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Marion County approves joint agreement with City of Pella on Lely Urban Renewal plan amendment
Summary
The board approved Resolution 2026-23 to enter a joint agreement with the City of Pella regarding Amendment No. 2 to the Lely Urban Renewal Plan, allowing Pella to include property within two miles of its boundaries in the urban renewal area; approval authorizes county officials to execute the agreement per Iowa Code 403.17(4).
The Marion County Board of Supervisors approved Resolution 2026-23 Feb. 10 authorizing a joint City/County agreement with the City of Pella concerning Amendment No. 2 to the Lely Urban Renewal Plan. The amendment would add property outside, but within two miles of, Pella’s corporate limits to the Lely Urban Renewal Area for proposed urban renewal projects.
The resolution cites Iowa Code Section 403.17(4), which requires a joint agreement between a city and county before the city proceeds with projects on property outside but near its corporate limits. The board’s action authorizes the chair and the county auditor to execute the joint agreement in substantially the form before the board and to take necessary steps to carry out the agreement’s provisions.
Supervisor Steve McCombs moved to approve the resolution and Chair Kisha Jahner seconded the motion. The motion carried with aye votes from McCombs and Jahner; Supervisor Jim Mueller was recorded as absent. The minutes do not record further details on specific parcels or projects to be included under the amendment.
