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Urbandale endorses Mid Iowa Planning Alliance's pursuit of Council of Governments designation
Summary
The council voted to support MIPA's effort to be added to Iowa Code chapter 28H as a Council of Governments (COG). Staff said COG designation would provide modest state funding (~$20,000), access to IPATE/IPERS options and administrative benefits for federal/state program delivery; MIPA sought letters of support for a Dec. board vote and legislative outreach.
Urbandale City Council voted to endorse the Mid Iowa Planning Alliance(MIPA) as it seeks a Council of Governments (COG) designation under Iowa Code chapter 28H.
Aaron Dionne, Urbandale's economic development director, introduced Andrew Collings, executive director of MIPA, who described MIPA as a regional planning nonprofit serving a seven-county region and explained the…
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