Amendment of the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District Urban Renewal Plan, Version 2022.2_InitiateCity of Dubuque
City Council Meeting
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July 18, 2022
Items to be set for Public Hearing #
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ITEM TITLE: Resolution of Necessity for the Amendment of the Dubuque Industrial
Center Economic Development District Urban Renewal Plan, Version
2022.2
SUMMARY: City Manager recommending City Council adopt the Resolution of
Necessity that begins the process of drafting the Amended and Restated
Urban Renewal Plan for Dubuque Industrial Center Economic
Development District and sets a public hearing on the proposed
amendment for September 6, 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
DISPOSITION: September 6, 2022Suggested Disposition:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for
Dubuque Industrial Center Urban Renewal Area, City Manager Memo
Version 2022.2-MVM Memo
Staff Memo Staff Memo
Resolution Resolutions
Notice of Public Hearing Supporting Documentation
Attachment A - Map Supporting Documentation
Attachment B - Legal Description Supporting Documentation
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Resolution of Necessity for the Amendment of the Dubuque Industrial
Center Economic Development District Urban Renewal Plan, Version
2022.2
DATE: July 14, 2022
Economic Development Director Jill Connors is recommending City Council adopt the
Resolution of Necessity that begins the process of drafting the Amended and Restated
Urban Renewal Plan for Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District and
sets a public hearing on the proposed amendment for September 6, 2022. The proposed
Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan ("Urban Renewal Plan") for the District
would remove property from Subarea C of the District.
The removal of the property is required to accommodate the issuance of urban renewal
tax rebates under the Development Agreement by and among the City of Dubuque,
Iowa, Green Industrial Properties, L.L.C., Innovation Properties, L.L.C., and Green
Industrial Supply, Inc. Once the property is removed from Subarea C, the area will be
given a new subarea designation resetting the period that tax increment can be
collected on the property.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
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FROM: Jill M. Connors, Economic Development Director
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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
2022.2
DATE: July 12, 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 September 6, 2022.
The proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan ("Urban Renewal Plan") for
the District would remove property from Subarea C of the District.
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, P, and Q).
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. The removal of the property is required to
accommodate the issuance of urban renewal tax rebates under the Development
Agreement by and among the City of Dubuque, Iowa, Green Industrial Properties, L.L.C.,
Innovation Properties, L.L.C., and Green Industrial Supply, Inc. Once the property is
removed from Subarea C, the area will be given a new subarea designation resetting the
period that tax increment can be collected on the property.
DISCUSSION
This proposed amendment of the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development
District would result in the removal of property from Subarea C that is currently
undeveloped. The property will still remain within the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic
Development District.
The attached Resolution directs staff to prepare a Version 2022.2 Amended and Restated
Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District.
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 2022.2 Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan
will be scheduled for September 6, 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.
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Prepared by Jill Connors Economic Development 1300 Main St Dubuque IA 52001 (563) 5894393
Return to Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk, 50 W. 13t^ St., Dubuque, IA 52001, (563) 589-4100
RESOLUTION NO. 253-22
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 further amended to
remove property from Subarea C of 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 forthe 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 September 6, 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 18'h day of July, 2022.
ATTEST:
Adrienne N. Breiffelder, 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 6th day of September, 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 (the
"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(c�cityofdubug ue.org.
The proposed Plan, if approved, would amend and restate the Plan to remove property
from Subarea C of the District.
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.cityofdubugue.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 18th day of July, 2022.
Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk
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Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development
District
Dated JUNE 29, 2022
District Boundary Description of Proposed Subarea
Subarea C of the District consists of the real property legally described as follows:
■ Lot 1 of Dubuque Industrial Center North Second Addition; and
■ Lots 2 and 3 of Dubuque Industrial Center North First Addition; and
■ C of Dubuque Industrial Center North First Addition, excepting the following part
of said Lot C: Commencing at the northwest corner of Lot 1 in Dubuque Industrial
Center North Second Addition in the City of Dubuque, Iowa; Thence North 87
degrees 35 minutes 13 seconds East along the north line of said Lot 1, 65.47 feet
to the Point of Beginning; Thence North 87 degrees 35 minutes 13 seconds East
continuing along said north line of Lot 1, 467.29 feet; Thence South 82 degrees
04 minutes 06 seconds East continuing along said north line of Lot 1, 212.63
feet; Thence North 19 degrees 12 minutes 36 seconds East, 433.37 feet, to a
point on the easterly line of Lot 2 in Dubuque Industrial Center North Third
Addition in the City of Dubuque, Iowa; Thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00
seconds West, 231.12 feet; Thence North 60 degrees 11 minutes 47 seconds
West, 280.07 feet; Thence North 51 degrees 38 minutes 25 seconds West,
318.12 feet; Thence South 57 degrees 28 minutes 14 seconds West, 86.87 feet;
Thence South 18 degrees 59 minutes 51 seconds East, 140.84 feet; Thence
South 51 degrees 57 minutes 52 seconds East, 101.08 feet; Thence South 01
degree 57 minutes 06 seconds East, 108.09 feet; Thence South 33 degrees 59
minutes 54 seconds East, 90.10 feet; Thence South 44 degrees 57 minutes 34
seconds East, 130.53 feet; Thence South 12 degrees 19 minutes 12 seconds
West, 171.97 feet; Thence South 87 degrees 35 minutes 13 seconds West,
260.33 feet; Thence South 02 degrees 35 minutes 19 seconds East, 40.00 feet,
to the Point of Beginning, said part of Lot C contains 6.59 acres, more or less.
■ Lot A of Dubuque Industrial Center North First Addition, excepting that Part of
said Lot A originally platted as Lot 2 of the SW '/4 of the NW 1/4 of Sec. 30, T89N,
R2E of the 5th PM; and
■ Any adjoining public street right-of-way, all in the City of Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
EXCEPT Part Lot 3 in the Dubuque Industrial Center North First Addition in
the City of Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, Except Lot `A' of Lot 3 in
Dubuque Industrial Center North First Addition in the City of Dubuque,
ATTACHMENT B
Dubuque County, Iowa, described as follows: Commencing at the southeast
corner of said Lot 3; thence N00°36'04"W, 364.16 feet along the east line of
said Lot 3; thence S89°24'16"W, 502.28 feet along the outside face of the
south wall of the existing building to the point of beginning; thence
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37.00 feet; thence S89°24'16"W, 210.00 feet; thence N00°35'44"W, 362.00
feet; thence N89°24'16"E, 255.00 feet to the northerly extension of the
outside face of the west wall of the existing building; then S00035'44"E,
357.00 feet along said face of the west wall of the southwest corner of the
existing building; thence N89024'16"E, 125.00 feet along the face of the
south wall of the existing building to the point of beginning, containing 2.258
acres.
All in the City of Dubuque, Iowa.