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Council debates rental‑inspection implications as developer seeks to revert to single‑meter service for Autumn Woods
Summary
Staff and the developer asked council to approve an amendment to a development and maintenance agreement for Autumn Woods to revert to a single water meter (rather than individual meters) for existing units; council raised enforcement concerns tied to the rental‑inspection program and postponed related rezoning until the owner/developer could appear to answer technical questions.
Staff presented an amended development and maintenance agreement for Autumn Woods that would recombine lots and allow the developer to maintain a single water meter for multiple units rather than retrofitting individual meters for each unit. The new developer said the retrofit cost would be substantial and requested the single‑meter approach to keep the project moving.
Council members and staff discussed enforcement implications for the city's rental‑inspection program, noting that trash billing is tied to water accounts and that tracking turnover is more difficult when multiple units share one meter. Staff said they are pursuing an agreement with Evergy (electric provider) to use electricity account turn‑on/turn‑off data to track unit turnover where individual water meters are not present, but legal opinion is needed before Evergy can provide that data. The architect for the project, Will Dubois, said about 39 units are built so far out of 101 approved and that retrofitting would be costly. Council members asked the developer to appear with the owner to answer operation and compliance questions; a motion to postpone the rezoning/first reading until the developer could attend passed.
