Plans for Home Construction Get Council's OK

The Waukee City Council on Monday approved plans for 57 new-single-family homes to be built on two separate properties, which will replenish the city's dwindling housing stock, said interim city administrator Brad Deets.

One of the plans calls for 32 new homes to be built off of Southeast L.A. Grant Parkway east of South Middle School, and south of the Grant Park subdivision, according to the Des Moines Register. The plat is called Westown Meadows.

The council also unanimously approved a plan for Fox Creek Estates that allows 25 single-family homes to be built east of Warrior Lane and north of Point of Grace Church.

Also at the meeting, Mayor Bill Peard said he will send a letter on behalf of the community of Waukee to the mayor of Newtown, CT, expressing sympathy for the community's loss after Friday’s mass shooting, the newspaper reported.

And in other business, members of the Waukee Leadership Institute asked the City Council to give annual financial support to the organization, beginning next year with $5,000.