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Dubuque Industrial Center West- Urban Renewal Plan 2018.1_Initiate Copyrighted April 16, 2018 City of Dubuque Items to be set for Public Hearing # 2. ITEM TITLE: Dubuque Industrial CenterWest- Urban Renewal Plan Amendment (2018.1) SUMMARY: City Manager recommending approval of a Resolution of Necessity that finds that an Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District is both necessary and appropriate and sets a public hearing on the proposed amendment for May 21, 2018. RESOLUTION Resolution of Necessity Finding that the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District Should be Amended to Remove Certain Property From the District and Identify Additional Projects in the District, and Setting Dates of Hearing and Consultation on a Proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for said District SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Adopt Resolution(s), Set Public Hearing for May 21, 2018 ATTACHMENTS: Description Type DIC Urban Renewal Plan Amendment-Flexsteel-NNM City Manager Memo Memo Staff Memo Staff Memo Attachment A- area map Supporting Documentation Notice of Hearing Supporting Documentation Resolution of Necessity Resolutions THE CITY OF Dubuque � AIFA�erlwGh UB E '�� III► Masterpiece on the Mississippi Z°°'�w'2 7A13 2017 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 2018.1 DATE: April 2, 2018 Economic Development Director Maurice Jones recommends City Council approval of a Resolution of Necessity that finds that an Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District is both necessary and appropriate and sets a public hearing on the proposed amendment for May 21 , 2018. The proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District would authorize the undertaking of an additional urban renewal project with Flexsteel Industries, consisting of developing, constructing and operating a manufacturing facility. I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council approval. �� Mic ael C. Van Milligen �� MCVM:jh Attachment cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager Maurice Jones, Economic Development Director Rick Dickinson, Greater Dubuque Development Corp President & CEO Jay Wickham, Dubuque County Board of Supervisors Dave Baker, Dubuque County Board of Supervisors Daryl Klein, Dubuque County Board of Supervisors Dubuque Economic Development Department THE CITY OF 50 West 13t"Street All-AmericaCitY Dubuque,lowa 52001-4864 1 ' Office(563)589-4393 TTY(563)690-6678 ° http://www.cityofdubuque.org Masterpiece on the Mississippi 200,.2012•2013 TO: Michael Van Milligen, City Manager FROM: Maurice Jones, Economic Development Director SUBJECT: Resolution of Necessity for the Amendment of the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District Urban Renewal Plan, Version 2018.1 DATE: April 4, 2018 INTRODUCTION This memorandum presents for City Council consideration a Resolution of Necessity thatfinds that: 1) an Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan forthe Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District ("District") is both necessary and appropriate; and 2) sets a public hearing on the proposed amendment for May 21, 2018. The proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan ("Urban Renewal Plan") for the District would authorize the undertaking of an additional urban renewal project in the District with Flexsteel Industries, Inc. consisting of developing, constructing and operating a manufacturing facility. Additionally, it provides more information about County projects on property located in the District. These County projects are not intended to be financed by the City or with TIF funds from the District. The Urban Renewal Plan would also remove a parcel from Subarea C of the District that has remained undeveloped, in order to allow for future development on the parcel. BAC KG RO U N D 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 the 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, and J respectively). Before a municipality can exercise the authority conferred by Chapter 403 "Urban Renewal" of the lowa Code, 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 City Staff have negotiated an agreement with Flexsteel Industries, Inc., a local company in need of a modern, efficient facility. The company desires to retain 200 jobs in Dubuque, and identified a parcel in the Dubuque Industrial Center District that would accommodate its new facility. In order to provide appropriate business incentives for this local growth, Staff wishes to amend the current Urban Renewal Plan to include the Project. In addition, staff recommends that an undeveloped parcel of land included in Subarea C of the current District be removed from the District in order to accommodate future development of the parcel. The undeveloped parcel is planned to be placed in a new Subarea of the District, in order to allow a new 20-year period for tax increment financing for the parcel. The attached Resolution directs staff to prepare an Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District, describing the Project as one of the urban renewal projects that are currently expected to be undertaken in the District and removing the property from Subarea C as described above. Additionally, staff is required to hold a consultation process, required by law, with the affected taxing entities concerning the proposed amendment. A City Council public hearing on the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan will be scheduled for May 21 , 2018. 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 amending the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District to include the Project and the additional areas and any other applicable updating that may be necessary. Attachment r;sr> > � ��r �� ?J 1 � . � �� !1 �J !1 .'�, fl �!1 � r1'1% � �' .'�,fJr.'�,1' r �' �fl �ff�J �' � .'�, .'�, �;1ff1 .'�,fJr � 1� r1'1 �' r I�1-t� _ I� � �� ,'�� _ _ � : _ � � � �� ` � � `� - � � y % � � � � ' � �`� � - - " Suharea A I� � � — � - �� .,s�3 Suharea B �t� �� Suharea C Suharea 0 — ��+$d Ir�— � . SuhareaE �a�A'� Suharea F / L � 20 � Suharea G / � � � Suharea H Suhareal . 8 � � Suhareal ,_"� - � OistrictBoundary i �� l ' � OuhuqueCiryLimits � � �� f � ..� � . �, ��' , DUB�Lt�E e � I � �� , , ��,r�� ,.�.