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Council approves annexation of Ames Golf & Country Club area with three-year tax transition
Summary
After a public hearing in which several residents opposed involuntary annexation, the Ames City Council approved the annexation of the Ames Golf & Country Club and Ironside subdivision properties and included a three-year property-tax transition phased at 75%/50%/25%.
Kelly Dieckman, Planning and Housing Director, reviewed the proposed annexation and reminded council that the planning and zoning commission found the request consistent with the comprehensive plan. Dieckman said staff had mailed required notices and that the annexation is technically an 80/20 involuntary annexation with some nonconsenting parcels.
During public comment, resident Darryl Vank said the 31 Irons Way property owners did not want annexation and asked the council to explain why the city sought to add the area. A council member responded that annexation supports sound planning, provides uniform boundaries for emergency response, and avoids leaving pockets of unincorporated land in the city's path of development.
Council moved and adopted Alternate 1 — approving annexation and offering the tax-transition incentive — by roll call. Council also discussed, but did not finalize, any timing for sanitary-sewer extension, which staff said remains a separate decision and not automatically triggered by annexation.
