Resolution for the proposed Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal Area_InitiateCity of Dubuque
City Council Meeting
Copyrighted
June 5, 2023
Items to be set for Public Hearing #
05.
ITEM TITLE: Resolution for the proposed Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal
Area
SUMMARY: City Manager recommending City Council adopt the attached Resolution
of Necessity that begins the process of creating the Urban Renewal Plan
for the Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal Area and sets a public
hearing on the proposed plan for July 5, 2023.
RESOLUTION Resolution of necessity finding that certain property
designated as the Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal Area and
described herein is an Economic Development Area and that the
development of said area is necessary in the interest of the residents of
the City of Dubuque, Iowa, and setting a date for hearing on a proposed
Urban Renewal Plan for said area
SUGGESTED
Receive and File; Adopt Resolution(s), Set Public Hearing for July 5,
DISPOSITION:
2023Suggested Disposition:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Type
MVM Memo
City Manager Memo
Staff Memo
Staff Memo
Notice of Public Hearing
Supporting Documentation
Attachment A - Map
Supporting Documentation
Attachment B - Legal Description Supporting Documentation
Resolution
Resolutions
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Resolution for the proposed Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal Area
DATE: June 1, 2023
Economic Development Director Jill Connors is recommending City Council adopt the
attached Resolution of Necessity that begins the process of creating the Urban Renewal
Plan for the Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal Area and sets a public hearing on
the proposed plan for July 5, 2023.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Jill Connors, Economic Development Director
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TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Jill M. Connors, Economic Development Director
Economic Development
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1300 Main Street
Dubuque, Iowa 52001-4763
Office (563) 589-4393
TTY (563) 690-6678
http://www.cityofdubuque.org
SUBJECT: Resolution for the proposed Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal Area
DATE: May 30, 2023
INTRODUCTION
This memorandum presents for City Council consideration a Resolution of Necessity that:
1) finds that an Urban Renewal Plan for the Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal Area
is both necessary and appropriate; and 2) sets a public hearing on the proposed plan for
July 5, 2023.
BACKGROUND
The Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal Area (the "Area") will be an urban renewal
area which allows the City of Dubuque to capture tax increment revenue from
improvements made in the Area in order to promote housing and residential development
activities. The Area will be created primarily for the development of a residential district
(Switch Homes) and infrastructure improvements including but limited to installation of
fiber conduit and vaults, sanitary, storm, and combined sewers, waterworks and
watermain extensions, and drainage conduits, channels, and levees. In addition to
funding the development of infrastructure, tax increment financing will be used to benefit
Low and Moderate Income (LMI) individuals in our community at large.
The proposed Urban Renewal Plan for the Area describes the specific use of tax
increment funds, reflecting the utilization of tax rebates, the construction of public
infrastructure, and other planned expenditures.
DISCUSSION
The primary goal of the Plan is to stimulate, through public involvement and commitment,
private investment in new housing and residential development as defined by the Iowa
Code Section 403.17(12). This proposed Area would result in improved roads and utilities
in the Area, as well as funding to assist with LMI family housing anywhere within the City
at large.
With the 10-year life of the Area, it is projected to generate approximately $6,981,771 in
increment with $2,660,055 going to affordable housing throughout the community and
$4,321,716 going to improvements in the Area. See attached financial summary.
However, the Plan allows for a much greater contribution toward infrastructure or
affordable housing in the event the Area would produce more increment than currently
anticipated.
The attached Resolution directs staff to prepare an Urban Renewal Plan for the Switch
Homes Housing Urban Renewal Area, setting forth the area to be included and the urban
renewal projects that are currently expected to be undertaken in the Area, and for LMI
households in the community at large. 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 Urban Renewal Plan will be scheduled for July 5,
2023. 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 creating the Urban Renewal Plan for the Switch Homes Housing Urban
Renewal Area.
The proposed Plan will provide for the continued use of tools that encourage investment
and development activities in the Area and support revitalization within the Area and the
community at large.
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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 5th day of July, 2023, 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 Urban Renewal Plan ("the Plan") for the Switch Homes Urban
Renewal Area ("the Area"). 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 _cityofdubugue.org.
