ORDINANCE NO. 3163
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 3083-A, PROVIDING THAT GENERAL PROPERTY TAXES LEVIED AND COLLECTED EACH YEAR ON ALL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE AMENDED KETTLESTONE PHASE 1 COMMERCIAL URBAN RENEWAL AREA, IN CITY OF WAUKEE, COUNTY OF DALLAS STATE OF IOWA, BY AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE STATE OF IOWA, CITY OF WAUKEE, COUNTY OF DALLAS, WAUKEE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND OTHER TAXING DISTRICTS, BE PAID TO A SPECIAL FUND FOR PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON LOANS, MONIES ADVANCED TO AND INDEBTEDNESS, INCLUDING BONDS ISSUED OR TO BE ISSUED, INCURRED BY THE CITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE AMENDED KETTLESTONE PHASE 1 COMMERCIAL URBAN RENEWAL AREA (AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE KETTLESTONE PHASE 1 COMMERCIAL URBAN RENEWAL PLAN)
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Waukee, State of Iowa, has heretofore, in Ordinance No. 3083-A, provided for the division of taxes within the Kettlestone Phase 1 Commercial Urban Renewal Area ("Phase 1 Area" or "Phase 1 Urban Renewal Area"), pursuant to Section 403.19, Code of Iowa; and
WHEREAS, the following territory now has been removed from the Kettlestone Phase 1 Commercial Urban Renewal Area through the adoption of Amendment No. 1 to the Kettlestone Phase 1 Commercial Urban Renewal Plan ("Phase 1 Amendment No. 1 Subarea"):
Lot 14, Kettlestone Central Plat 1, an Official Plat, now included in and forming a part of the City of Waukee, Dallas County, Iowa; and
WHEREAS, indebtedness has been incurred by the City, and additional indebtedness is anticipated to be incurred in the future, to finance urban renewal project activities within the amended Kettlestone Phase 1 Commercial Urban Renewal Area, and the continuing needs of redevelopment within the amended Kettlestone Phase 1 Commercial Urban Renewal Area are such as to require the continued application of the incremental tax resources of the amended Kettlestone Phase 1 Commercial Urban Renewal Area; and
WHEREAS, the following enactment is necessary to accomplish the objectives described in the premises.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WAUKEE, STATE OF IOWA, THAT:
Ordinance Number 3083-A is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1. For purposes of this Ordinance, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
a) Original Phase 1 Area means that portion of the City of Waukee, State of Iowa, described in the Urban Renewal Plan for the Kettlestone Phase 1 Commercial Urban Renewal Area approved by Resolution No. 2023-229 on the 5th day of June, 2023, the description of which was corrected nunc pro tunc by Resolution No. 2023-495 on the 20th day of November, 2023, includes the lots and parcels located within the area legally described as follows:
Kettlestone Central Plat 1, an official plat in and forming a part of the City of Waukee, Dallas County, Iowa
b) Phase 1 Amendment No. 1 Subarea means that portion of the City of Waukee, State of Iowa, described in the Phase 1 Amendment to the Phase 1 Urban Renewal Plan for the Kettlestone Phase 1 Commercial Urban Renewal Area approved by Resolution No. 2025-427 on the 3rd day of November, 2025, which Phase 1 Amendment No. 1 Subarea removes the lots and parcels located within the area legally described as follows:
Lot 14, Kettlestone Central Plat 1, an Official Plat, now included in and forming a part of the City of Waukee, Dallas County, Iowa; and
c) Amended Phase 1 Area means that portion of the City of Waukee, State of Iowa, included within the Original Phase 1 Area except the portion removed by the Phase 1 Amendment, which Amended Phase 1 Area includes the following parcels:
The following real property located in the City of Waukee, Dallas County, Iowa:
Lot 12, Kettlestone Central Plat 1
Lot 13, Kettlestone Central Plat 1
Lot 11, Kettlestone Central Plat 1
Lot 10, Kettlestone Central Plat 1
Lot 9, Kettlestone Central Plat 1
Lot 8, Kettlestone Central Plat 1
Lot 7, Kettlestone Central Plat 1
Lot 6, Kettlestone Central Plat 1
Lot 5, Kettlestone Central Plat 1
Lot 4, Kettlestone Central Plat 1
Lot 3, Kettlestone Central Plat 1
Lot 2, Kettlestone Central Plat 1
Lot 1, Kettlestone Central Plat 1
All being part of Kettlestone Central Plat 1, an Official Plat, now included in and forming a part of the City of Waukee, Dallas County, Iowa; and
Section 2. The taxes levied on the taxable property in the Amended Phase 1 Area, legally described in Section 1 hereof, by and for the benefit of the State of Iowa, County of Dallas, Iowa, Waukee Community School District, and all other taxing districts from and after the effective date of this Ordinance shall be divided as hereinafter in this Ordinance provided.
