Greater Downtown Urban Renewal District - Resolution of Necessity_InitiateCity of Dubuque
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November 6, 2017
Items to be set for Public Hearing # 3.
Greater Downtown Urban Renewal District - Resolution of
Necessity
City Manager recommending approval of a Resolution
authorizing and directing the City Manager to prepare a
proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for
the Greater Downtown Urban Renewal District and sets a
public hearing on the proposed Amended and Restated
Urban Renewal Plan for December 4, 2017.
RESOLUTION Authorizing and directing the City Manager
to prepare an Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan
for the Greater Downtown Urban Renewal District, And
Setting dates of hearing and consultation on a proposed
Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for said
District
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Adopt
Resolution(s), Set Public Hearing for December 4, 2017
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Greater Downtown Urban Renewal District Resolution -
MVM Memo
Staff Memo
Resolution of Authorization
Notice of Public Hearing
Type
Staff Memo
Staff Memo
Resolutions
Supporting Documentation
THE CITY OF
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
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SUBJECT: Resolution for the Proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan
for the Greater Downtown Urban Renewal District
DATE: November 1, 2017
Economic Development Director Maurice Jones recommends City Council approval of a
Resolution authorizing and directing the City Manager to prepare a proposed Amended
and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Greater Downtown Urban Renewal District
and sets a public hearing on the proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan
for December 4, 2017.
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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cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney
Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager
Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Maurice Jones, Economic Development Director
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TO: Michael Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Maurice Jones, Economic Development Director
SUBJECT: Resolution for the proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal
Plan for the Greater Downtown Urban Renewal District
DATE: October 31, 2017
INTRODUCTION
This memorandum presents for City Council consideration a resolution that: 1)
authorizes and directs the City Manager to prepare a proposed Amended and Restated
Urban Renewal Plan ("Plan") for the Greater Downtown Urban Renewal District
("District"); and 2) sets a public hearing on the proposed Amended and Restated Urban
Renewal Plan for December 4, 2017.
BACKGROUND
The District was originally established in 1967. It has been amended and restated on
several occasions over the years to expand the boundaries to assist with
redevelopment efforts of multiple key landmark buildings and areas in the city's urban
core.
The Urban Renewal Plan for the District was originally adopted in 1967. It has been
amended and restated on several occasions over the years to add project details, most
recently on June 5, 2017.
DISCUSSION
In compliance with Iowa Code Chapter 403, several project details have been updated
to reflect current planned work, including the estimated costs to the Plan as well as
estimated project completion timelines. Several new projects have been proposed to be
added to the Plan in alignment with the Adopted FY2018 Budget for Capital
Improvement Projects.
Newly proposed projects include possibly full or partial financing for the following:
Construction of the East-West Corridor roundabouts;
Central Avenue pavement rehabilitation from 9th to 21st Street;
Storm sewer construction from 17th Street, along West Locust toward Rosedale
Avenue;
Storm sewer construction along 22nd Street from Elm Street to Central Avenue
and along Kaufmann Avenue from Central Avenue to Kane Street;
Installation of culverts under the railroad tracks at 506 Garfield Avenue, and from
Garfield to a proposed transition structure, and sanitary sewer from Lower to
Upper Bee Branch;
Environmental remediation and construction of a maintenance facility near 16th
and Elm Streets;
Bee Branch/Comiskey Connection with greenspace and park building
renovations;
Development of a Washington Community Gateway at 1401 Elm Street; and
Installation of an irrigation system at the Veterans' Memorial site.
The attached Resolution directs staff to prepare an Amended and Restated Urban
Renewal Plan, to include the urban renewal projects that are currently expected to be
undertaken in the District. This is required by Chapter 403 along with a consultation
process that provides the County and School Board an opportunity to comment on the
proposed Plan prior to the required public hearing by the City Council. Additionally, to
the extent the Plan includes the use of tax increment revenues for a public building, an
analysis must be provided demonstrating alternative development and funding options
for such public buildings.
A City Council public hearing on the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan will
be scheduled for December 4, 2017. 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, preparation of the public building analysis (if
applicable) and the consultation process with the taxing entities.
RECOMMENDATION/ ACTION STEP
I recommend the City Council adopt the attached Resolution that begins the process of
modifying the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Greater Downtown
Urban Renewal District.
Attachment
RESOLUTION NO. 363-17
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE
AN AMENDED AND RESTATED URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR THE GREATER
DOWNTOWN URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT, AND SETTING DATES OF HEARING
AND CONSULTATION ON A 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 for the Greater Downtown Urban Renewal
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 amended to add additional
project details; and
Whereas, Chapter 403 of the Iowa Code requires that before a Plan may be
modified, the City Council must adopt a resolution directing that an amended Plan to
prepared and set for public hearing.
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 for the Greater Downtown Urban Renewal
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 Greater Downtown Urban
Renewal District on December 4, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in the Historic Federal Building, 350
West 6th Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001. 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 and available to the public 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 City Clerk 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 6th day of Nove nber, 2017.
Roy D. Buol, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kenn S. Firnstalil, City Clerk
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 4m day of December, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. in the Historic
Federal Building, City Council Chambers (Second Floor), 350 West 6th Street,
Dubuque, Iowa, at which meeting the City Council will consider a proposed Amended
and Restated Urban Renewal Plan ("Plan") for the Greater Downtown Urban Renewal
District ("District").
The Plan, if approved, would provide updated information concerning the urban renewal
projects to be undertaken in accordance with the Plan.
At the above 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 by noon on the
date of said public hearing.
Copies of the proposed Plan, the current Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan
for the Greater Downtown Urban Renewal District, and any supporting documents for
the public hearing are on file in the City Clerk's Office, 50 W. 13th Street, and may be
viewed during normal working hours.
Any visual or hearing-impaired persons needing special assistance or persons with
special accessibility needs should contact the City Clerk's Office at (563) 589-4120 or
TTY (563) 690-6678 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.
Published by order of the City Council given on the 6th day of November, 2017.
Kevin S. Firnstahl, CMC, City Clerk
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