The Plan for the Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal Area is proposed to assist local
officials promote housing and residential development in the City of Dubuque ("the City").
The primary goal of the Plan is to stimulate, through public involvement and commitment,
private investment in new housing and residential development as defined by the Iowa
Code Section 403.17(12). The proposed Plan, if approved, would include public
improvements related to housing and residential development within public rights -of -way
and project activities that may be undertaken in order to achieve the objectives of the
Plan.
The Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal Area is legally described as follows:
Mozena Farm South in the City of Dubuque, Iowa, according to the Plat recorded
as Instrument #2005-17498, records of Dubuque County Iowa; and
Lot 2 of "Dondelinger Place" in the City of Dubuque, Iowa, according to the
recorded Plat thereof
all in the City of Dubuque, Iowa
Under the Plan, it is expected that a portion of the available tax increment revenues
generated within the Area, equal in amount to at least 38.1 %, are to be used for purposes
of providing assistance to low- and moderate -income housing in the community at large.
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 5th day of June, 2023.
Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk
Attachment B
Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal Area
Dated May 30, 2023
District Boundary Description
The District shall include the following described area:
Mozena Farm South in the City of Dubuque, Iowa, according to the Plat recorded
as Instrument #2005-17498, records of Dubuque County, Iowa, and all of the
adjacent right of way of West 32nd Street and all of the adjacent right of way of
Northwest Arterial; and
Lot 2 of "Dondelinger Place" in the City of Dubuque, Iowa, according to the
recorded Plat thereof, and all of the adjacent right of way of West 32nd Street
All in the City of Dubuque, Iowa
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. 177-23
RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FINDING THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY DESIGNATED
AS THE SWITCH HOMES HOUSING URBAN RENEWAL AREA AND DESCRIBED
HEREIN IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREA AND THAT THE DEVELOPMENT
OF SAID AREA IS NECESSARY IN THE INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, AND SETTING A DATE FOR HEARING ON A
PROPOSED URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR SAID AREA
WHEREAS, a significant need for housing units exists in the City of Dubuque and
local resources are needed to advance the development of housing; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the area described in Attachment
A and Attachment B to this Resolution, designated as the Switch Homes Housing Urban
Renewal Area, meets the definition of an economic development area as defined in
Chapter 403 "Urban Renewal" of the Iowa Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Dubuque has determined that the
creation of the Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal Area will stimulate, through public
involvement and commitment, private investment in new housing and residential
development as defined by Iowa Code 403.17(12), as described in the Urban Renewal
Plan; and
WHEREAS, Iowa Code Chapter 403 requires that before urban renewal authority
may be exercised, a City Council must adopt a resolution of necessity finding that the
area in question is a slum, blighted or economic development area, and that so
designating such area is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety or welfare
of the residents of the municipality,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. That the proposed Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal Area,
generally described in Attachment A and Attachment B to this Resolution, is an economic
development area as defined by Chapter 403 of the Iowa Code, appropriate for public
improvements related to housing and residential development and is appropriate for an
urban renewal project.
Section 2. That the development of the Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal
Area is necessary and appropriate to facilitate the proper growth and development of the
community in accordance with sound planning and local community objectives.
Section 3. That the development of Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal Area
will provide new opportunities for quality housing and job creation in the community.
Section 4. That the City Manager is authorized and directed to prepare an Urban
Renewal Plan for the Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal Area, to forward said Plan
to the City's Long Range Planning Commission for review and comment, and to begin the
consultation process required by law with affected taxing entities.
Section 5. That the City Clerk is directed to publish notice of a public hearing on
the adoption of an Urban Renewal Plan for the Switch Homes Housing Urban Renewal
Area to be held on the 5th day of July, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. in the form attached hereto.
The notice of said hearing shall generally identify the areas covered by the proposed
Urban Renewal 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 6. That the Economic Development Department is further directed to send
by ordinary mail a copy of the proposed Urban Renewal Plan, the notice of public hearing,
a notice of consultation, and, to the extent the Urban Renewal 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
Board of Education and Dubuque County Board of Supervisors, as the affected taxing
entities.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 5th day of June, 2023.
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