Amendment of the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District Urban Renewal Plan, Version 2022.1_InitiateCopyrighted
April 4, 2022
City of Dubuque Items to be set for Public Hearing # 9.
City Council Meeting
ITEM TITLE: Resolution of Necessity for the Amendment of the Dubuque Industrial
Center Economic Development District Urban Renewal Plan, Version
2022.1
SUMMARY:
City Manager recommending City Council adopt a Resolution of Necessity
that begins the process of drafting the Amended and Restated Urban
Renewal Plan for Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District
to expand the district and set a public hearing on the proposed amendment
for May 16, 2022.
RESOLUTION Authorizing and directing the City Manager to prepare an
Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial
Center Economic Development District and setting dates for the public
hearing and consultation process on the proposed Amended and Restated
Urban Renewal Plan for said district
SUGGESTED
Receive and File; Adopt Resolution(s), Set Public Hearing for May 16,
DISPOSITION:
2022Suggested Disposition:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Type
Amended and Restated
Urban Renewal Plan for
Dubuque Industrial Center
Urban Renewal Area, City Manager Memo
Version 2022.1-MVM Memo
Staff Memo
Staff Memo
Resolution
Resolutions
Notice of Hearing
Supporting Documentation
Attachment A - Map
Supporting Documentation
Attachment B - Legal Description Supporting Documentation
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SUBJECT: Resolution of Necessity for the Amendment of the Dubuque Industrial
Center Economic Development District Urban Renewal Plan, Version
2022.1
DATE: March 30, 2022
Economic Development Director Jill Connors is recommending City Council adopt a
Resolution of Necessity that begins the process of drafting the Amended and Restated
Urban Renewal Plan for Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District to
expand the district and set a public hearing on the proposed amendment for May 16,
2022.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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Mic ael C. Van Milligen
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Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Jill Connors, Economic Development Director
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FROM: Jill M. Connors, Economic Development Director
Economic Development
Department
1300 Main Street
Dubuque, Iowa 52001-4763
Office (563) 589-4393
TTY (563) 690-6678
http://www.cityofdubuque.org
SUBJECT: Resolution of Necessity for the Amendment of the Dubuque Industrial
Center Economic Development District Urban Renewal Plan, Version
2022.1
DATE: March 28, 2022
INTRODUCTION
This memorandum presents for City Council consideration a Resolution of Necessity that
finds that: 1) an Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial
Center Economic Development District ("District") is both necessary and appropriate; and
2) sets a public hearing on the proposed amendment for May 16, 2022.
The proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan ("Urban Renewal Plan") for
the District would expand the District to include the property to be designated as a new
Subarea Q. The proposed Urban Renewal Plan will also include a new project under the
public purpose activities, Scherr Real Estate, LLC and Dubuque Screw Products, Inc.
BACKGROUND
The original Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District was created on
May 2, 1988. The District is an urban renewal area which allows the City of Dubuque to
capture tax increment revenue from improvements made in the District in order to
promote economic development activities. The original area included the Dubuque
Industrial Center (known as Subarea A) and has been expanded several times over the
years to include Dubuque Industrial Center West, the County Farm, the Bergfeld Farm,
the North Siegert Farm, the Rail Site, the South Siegert Farm, the Graf Farm, McFadden
Farms, small adjacent parcels, and several County -owned parcels (known as Subareas
B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, and P).
Before a municipality can exercise the authority conferred by Iowa Code Chapter 403
Urban Renewal, a Resolution of Necessity must be adopted finding that the area being
considered for urban renewal district designation is either a slum, blighted or economic
development area and that the rehabilitation, conservation, redevelopment, development,
or a combination thereof, of the area is necessary in the interest of the public health,
safety or welfare of the residents of the city.
DISCUSSION
This proposed expansion and amendment of the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic
Development District would result in the addition of property that is currently undeveloped.
The expansion of the District is required to accommodate the issuance of urban renewal
tax rebates under the Development Agreement by and among the City of Dubuque, Iowa,
Scherr Real Estate, LLC, and Dubuque Screw Products, Inc.
The attached Resolution directs staff to prepare a Version 2022.1 Amended and Restated
Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District,
including the new Subarea Q. Additionally, staff is required to hold a consultation process,
required by law, with the affected taxing entities concerning the proposed Plan.
A City Council public hearing on the 2022.1 Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan
will be scheduled for May 16, 2022. The public notice will be published four to twenty days
before the meeting to allow for the appropriate publication requirements. This will allow
time for preparation of the Plan and the consultation process with the taxing entities.
