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City Council Meeting - 2026-05-18

2h 53m25,714 words
35motion to approveapprovedzoningcomprehensive planresidentialPUDpublic hearingsubdivisiondeferredcommercialhistoric preservationWest Des Moines, IA

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11
Decisions
6
Market Signals
6
Developments
14
Speakers

Zoning Opportunities

Zoning decisions from this meeting: what changed, how the vote went, and the moment it happened.

West Des Moines · May 18, 2026

Approved · 5-0

Reeds Crossing PUD Amendment - 925 Jordan Creek Parkway and 6990 Ashworth Rd

Reeds Crossing PUD Amendment - 925 Jordan Creek Parkway and 6990 Ashworth Rd, approved by a 5-0 vote on May 18, 2026 in West Des Moines.

Entitlement

Your move: Entitlement cleared. The parcel just got more buildable.

West Des Moines · May 18, 2026

Approved · 5-0

Plat of Survey Parcel 2026-4 - east of 811 Burr Oaks Drive

Plat of Survey Parcel 2026-4 - east of 811 Burr Oaks Drive, approved by a 5-0 vote on May 18, 2026 in West Des Moines.

Entitlement

Your move: Entitlement cleared. The parcel just got more buildable.

Meeting Summary

This West Des Moines City Council meeting contained no zoning map amendments or rezonings; the substantive land-use business was a work-session discussion of proposed changes to the city's Property Improvement Fund (PIF) and Regulatory Compliance Fund (RCF) commercial revitalizat…

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Key Decisions (11)

Approved

Reeds Crossing PUD Amendment - 925 Jordan Creek Parkway and 6990 Ashworth Rd

Approved

Traffic Code Amendment - Special Speed Zones, Various Streets

Approved

CDBG 2026-27 Annual Action Plan

Approved

FY25-26 Operating Capital Budget Amendment No. 3

Development Activity (6)

Reeds Crossing PUD stormwater detention expansion

Infrastructure

Grand Avenue Widening

Infrastructure

South 35th Street Trail Reconstruction

Infrastructure

Market Signals (6)

Commercial Demand

The PIF/RCF revitalization program has more than doubled taxable valuation…

Commercial Demand

Greater Des Moines region reports $5.7 billion in capital investment…

Infrastructure

Future Interstate 435 redesignation cleared the state legislature after 20…

Who Spoke (14)

MayorCouncilmember · 5Staff · 3ClerkWitness · 2Public · 2

On the record: the mayor, 5 councilmembers, 3 staff members, the clerk, 2 witnesses, and 2 members of the public.

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