City of Waukee Reaches Agreement on Alice's Road Project
The City of Waukee acquired the final two parcels of land needed to expand the road to accommodate potential economic growth.
Alice's Road
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
City of Waukee Reaches Agreement on Alice's Road Project
The City of Waukee acquired the final two parcels of land needed to expand the road to accommodate potential economic growth.
The Waukee City Council last night approved development agreements with two landowners needed to expand the road to make room for future economic growth. The council voted 4-0 at Monday night's regular council meeting, the Des Moines Register reports. The decision came a week after the council postponed a vote to use eminent domain to purchase the land. Approval of the agreement will allow the city to avoid complicated and time-consuming condemnation procedures, the article said. The city will acquire the rights to work on the properties at no cost, City Manager Tim Moerman told the newspaper. It also will allow Alice’s Road projects to move forward into final design and construction, according to a media release issued by the city. Mayor …
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Vote on Alice's Road Land Delayed Until Next Week
The Waukee City Council voted unanimously to push back the decision to use eminent domain to purchase land needed to expand the road to accommodate potential economic growth, the Des Moines Register reported.
The decision to use eminent domain to purchase land needed to boost economic growth on Waukee's Alice's Road was delayed at a special city council meeting Monday night. The council voted unanimously to wait until next week to make a decision, the Des Moines Register reported. City officials have yet to reach agreements with two key property owners, Kurt Brewer and Lolowau LLC, and City Administrator Tim Moerman said during the meeting an agreement is likely to be reached by next week. Related: Will Waukee Council Use Eminent Domain to Buy Land for Alice's Road Project? If the resolution had been approved, the city would have moved forward with condemnation procedures, the article said. The Alice's Road project requires the city to acquire …
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Monday, April 8, 2013
Will Waukee Council Use Eminent Domain to Buy Land for Alice's Road Project?
The Waukee City Council meets at 5:30 tonight to discuss how to acquire land needed for the project, seen as the key to the city's growth. Members will also discuss how to fill Dan Dutcher's empty council seat.
Tonight's special meeting of the Waukee City Council has a full agenda, including whether to use eminent domain to acquire land needed for the Alice's Road project, according to the city's website. Also on the agenda is receiving Councilman Dan Dutcher's letter of resignation, which was effective April 2; discussing how to fill Dutcher's seat on the council; and authorizing increased pay for interm library director Keri Weston-Stoll, who is filling after the firing of Erik Surber. The Register reported that Weston-Stoll earns around $35,000 per year as the children’s librarian, and the library board recommends a $1,500 per-month pay increase while she acts as library director. Dutcher cited personal reasons in making the decision to resign…
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Sunday, March 31, 2013
Waukee Residents Collect 70 Signatures to Block Rezoning for New Apartment Complex
Several Waukee residents oppose a rezoning request that would allow an apartment complex to be built near their homes in the area of Alice’s Road and South Middle School.
Opponents of plans for a new apartment complex near their homes in the area of Alice’s Road and South Middle School more than tripled their numbers after door-to-door outreach on Thursday. They now have at least 70 signatures, up from 20, on a petition opposing a rezoning request before City Council, Eric Krieger said. "Four of us in the neighborhood went door to door last night (03/28) and we now have 70 signatures on the petition to stop the rezoning," Krieger said in a comment on Patch. "It is clear that the people that live in the community near the proposed rezoning do not want it. Hopefully the City Council recognizes this and their votes reflect the people they represent." The rezoning was approved by the Waukee City Council at …
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Josh Ehlen
9:29 am on Monday, April 1, 2013
Come to the City Council Mtg tonight at 5:30 to express your concerns. Look forward to seeing you tonight. more ›
Friday, March 29, 2013
Residents Object to Plans for Apartment Complex Near Subdivision
The Grant Park neighbors are concerned about increased traffic and the affect an apartment complex would have on their houses if it is built near Alice's Road and Waukee South Middle School.
