Setting a Public Hearing on the Assignment of Development Agreement with Gronen Development, Inc. to 5th & Main, LLC Copyrighted
June 15, 2026
City of Dubuque ITEMS SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING # 1.
City Council
ITEM TITLE: Setting a Public Hearing on the Assignment of Development
Agreement with Gronen Development, Inc. to 5th & Main,
LLC.
SUMMARY: City Manager recommending setting a public hearing for July
6, 2026, for the assignment of the Development Agreement
by and between Gronen Development, Inc. and 5th & Main,
LLC.
RESOLUTION Intent to Dispose of an interest in City of
Dubuque Real Estate by Approving an Assignment of
Development Agreement by and between the City of
Dubuque and Gronen Development, Inc. to 5th & Main, LLC,
Fixing the date for a Public Hearing of the City Council of the
City of Dubuque, lowa on the Assignment of Development
Agreement and Providing for the Publication of Notice
Thereof
SUGGUESTED Receive and File; Adopt Resolution(s), Set Public Hearing for
DISPOSITION: July 6, 2026
ATTAC H M ENTS:
1. MVM Memo Assignment of DA
2. Staff Memo Gronen Assignment Setting Public Hearing_06-04-2026
3. Resolution Setting PH for Assignment_06-04-2026
4. Public Notice_Gronen Assignment_06-04-2026
5. Assignment of Development Agreement Gronen to 5th Main_ 06-03-2026 BAL
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Resolution Setting A Public Hearing For The Assignment Of The
Development Agreement By And Between The City Of Dubuque, lowa
And Gronen Development, Inc. To 5th & Main, LLC
DATE: June 8, 2026
Senior Counsel Barry Lindahl is recommending City Council set the date for a public
hearing for July 6, 2026, for the Assignment of the Development Agreement by and
between Gronen Development, Inc. and 5th & Main, LLC.
A Development Agreement by and between the City of Dubuque, lowa, and Gronen
Development, Inc. was approved by the City Council on March 17, 2025.
Gronen Development, Inc. has entered into an Assignment of Development Agreement,
subject to the consent of City, pursuant to which Gronen Development, Inc. will assign
its rights in the Development Agreement to 5t" & Main, LLC.
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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Attachment
cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney
Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Barry Lindahl, Senior Counsel
Jill Connors, Economic Development Director
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BARRY A. LINDAHL, ESQ.
SENIOR COUNSEL
MEMO
To: Michael C. Van Milligen
City Manager
DATE: June 15, 2026
RE: RESOLUTION SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ASSIGNMENT
OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY
OF DUBUQUE, IOWA AND GRONEN DEVELOPMENT, INC. TO 5T" &
MAIN, LLC
A Development Agreement by and between the City of Dubuque, lowa, and Gronen
Development, Inc. was approved by the City Council on March 17, 2025 regarding the
following described premises:
BLK 17 DUBUQUE DOWNTOWN PLAZA
The property was subsequently replatted to include a small adjacent parcel and is
now legally described as follows:
Lot 1A of Block 17 Dubuque Downtown Plaza in the City of Dubuque, lowa
Gronen Development, Inc. has entered into an Assignment of Development Agreement,
subject to the consent of City, pursuant to which Gronen Development, Inc. will assign its
rights in the Development Agreement to 5t" & Main, LLC.
I recommend the attached Resolution setting the public hearing for the Assignment of the
Development Agreement by and between Gronen Development, Inc. and 5t" & Main, LLC
be submitted to the City Council for consideration and adoption.
cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney
Jill Connors, Economic Development Director
Flint Drake, Esq.
