Minutes Enterprise Zone 1 4 08ENTERPRISE ZONE COMMISSION
City of Dubuque, Iowa
MINUTES
DATE: January 4, 2008
TIME: 4:00 P.M.
PLACE: Conference Room B, City Hall
50 West 13th Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001
COMMISSION: Present: Doug Buswell, Doug Stillings, Dave Baker, Dan LoBianco,
Kelley Deutmeyer, Dan White, Eileen LeMay and Rick Stein.
Absent: Mike Van Milligen.
STAFF: David Heiar and Aaron DeJong
OTHERS: Tony Wernke, Greg Yoko, Dan McDonald, Brian Dalziel
CALL TO ORDER
Chairperson Stein called the meeting to order at 4:01 p.m. Staff certified that the
meeting was being held in compliance with the Iowa Open Meetings Law.
MINUTES
Stillings moved and LoBianco seconded a motion to approve the minutes of May 8,
2007. Motion passed unanimously.
APPLICATIONS
EZ Benefits for Sustainable Land Development International
Staff person Dave Heiar gave a description of Sustainable Land Development
International's (SLDI) plans in the Dubuque Warehouse District. The project involves
Futurus Communications becoming SLDI to create a product for developers, engineers,
and architects to have entire developments certified as sustainable. The project is
estimated employ 61 people, 55 of which will be employed in Dubuque. Futurus
Communications currently employs 12 people.
Tony Wernke thanked the committee for their consideration of their project. Tony
described the project which is a sustainable development organization that will provide
a clearinghouse of information for developers, architects, and engineers. The group will
formulate a set of best practices that meet the goals of people, planet, and profit.
The project will include the following Enterprise Zone benefits:
• Sales Tax Rebate on materials
• 10% Investment Tax Credit
• Job Training Benefits
• Special note was made that the application does not include tax rebates.
Several questions were asked by the Commissioners about the structure of the project.
Tony Wernke answered all the questions to the Commissioners' satifaction.
Greater Dubuque Development Corporation Vice President, Dan McDonald, spoke in
favor of the project in that the project is exciting for Dubuque and endorses the project.
Brian Dalziel with the Northeast Iowa Business Accelerator spoke in favor of the project
and noted the wages for employees will be competitive in the market.
The Chair asked for public comments and none were given.
Motion was made by Baker, second by White, to authorize the resolution approving the
application. Stillings indicated that he supported the project but had a potential conflict
of interest and would therefore abstain from voting. The following vote was taken:
Aye: Buswell, LeMay, LoBianco, Baker, Deutmeyer, White, and Stein
Nay: None
Abstain: Stillings
Motion Approved 7-0 with one abstention.
ITEMS FROM COMMISSION
Stein noted that the Warehouse District has been included into the Urban Renewal
Area and sees new synergy resulting form this action.
ITEMS FROM THE PUBLIC
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Stein at 4:50 p.m.
Submitted by Aaron M. DeJong, Staff
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