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Council approves rezoning and development agreement for Timberline Estates; developers to fund major roadway work
Summary
Waukee City Council approved final rezoning for Timberline Estates and a development agreement requiring the developer to clear and grade roadbeds while the city will bid construction of improvements to Warrior Lane and Westtown Parkway; staff estimates roughly 160 single-family homes and projected annual city property-tax revenue of about $675,000.
The Waukee City Council on March 2 approved the final rezoning for the Timberline Estates development and a related development agreement that lays out public improvements to Warrior Lane and Westtown Parkway.
City staff said the property, roughly 91 acres formerly occupied by the Pioneer Gun Club, is proposed for R2 one- and two-family residential zoning. Staff's concept plan shows about 130 single-family lots; during discussion staff and the developer estimated the wider improvements could ultimately support roughly 160 single-family homes in the area.
Mr. Deetsz, speaking for city staff, said the development agreement requires the developers to clear and grade roadway beds and that the city would bid and construct the roadway improvements as public projects. The work described includes constructing Warrior Lane as a 31-foot back-to-back collector roadway and upgrading Westtown Parkway with curb and gutter and storm sewer where the roadway today is a rural section. Mr. Deetsz told council the improvements would be paid from cash in the city's debt-service levy.
"The way the agreement is structured is that the developers will be responsible for all clearing and grading of the roadway bed itself and the city would as a public improvement bid out the improvements for the construction of Warrior Lane as well as Westtown Parkway improvements," Mr. Deetsz said.
Staff provided preliminary fiscal estimates during the presentation, stating that the full development could generate roughly $675,000 a year in city property-tax revenue once built out; transcript valuation figures were garbled and the exact total assessed valuation was not specified in the record.
Council members asked for clarification about the road cross-sections and soil remediation responsibilities; staff said the developer, Timberline Estates LLC, is responsible for soil mitigation as part of development.
The council voted unanimously to approve both the rezoning and the development agreement. The agreement had been signed by Timberline Estates and the adjacent property owner identified as Hubble Realy at the time of the hearing.