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY DUBUQUE, IOWA
Su�TE 330, HARBOR VIEW PLACE, 30O MAIN STREET DUBUQUE, IA 52001-6944
TE�EPHONE (563)583-4113/FAx (563)583-1040/EMA�� balesq@cityofdubuque.org
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Prepared by: Barry A. Lindahl 300 Main Street Suite 330 Dubuque IA 52001 563 583-4113
Return to: Barry A. Lindahl 300 Main Street Suite 330 Dubuque IA 52001 563 583-4113
RESOLUTION NO. 247-26
INTENT TO DISPOSE OF AN INTEREST IN CITY OF DUBUQUE REAL ESTATE BY
APPROVING AN ASSIGNMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND
BETWEEN THE CITY OF DUBUQUE AND GRONEN DEVELOPMENT, INC. TO 5th &
MAIN, LLC, FIXING THE DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA ON THE ASSIGNMENT OF DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICE THEREOF
WHEREAS, the City of Dubuque, Iowa (City) is the owner of the following
descried real property:
Lot 1 A of Block 17 Dubuque Downtown Plaza in the City of Dubuque, Iowa
(the Property)
; and
WHEREAS, City has entered into a Development Agreement with Gronen
Development, Inc. for the development of the Property; and
WHEREAS, Gronen Development, Inc. has entered into an Assignment of
Development Agreement, subject to the consent of City, pursuant to which Gronen
Development, Inc. will assign its rights in the Development Agreement to 5th & Main,
LLC; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has tentatively determined that it would be in the best
interests of City to approve the Assignment of Development Agreement; and
WHEREAS, before said Assignment of Development Agreement may be
approved, the Code of Iowa requires that the City Clerk publish a notice of the proposal
and of the time and place of the meeting at which the City Council proposes to take action
thereon and at which meeting the City Council shall receive oral and/or written objections
from any resident or property owner of said City to such proposed action.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DUBUQUE, IOWA:
SECTION 1. The City of Dubuque intends to approve the Assignment of
Development Agreement .
SECTION 2. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause this
Resolution and a notice to be published as prescribed by Iowa Code Section 364.7 of a
public hearing on the City's intent to approve the Assignment of Development Agreement,
to be held on the 6th day of July, 2026 at 6:30 p.m. in the Historic Federal Building, 350
W. 6th Street, 2nd floor, Dubuque, Iowa, in the form attached hereto.
SECTION 3. The City Council will meet at said time and place for the purpose of
taking action on the matter of approving the Assignment of Development Agreement.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk is hereby directed to cause at least one publication, In
a newspaper, language, published at least once weekly, and having general circulation in
said City, said publication to be not less than four days nor more than twenty days before
the date of said meeting to approve of the Assignment of Development Agreement.
SECTION 5. That the notice of the proposed action shall be in substantially the
form attached hereto.
Passed, approved and adopted this 15th day of June 2026.
of cC gh, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Trish L. Gleason, Assistant City Clerk
NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DUBUQUE, IOWA, ON THE APPROVAL OF AN ASSIGNMENT OF DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF DUBUQUE AND GRONEN
DEVELOPMENT, INC. TO 5TH & MAIN, LLC
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Dubuque City Council will conduct a public
hearing on the 6t" day of July, 2026, at 6:30 p.m., in the Historic Federal Building, 350 W.
6th Street, 2nd floor, Dubuque, lowa, at which meeting the City Council proposes to take
action to approve an Assignment of Development Agreement by and between the City of
Dubuque, lowa and Gronen Development, Inc. to 5th & Main, LLC, a copy of which is
now on file at the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 50 W 13th Street, Dubuque, lowa,
providing for the sale of the following City-owned real estate:
Lot 1A of Block 17 Dubuque Downtown Plaza in the City of Dubuque, lowa
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. The official City Council agenda will be
posted the Friday before the meeting and will contain public input options. The agenda
can be accessed at https://dubuqueia.portal.civicclerk.com/ or by contacting the City
Clerk's Office at 563-589-4100, ctyclerk@cityofdubuque.org.
Written comments on the public hearing may be submitted to the City Clerk's Office by
email at ctyclerk@cityofdubuque.org or by mail to City Hall, 50 W. 13th St., Dubuque, IA
52001 , before the scheduled hearing. The City Council will review all written comments
at the time of the hearing.
