(Pottawattamie Co) The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved the Secondary Roads Department’s Road Improvement Policy.
The policy states: Pottawattamie County desires to uniformly participate with property owners who seek to improve their road by petitioning for a “Secondary Road Assessment District” or a “Special Secondary Road Assessment District”. This type of petition is a proposal by property owners to pay some or all of the costs to improve a county road along their property.
Board Chairman Susan Miller said she took this out for a “test drive” on a street in Carson where she knew the property owners and the lay of the land just for “hypothetical” reasoning.
The procedures state that interested parties should contact the Secondary Roads Department for assistance in meeting the petition requirements and to request a pre-petition meeting. Before submitting the petition, 75% of the listed parcels must show the owner’s signature(s) as approval for the road improvement costs and provide the required ownership documentation. The petition and all signature pages shall be date stamped and filed with the County Engineer on or before October 1st to be constructed in the following season. Once reviewed by the County Attorney’s Office the County Engineer will place the petition on the agenda for the Board of Supervisors to consider for approval.