RECOMMENDATION / ACTION STEP
I recommend the City Council adopt the attached Resolution of Necessity that begins the
process of drafting the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for Dubuque
Industrial Center Economic Development District to expand the district.
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Prepared by Jill Connors Economic Development 1300 Main St Dubuque IA 52001 (563) 589-4393
Return to Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk, 50 W. 13'h St., Dubuque, IA 52001, (563) 589-4100
RESOLUTION NO. 122-22
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE AN AMENDED
AND RESTATED URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR THE DUBUQUE INDUSTRIAL
CENTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND SETTING DATES FOR THE
PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSULTATION PROCESS ON THE PROPOSED
AMENDED AND RESTATED URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR SAID DISTRICT.
Whereas, the City Council of the City of Dubuque has heretofore approved the
Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan (the 'Plan" or "Urban Renewal Plan") for
the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District (the "District') in order to
provide redevelopment opportunities which will further the purposes and objectives of the
foregoing Urban Renewal Plan; and
Whereas, City staff has recommended that the Plan be amended to expand the
District; and
Whereas, Iowa Code Chapter 403 requires that before a Plan may be modified,
the City Council must follow the notification, consultation, and public hearing process set
forth therein.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. That the City Manager is authorized and directed to prepare an
Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic
Development District to include in such Plan any appropriate project activities and details,
and to determine an appropriate date for and conduct the consultation process required
by law with affected taxing entities concerning the proposed amendment.
Section 2. That the City Council hold a public hearing on the adoption of the
proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center
Economic Development District on May 16, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. in the form attached hereto.
The notice of said hearing shall generally identify the areas covered by the Plan and the
general scope of the urban renewal activities planned for such areas, and said notice
shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation within the City not less than
four days nor more than twenty days before the date of said meeting. A copy of the notice
of public hearing shall be sent by ordinary mail to the affected taxing entities.
Section 3. That the Economic Development Department is further directed to send
by ordinary mail a copy of said Plan, the notice of public hearing, a notice of consultation,
and, to the extent the Plan includes the use of tax increment revenues for a public
building, an analysis of alternative development and funding options for such public
buildings, to the Dubuque Community School District and the Dubuque County Board of
Supervisors, as the affected taxing entities.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 4ch day of April, 2022.
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Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk
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CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
OFFICIAL NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Dubuque, Iowa, will
hold a public hearing on the 16th day of May, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. in the Historic Federal
Building, 350 W. 6th Street, 2nd floor, Dubuque, Iowa. At said meeting the City Council
will consider a proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan ("Plan") for the
Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District ("the District"). The official
agenda will be posted the Friday before the meeting and will contain public input options.
The City Council agenda can be accessed at
https://cityofdubuque.novusagenda.com/AgendaPublic/ or by contacting the City Clerk's
Office at 563-589-4100, ctyclerk(a cityofdubugue.org.
The proposed Plan, if approved, would amend and restate the Plan to create a new
Subarea within the District, Subarea O, by adding property to the District. The City Council
has found that the proposed areas meet the definition of an economic development area
as defined in Iowa Code Chapter 403 and should be included therein.
At the meeting, the City Council will receive oral and written comments from any resident
or property owner of said City to the above action. Written comments regarding the
proposed Plan may be submitted to the City Clerk's Office on or before said time of public
hearing.
Copies of supporting documents for the public hearing are on file in the City Clerk's Office,
50 W. 13t" Street, and may be viewed during normal working hours. Agendas can be
accessed at https://www.citVofdubugue.org/Agendas.
Individuals with limited English proficiency, vision, hearing or speech impairments or
requiring special assistance should contact the City Clerk's Office at (563) 589-4100,
TDD/TTY (563) 690-6678, ctyclerk@cityofdubuque.org as soon as feasible. Deaf or hard -
of -hearing individuals can use Relay Iowa by dialing 711 or (800) 735-2942.
Published by order of the City Council given on the 4th day of April, 2022.
Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk
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Attachment B
Dubuque Industrial Center Economic
Development District
Dated March 7, 2022
District Boundary Description of Proposed Subarea
Subarea Q of the District shall include the following described properties:
Lot 1-5 of Dubuque Industrial Center West 5th Addition in the City of Dubuque,
Iowa
All in the City of Dubuque, Iowa