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Amendment of the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District Urban Renewal Plan, Version 2022.3_InitiateCity of Dubuque City Council Meeting Copyrighted July 18, 2022 Items to be set for Public Hearing # 03. ITEM TITLE: Resolution of Necessity for the Amendment of the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District Urban Renewal Plan, Version 2022.3 SUMMARY: City Manager recommending 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 and set 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, setting a date for the public hearing and directing the 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 2022.3-MVM Memo Staff Memo Staff Memo Resolution Resolutions Notice of Hearing Supporting Documentation Attachment A - Map Supporting Documentation Attachment B - Legal Description Supporting Documentation THE CITY OF Dubuque DUB TEE1. All -America City Masterpiece on the Mississippi � pp zoo�•*o 13 zoi720zoi9 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 2022.3 DATE: July 14, 2022 Economic Development Director Jill Connors is recommending 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 and set 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 expand the District to include the property to be designated as a new Subarea R. The proposed Urban Renewal Plan will also include a new project under the public purpose activities, Green Industrial Properties, L.L.C., Innovation Properties, L.L.C., and Green Industrial Supply, Inc. I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council approval. Mic ael C. Van Milligen MCVM:sv Attachment cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager Jill Connors, Economic Development Director Dubuque THE CITY OF All -America My nni K xvni , nz: a:u�ir, DUB E 2007-2012.2013 Masterpiece on the Mississippi 2017*2019 TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager 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 2022.3 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 expand the District to include the property to be designated as a new Subarea R. The proposed Urban Renewal Plan will also include a new project under the public purpose activities, Green Industrial Properties, L.L.C., Innovation Properties, L.L.C., and Green Industrial Supply, 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, 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. 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, Green Industrial Properties, L.L.C., Innovation Properties, L.L.C., and Green Industrial Supply, Inc. The attached Resolution directs staff to prepare a Version 2022.3 Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District, including the new Subarea R. 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 2022.3 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 to expand the district. 2 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" St., Dubuque, IA 52001, (563) 589-4100 RESOLUTION NO. 254-22 AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE AN AMENDED AND RESTATED URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR THE DUBUQUE INDUSTRIAL CENTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, SETTING A DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DIRECTING THE 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 expand the District by creating a new Subarea R; 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 18th day of July, 2022. ATTEST: Adrienne N. Breiffelder, City Clerk PPA Ma i. I. .• E 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 expand the District by creating a new Subarea R. 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 �o ASBURY RD 0 O` w1 i `! �HAVfjy f[LERD 0 j� P�`QO District Boundary r Subarea F Dubuque City Limits a Subarea G Subarea A r Subarea H Subarea B off- Subarea Subarea C ■i Subarea J sGq r Subarea D ■l Subarea K Subarea E Subarea L 1 EXHIBIT A 2022.3 Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District ENV-", Subarea M Subarea N Subarea 0 Q� r Subarea P r Subarea 0 r Subarea R sir \Ur - Uvur-�, FEuwcb �Uq ou DDUbagUe, �A, Oc evelopment\Urban Renewal Districts\Dubuque iri Center\2022\Dubuquelndust ICenterURAs\Dubuquelndustrial(enterUR GQOO�QQI�V�OO�o0o0Qgo /2o SWISSVALLEY RD g IJ EM, HEM, Gdrmh 9MASA, MSGS, EPA, ATTACHMENT B Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District Dated July 11, 2022 District Boundary Description of Proposed Subarea Subarea R of the District consists of the real property legally described as follows: ■ 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, 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 S00°35'44"E, ■ 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 S00°35'44"E, 357.00 feet along said face of the west wall of the southwest corner of the existing building; thence N89°24'16"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.