Section 3. As to the Amended Phase 1 Area, that portion of the taxes which would be produced by the rate at which the tax is levied each year by or for each of the taxing districts taxing property in the Amended Phase 1 Area upon the total sum of the assessed value of the taxable property in the Amended Phase 1 Area as shown on the assessment roll as of January 1 of the calendar year preceding the first calendar year in which the City of Waukee, State of Iowa, certifies to the Auditor of Dallas County, Iowa the amount of loans, advances, indebtedness, or bonds payable from the division of property tax revenue described herein, shall be allocated to and when collected be paid into the fund for the respective taxing district as taxes by or for the taxing district into which all other property taxes are paid.
Section 4. That portion of the taxes each year in excess of the base period taxes for the Amended Phase 1 Are, as provided in Section 3 of this Ordinance, shall be allocated to and when collected be paid into the special tax increment fund previously established by the City of Waukee, State of Iowa, to pay the principal of and interest on loans, monies advanced to, or indebtedness, whether funded, refunded, assumed or otherwise, including bonds issued under authority of Section 403.9 or Section 403.12, Code of Iowa, incurred by the City of Waukee, State of Iowa, to finance or refinance, in whole or in part, urban renewal projects undertaken within the Amended Phase 1 Area pursuant to the Phase 1 Urban Renewal Plan, as amended, except that (i) taxes for the regular and voter-approved physical plant and equipment levy of a school district imposed pursuant to Section 298.2, Code of Iowa, and taxes for the instructional support program of a school district imposed pursuant to Section 257.19, Code of Iowa,(but in each case only to the extent required under Section 403.19(2), Code of Iowa); (ii) taxes for the payment of bonds and interest of each taxing district; (iii) taxes imposed under Section 346.27(22), Code of Iowa, related to joint county-city buildings; and (iv) any other exceptions under Section 403.19, Code of Iowa, shall be collected against all taxable property within the Amended Phase 1 Area without any limitation as hereinabove provided.
Section 5. Unless or until the total assessed valuation of the taxable property in Amended Phase 1 Area exceeds the total assessed value of the taxable property in the Amended Phase 1 Area as shown by the assessment roll referred to in Section 3 of this Ordinance, all of the taxes levied and collected upon the taxable property in the Amended Phase 1 Area shall be paid into the funds for the respective taxing districts as taxes by or for the taxing districts in the same manner as all other property taxes.
Section 6. At such time as the loans, monies advanced, bonds and interest thereon and indebtedness of the City of Waukee, State of Iowa, referred to in Section 4 hereof have been paid, all monies thereafter received from taxes upon the taxable property in the Amended Phase 1 Area shall be paid into the funds for the respective taxing districts in the same manner as taxes on all other property.
Section 7. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. The provisions of this Ordinance are intended and shall be construed so as to continue the division of taxes from property within the Amended Phase 1 Area under the provisions of Section 403.19, Code of Iowa. In the event that any provision of this Ordinance shall be determined to be contrary to law it shall not affect other provisions or application of this Ordinance which shall at all times be construed to fully invoke the provisions of Section 403.19, Code of Iowa, with reference to the Amended Phase 1 Area and the territory contained therein.
Section 8. This Ordinance shall be in effect after its final passage, approval and publication as provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 17th day of November, 2025.
Courtney Clarke, Mayor
ATTEST: Rebecca D. Schuett, City Clerk
November 20 2025
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