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Pella City Council adopts Imagine More Community Urban Renewal Plan; places related tax ordinance on first reading
Summary
The Pella City Council adopted Resolution No. 7092 to designate an area as blighted and approve the Imagine More Community Urban Renewal Plan and placed Ordinance No. 1090 on its first reading to direct property tax increments to a special fund for redevelopment debt; both actions passed unanimously.
The Pella City Council adopted Resolution No. 7092 on July 7, 2026, designating an area as a blighted and economic development area and adopting the Imagine More Community Urban Renewal Plan after a public hearing that drew two oral comments and no written submissions. The resolution passed on a roll call vote (AYES: 6, NAYS: None).
The council also placed Ordinance No. 1090 on its first reading. The ordinance would direct general property taxes levied on property within the designated urban renewal area to a special fund for payment of loans, advances and indebtedness, including bonds issued for the plan. The first-reading motion carried on a roll call vote (AYES: 6, NAYS: None).
At the start of the hearing, Councilmember Calvin Bandstra moved to close the public hearing; Dave Hopkins seconded and the council voted 6-0 to close the hearing. The formal adoption of the urban renewal designation was moved by Dave Hopkins and seconded by Calvin Bandstra; the subsequent roll call recorded six ayes. The ordinance was moved to first reading by Dave Hopkins and seconded by Dr. Spencer Carlstone; that motion likewise passed on a 6-0 roll call.
The minutes record that two oral comments were received during the public hearing but do not include the speakers’ names or the content of those comments. The urban renewal plan’s text and any project-level financing or developer agreements were not described in the minutes; the ordinance language as read describes only the allocation of tax increments to a special fund for repayment of project-related indebtedness.
Next steps in the process include further ordinance readings and any subsequent actions required to create projects, issue bonds or use tax-increment financing for redevelopment within the designated area. The council did not record additional project approvals at this meeting.
