Summerville
Faunal Review (PDF)Date: August 30, 2004
Place: City of Ames, City Hall
Project/Purpose:
Worle Creek Sanitary Sewer Extension Study Citizens Advisory
Committee Meeting:Conceptual Sewer Layout Review.
Attendees:
Citizens – Kim and Becky Christiansen, Don Drake, Bob Finch, Lisa Harmison, Phil and Pam Iasevoli, Doug McCay, Alan and Emily Munson, Susan Owen, Steve Veysey, David Edwards, Alan Fukushima
City of Ames – John Joiner, Paul Wiegand
Consultants – Ed Slattery (Stanley), Jon Garton (Stanley), Keith Summerville (Drake)
Notes By: Jon Garton
| The following meeting notes set forth our understanding of the discussions and decisions made at this meeting. If you have any questions, additions, or comments, please contact the writer immediately. If we do not hear from you, we will assume that our understandings are the same. We are proceeding based on the contents of these meeting notes. |
Stanley Consultants began the meeting by giving a brief review of the study and introducing City staff present and Stanley Consultants members present.
The last meeting was summarized, reports from the biological, flora, and cultural resources studies will be posted on the City website soon.
Cultural Resources Report
Ed Slattery passed out a figure from the cultural resources
report conducted by the Office of the State Archeologist showing the
areas where there is a possibility of finding cultural resources,
and also the presence of a known site that has been identified as a
human burial site within the study area. Detailed study is
recommended by OSA in areas identified on the map with a high
probability of cultural remains before construction would take
place.
Planning and Zoning Review.
Paul Wiegand spoke on behalf of the City’s Planning and Zoning Board to explain the background of the Southwest Growth Priority Area (SWGPA). The process began 8 years ago and identified those areas of the City where growth could occur with the least expense to the City’s existing systems including emergency and infrastructure services. The SWGPA was identified as an area that would best meet those goals. The density of all new developments was set in order to prevent urban sprawl and to make the most efficient use of City services. The council reviewed this plan last year and decided not to change it.
Development can still occur in other areas of the City, however, the City pays for portions of the infrastructure in the SWGPA.
Q&A:
Q- Has City normally paid for infrastructure?
A- Infrastructure has always been paid by the developer except for
increasing the size of a utility or roadway by the City’s request.
Q- Who pays for trunk sewer?
A- In the SWGPA the City will pay for the trunk sewer, developers
will pay for the connecting sewers.
Q- Have assumptions for development
been revisited?
A- Development in the City as a whole has grown as expected,
development in the SWGPA has occurred slower than expected.
Q- Can land be developed but not
annexed by the City.
A- Yes, but will receive no services from the City.
Q- Will there be a report on the
developable land in the SWGPA?
A- The immediate developable land can differ greatly from that in a
few years as land changes ownership, so it is not possible to
project the developable land at this time. For sewer design, all
developable land will be considered for service regardless of
ownership.
Specific questions about development processes or the SWGPA can be sent to the City.
Alternative Concepts for Sewer
Stanley Consultants passed out figures of the alternative concepts
for the Sewer alignment. Alternatives consist of no action, gravity
sewer only, combination of gravity sewer and pump
stations/force-main sewers , and various routes for the gravity and
force mains.
Gravity sewers are the preferred method for sanitary sewers as they function without pumps and associated energy costs. Pump stations and force mains have mechanical devices that require energy and maintenance but provide flexibility for placement of the sewer.
Q&A:
Q- Can presentation figures have existing sewer sizes labeled?
A- Yes, at next meeting existing sewer sizes will be labeled.
Q- Is the recommendation of the
committee guaranteed to be used by the City Council?
A- No, however, it will place pressure on the Council to use the
recommended plan, as this has been agreed upon by the community.
Q- Can the figure show the “trunk”
sewers, as opposed to the collector sewers?
A- Yes.
Q- Can the City provide information
about odor problems that have occurred in the Ferguson subdivision.
A- Yes.
Homework:
Think about concepts, identify issues and determine pros and
cons for each.
Add alternatives and mark up those presented.
Discuss concepts with neighbors.
Next meeting: September 29, 2004, at 6:00 in Room 235 of City Hall