Resolution of Necessity for the Amendment of the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Developmen District Urban Renewal Plan, Version 2024.2_InitiateCity of Dubuque
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ITEM TITLE: Resolution of Necessity for the Amendment of the Dubuque Industrial
Center Economic Development District Urban Renewal Plan, Version
2024.2
SUMMARY: City Manager recommending City Council approval of 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 February 19, 2024.
RESOLUTION Authorizing and Directing the City Manager to prepare
an Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan Version 2024.2 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 Version 2024.2
for said district
SUGGESTED Receive and File; Adopt Resolution(s), Set Public Hearing for February
DISPOSITION: 19, 2024Suggested Disposition:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Type
MVM Memo
City Manager Memo
Staff Memo
Staff Memo
Resolution
Resolutions
Attachment A - Map Supporting Documentation
Attachment B - Legal Description Supporting Documentation
Notice of Public Hearing 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
2024.2
DATE: January 10, 2024
Economic Development Director Jill Connors is recommending City Council approval of
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 February 19, 2024.
The proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan ("Urban Renewal Plan") for
the District would expand the District to include property to be designated as a new
Subarea V, as referenced in a First Amendment to Development Agreement with
Seippel Warehouse, LLC.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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Micliael C. Van Milligen
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CC' Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney
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
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
2024.2
DATE: January 9, 2024
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 February 19, 2024.
The proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan ("Urban Renewal Plan") for
the District would expand the District to include property to be designated as a new
Subarea V, as referenced in a First Amendment to Development Agreement with Seippel
Warehouse, LLC.
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, Q, R, S, T, and U).
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,
to be designated as Subarea V. The expansion of the District is necessary to
accommodate the issuance of urban renewal tax rebates under a First Amendment to
Development Agreement by and between the City of Dubuque, Iowa, and Seippel
Warehouse, LLC.
The attached Resolution directs staff to prepare a Version 2024.2 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 2024.2 Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan
will be scheduled for February 19, 2024. 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 563 589-4393
Return to Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk, 50 W. 1 V St., Dubuque, IA 52001, (563) 589-4100
RESOLUTION NO. 14-24
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE AN AMENDED
AND RESTATED URBAN RENEWAL PLAN VERSION 2024.2 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 VERSION
2024.2 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 to include additional property to be designated as a new Subarea V,
for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development 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 Version 2024.2 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 Version 2024.2 for the Dubuque
Industrial Center Economic Development District on February 19, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. in
the form attached hereto. The notice of said hearing shall generally identify the areas
covered by the Plan Version 2024.2 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 Version 2024.2, the notice of public hearing, a notice
of consultation, and, to the extent the Plan Version 2024.2 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 16th day of January, 2024.
ATTEST:
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ATTACHMENT B
Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development
District
Dated January 9, 2024
District Boundary Description of Proposed Subarea
Subarea V of the District consists of the real property legally described as follows:
■ All that part of Lot 1 of Dubuque Industrial Center South Fourth Addition in
the City of Dubuque Iowa lying west of the west line of the Southwest
Quarter of Section 31, Township 89 North, Range 2 East of the 5th P.M.,
All in the City of Dubuque, Iowa.
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 19th day of February, 2024, 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 Version
2024.2 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 Version 2024.2, if approved, would expand the District by creating a
new Subarea V as shown in the proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan
Version 2024.2.
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 Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan Version 2024.2 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 16th day of January, 2024.
Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk