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Council initiates large annexation application including Borgmeyer properties; staff to pursue developer agreement

2496948 · January 14, 2025
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Summary

The Ames City Council directed staff to pursue annexation of a large unincorporated area that includes the Borgmeyer properties and related tracts, and to begin drafting a developer agreement. Council considered three timing alternatives and selected the option to annex the larger area at once.

The Ames City Council voted to initiate annexation of a large portion of the city’s urban growth area that includes the Borgmeyer properties and other adjacent tracts, and directed staff to begin drafting a developer agreement related to that annexation.

City planning staff presented three alternatives for timing and composition of the annexation: a phased approach focused first on the Borgmeyer parcels; a single, comprehensive annexation that would include all identified properties at once; and a hybrid fast-tracked option. After discussion about potential…

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