Dallas County vacates oversized drainage easement, approves Sugar Creek Acres final plat with maintenance contingency

The Dallas County Board of Supervisors on June 30 voted to vacate an oversized recorded drainage easement and to approve the final plat for Sugar Creek Acres Plat 4 in Boone Township, contingent on the landowners entering a shared access and maintenance agreement.

Staff explained that the existing recorded easement was drawn before the floodplain was accurately mapped and that the new final plat replaces the broad recorded easement with a smaller, mapped drainage easement that reflects the current mapped floodplain. The board opened a public hearing, and staff said two residents had submitted written comments and that Waukee had waived its review rights.

Resident Gary Hill asked whether the new arrangement would address concerns about bridge upkeep and sharing of maintenance costs. The county attorney advised the board that, from the county’s perspective, approving the plat without a private maintenance agreement would not create county liability: "I do not believe there would be liability to the county if if no agreement would come to fruition," he said.

Owner and applicant Brandon Belikus addressed the board and said he had been working with the applicant’s attorney on a draft agreement and that he intended to join the existing maintenance agreement: "we do plan on joining this maintenance agreement," Belikus said.

The board first voted to adopt Resolution 2026-0086 vacating the underlying easement, then moved to approve the final plat (Resolution 2026-0085) with added language making approval contingent on the parties entering a shared access and maintenance agreement. Both motions carried on voice votes recorded in the meeting as unanimous "I" responses.