Documents related to the public hearing are on file in the City Clerk's Office and may be
viewed Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Individuals requiring special assistance should contact the City Clerk's Office as soon as
feasible. Deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals can use Relay lowa by dialing 711 or (800)
735-2942.
Published by order of the City Council given on the 15th day of June, 2026.
Adrienne N. Breitfelder, CMC, City Clerk
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Prepared by: Flint Drake, Drake Law Firm, PC 300 Main St., Suite 323, Dubuque, lowa 52001 (563)582-2000
Return to: Flint Drake, Drake Law Firm, PC 300 Main St., Suite 323, Dubuque, lowa 52001 (563)582-2000
ASSIGNMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN
GRONEN DEVELOPMENT, INC.
AND
DUBUQUE 5T" & MAIN, LLC
THIS ASSIGNMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (the Assignment), dated
for reference purposes the day of , 2026, is made and entered
into by and between Gronen Development, Inc. (Assignor), and Dubuque 5t" & Main, LLC
(Assignee).
WHEREAS, the City of Dubuque (City) and Assignor entered into a Development
Agreement dated March 17, 2025 (the Development Agreement), as amended; and
WHEREAS, the Development Agreement specifies various rights and obligations
of the Assignor and City related to the development of real estate legally described as:
Lot 1A of Block 17 Dubuque Downtown Plaza
; and
WHEREAS, Assignor desires to assign all of its interest in and to the Development
Agreement to Assignee and Assignee desires to accept such assignment and agrees to
be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in this Assignment of Development
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Assignment by Assignor to Assignee hereunder is permanent and
complete and Assignor retains no rights under the Development Agreement whatsoever
as of the date hereof; and
WHEREAS, the Development Agreement requires the consent of City to an
assignment; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that consent of the Assignment of Development
Agreement is in the best interest of City.
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NOW THEREFORE, the parties to this Assignment of Development Agreement, in
consideration of the promises, covenant and agreements made by each other, do hereby
agree as follows:
SECTION 1. ASSIGNMENT. Assignor hereby assigns to Assignee, and Assignee
hereby accepts from Assignor, this Assignment of the Development Agreement, which
includes all rights and obligations of any sort whatsoever of Assignor thereunder such
that, upon acceptance hereof by Assignee, Assignor shall have no right or interest
whatsoever in and to the Development Agreement as of the date hereof and Assignee
shall carry out all obligations of, and be entitled to all rights of, Assignor thereunder.
SECTION 2. LAW/BINDING EFFECT. This Assignment shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of lowa. This Assignment shall be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors in interest and assigns.
In the event of a breach of this Assignment the non-breaching party shall be entitled to all
rights and remedies at law or equity and shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys'
fees incurred due to the breach.
SECTION 3. AFFIRMATION. The parties hereby affirm the Development
Agreement in all respects, except that hereafter the Developer thereunder shall be the
Assignee; in all other respects, the Development Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect according to its terms.
GRONEN DEVELOPMENT, INC.
Assignor
By:
Mary Gronen, Vice-President
STATE OF IOWA )
) ss:
COUNTY OF DUBUQUE )
On this day of , 2026, before me, a Notary Public in
and for said state, personally appeared Mary Gronen, to me known to be the person(s)
named in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that they
executed the same as their voluntary act and deed.
Notary Public in and for the State of
lowa
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DUBUQUE 5T" & MAIN, LLC
Assignee
By: Kilbourne, LLC, Its Manager
By:
Mike Allmendinger, President
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA )
) ss:
COUNTY OF )
This instrument was acknowledged before me on ,
by Mike Allmendinger as President of Kilbourne, LLC, Manager of Dubuque 5t" & Main,
LLC.
Notary Public in and for
State of North Dakota
The City of Dubuque, lowa does hereby consent to the foregoing Assignment of
Development Agreement and releases Gronen Development, Inc. from any obligations
as Developer that accrue under the terms of the Development Agreement after the date
hereof.
Brad M. Cavanagh, Mayor
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