About 20 Waukee residents have signed a petition opposing a rezoning request that would allow an apartment complex to be built near their homes in the area of Alice’s Road and South Middle School. The rezoning was approved by the Waukee City Council at Monday's meeting, but must be approved in two more meetings before it takes affect. Council members voted unanimously to approve the first reading of the zoning change for Westown Meadows Plat 2, the Des Moines Register reports. The next council meeting is April 1 and the opposing homeowners told Waukee Patch they will also attend that meeting to voice their concerns. Several people who live near the proposed apartment site spoke to the council during Monday's meeting, saying the plan would …
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Firm to Study Habitat of Bat Holding Up Work on Alice's Road Interchange
Since learning that an endangered bat species is living in the area of the Alice's Road/105th Street interchange, the cities of Waukee and West Des Moines have had to study what construction could mean for the animal's habitat.
An environmental consulting firm will be paid about $35,000 to determine how the habitat of an endangered Indiana bat species will be affected by the Alice’s Road/105th Street interchange, the Des Moines Register reports. The Waukee City Council voted 4-0 Monday to hire Stantec Consulting Services Inc. to do a survey and radio tracking of the bat, which is on both the federal and state endangered species lists. The city of West Des Moines, which has partnered with Waukee on the interchange project, will split the cost with Waukee. Waukee City Administrator Tim Moerman told the Register he expected no delays in getting West Des Moines' approval. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service which requested the study, estimates the Indiana bat …
Marlene
12:12 pm on Saturday, April 13, 2013
I respectfully disagree and think we have a responsibility to see that this bat species isn't driven to extinction by our actions. If we consider that life on Earth is human-centered, then perhaps Karl is correct. However, humans are but one form of life, of over 1 million that have been described by scientists (and it is estimated that millions more are awaiting discovery). For a minute, … more ›
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Little Bat Equals Big Frustrations for West Des Moines, Waukee Leaders
The cities will have to spend thousands of dollars to determine if an endangered Indiana bat population will be harmed by construction of the $31 million Alice’s Road interchange.
Discovery of an endangered Indiana bat could delay construction of the anticipated Alice’s Road interchange on Interstate 80 linking Waukee and West Des Moines. The Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) is listed as endangered on both federal and Iowa endangered species list, and officials will spend an estimated $30,000 to determine if construction of the interchange – which is expected to open new areas of both West Des Moine and Waukee for development – would further harm the species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service which requested the study, estimates the Indiana bat population at about 387,000, less than half the population when the species was listed as endangered in 1967, the Des Moines Register reported. West Des Moines Mayor Steve Gaer …
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
West Des Moines, Waukee to Tackle Intersection of Alice's Road and 105th Street in 2013
The biggest road project in the West Des Moines city capital improvement plan for the coming fiscal year is constructing the interchange of Alice's Road and 105th Street as Waukee extends Alice's Road.
The largest road project for West Des Moines and Waukee in the next fiscal year is the interchange of 105th Street in West Des Moines and Alice's Road in Waukee as Waukee extends Alice's Road. West Des Moines officials will hold a public hearing later this month on whether to borrow up to $9.1 million in bonds for road and trail projects, the Des Moines Register reports. Waukee and West Des Moines will split the cost of the Interstate Highway 80 interchange at 105th Street in West Des Moines and Alice’s Road in Waukee. Then Waukee will pay to extend Alice’s Road as six lanes of street and install storm sewers, water mains, and three lanes of paved road. West Des Moines anticipates it will spend about $10 million on the project, the …
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Agreements With Landowners OKed by Council as Alice's Road Project Proceeds
Progress continues on the Alice's Road project with the Waukee City Council's approval this week of easements along the route.
The Waukee City Council unanimously approved agreements Thursday night with a group of landowners along the route of the Alice's Road project, the Des Moines Register reports. The votes at a special City Council meeting continue progress on the plan to pave a six-lane road leading to a planned Interstate Highway 80 interchange at Waukee. The property easements allow the city to extend Alice’s Road on land owned by the Richard W. Giles Revocable Trust, Beasley Farms Inc. and Ashworth Properties Development Inc., the newspaper said. In exchange for the right of way, the city will grade six lanes of road and install storm sewers, water mains, and three lanes of paved road, according to city documents. Tentative plans are in the works to …
James
12:36 pm on Monday, April 8, 2013
Dumn Comment John J. Sewage lines are going in, and land is primed for development. When I moved to Waukee years back, and this started coming about I was excited. And still am, it's a vision that is coming to pass and lots of hard work by many people. To call it a birdge to nowhere, is a smack in the face to the hundreds that have put time into this. It is happening, and it is a bridge to big … more ›