (one payment before Dec. 31, 2024 and the balance in the first quarter of 2025). The mayor moved to authorize the mayor to sign the amended development agreement; commissioners seconded the motion and approved it by voice vote.
The action authorizes amended terms but does not describe subsequent land use for the returned acreage beyond the stated purpose of an emergency basin. Staff said the fiscal receipts will be placed in the water/wastewater fund under a reimbursed-developer line item.
