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Adams County supervisors set March consultation, April public hearing on Amendment No. 2 to Southern Hills Wind Farm urban renewal plan

Adams County Board of Supervisors · April 1, 2026
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Summary

The Adams County Board of Supervisors voted to set a March 24 consultation and April 13 public hearing on Amendment No. 2 to the Southern Hills Wind Farm Urban Renewal Plan, which would add Prescott Wind Farm parcels and extensive road rights-of-way and authorize up to $1,196,705,295 in TIF financing.

The Adams County Board of Supervisors voted to set a consultation for 9 a.m. on March 24 and a public hearing for 9 a.m. on April 13 to consider Amendment No. 2 to the Southern Hills Wind Farm Urban Renewal Plan, which would add multiple Prescott Wind Farm turbine parcels, an O&M building parcel and broad road right-of-way areas to the county’s urban renewal boundaries.

The action, approved March 9 by a 4-0 vote (Scott Akin moved; Leland Shipley seconded; Bobbi Maynes absent), directs the County Auditor to mail notice and materials to affected taxing entities and publish a hearing notice in the Adams County Free Press. The resolution invokes the consultation and hearing procedures required by Section 403.5 and Section 403.17(1) of the Code of Iowa.

Why it matters: the Amendment would expand the…

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