�,�,�r ,� � � j�. RESOLUTION NO. 107-18 A RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FINDING THAT THE DUBUQUE INDUSTRIAL CENTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SHOULD BE AMENDED TO REMOVE CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM THE DISTRICT AND IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL PROJECTS IN THE 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, by Resolution 332-16, adopted September 19, 2016, approved the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan (the "Urban Renewal Plan") for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District (the "District") in order to provide redevelopment opportunities which will further economic development purposes and objectives as described in the Urban Renewal Plan; and WHEREAS, City staff has recommended that the Urban Renewal Plan be further amended and restated to add additional project details, including a manufacturing facility project undertaken by Flexsteel Industries, Inc. within the District, provide information about buildings to be constructed and financed by the County within the District, and remove property from a Subarea of the District; and WHEREAS, Iowa Code Chapter 403 requires that before urban renewal authority may be exercised, the City Council must adopt a resolution of necessity finding 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 municipality. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA: Section 1. That the proposed Urban Renewal Plan and proposed changes to the District's boundaries are necessary and appropriate to facilitate the proper growth and development of the community in accordance with sound planning and local community objectives: The property proposed to be removed from Subarea C is legally described as follows: A portion of Lot 2 of Dubuque Industrial Center North Second Addition described as follows: Commencing at the most southeasterly corner of Lot 2 of Dubuque Industrial Center North Second Addition; thence south 87 degrees 23 minutes 39 seconds west along the south line of said Lot 2 a distance of 498.99 feet; thence north 15 degrees 24 minutes 42 seconds east along the westerly line of said Lot 2 a distance of 129.79 feet; thence north 16 degrees 19 minutes 03 second west along the westerly line of said Lot 2 a distance of 179.83 feet; thence north 45 degrees 25 minutes 40 second west along the westerly line of said Lot 2 a distance of 132.41 feet; thence south 77 degrees 24 minutes 30 seconds west along the westerly line of said Lot 2 a distance of 547.19 feet; thence north 17 degrees 53 minutes 18 seconds west along the westerly line of said Lot 2 a distance of 403.10 feet; thence north 11 degrees 06 minutes 10 seconds west along the westerly line of said Lot 2 a distance of 126.16 feet; thence north 03 degrees 38 minutes 34 seconds east along the westerly line of said Lot 2 a distance of 368.47 feet; thence north 23 degrees 42 minutes 13 seconds east along the westerly line of said Lot 2 a distance of 84.73 feet; thence south 66 degrees 17 minutes 47 seconds east a distance of 1041.76 feet; thence south 44 degrees 36 minutes 52 seconds east a distance of 298.76 feet to a point on the westerly right of way line of Innovation Drive; thence south 02 degrees 35 minutes 19 seconds east along said right of way line a distance of 337.66 feet; thence south easterly along said right of way line being a circular curve concave to the east having a radius of 637.50 feet, a chord of 218.68 feet which bears south 12 degrees 27 minutes 53 seconds east, an arc length of 219.76 feet; thence southeasterly along said right of way line being a circular curve concave to the west, having a radius of 476.09 feet, a chord of 20.44 feet which bears south 21 degrees 04 minutes 37 seconds east, and arc length of 20.44 feet to the point of beginning, all in the City of Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa. Section 2. That the City Manager is authorized and directed to prepare an Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District, to accomplish the foregoing purposes and objectives, to include in such Urban Renewal 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 Urban Renewal Plan. Section 3. That the City Council hold a public hearing on the adoption of the proposed Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District on May 21, 2018 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 area to be covered by the Urban Renewal Plan and the scope of the urban renewal project activities planned for such area, 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 4. That the City Clerk is further directed to send by ordinary mail a copy of said Urban Renewal Plan and the notice of public hearing, to the Dubuque Community School District and the County Board of Supervisors, as the affected taxing entities. Passed, approved and adopted this 16th day of April, 2018. Attest: 1 r;\fJ J J fr Ll 9111;3,9 DI i 1 Enwi nmocr) PENNSYLVANIA AVE MIDDLE notioz Hi\EconomiL DevelopmentVUrban Rene 3/20/2018 Districts\Dubuque Industrial Centel \2018\S.;barea K\24318-2_8 f Subarea A Subarea B Subarea C Subarea D Subarea E Subarea F Subarea G Subarea H Subarea 1 Subarea 1 Subarea K District Boundary Dubuque City Limits I CITY (IF IUB fiy CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA OFFICIAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Dubuque, lowa, will hold a public hearing on the 215� day of May, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. in the Historic Federal Building, City Council Chambers (Second Floor), 350 West 6th Street, Dubuque, lowa, at which meeting the City Council will consider a proposed amendment to the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan ("Plan") for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District ("DistricY'). The proposed Amended and Restated Plan, if approved, would amend and restate the Plan to include additional project activities that may be undertaken in order to achieve the objectives of the Plan, including those relating to the development, construction and operation of a manufacturing facility by Flexsteel Industries, Inc. Additionally, the proposed Amended and Restated Plan provides information about construction projects the County intends to undertake within the District, though these will not be financed by the City or with TIF funds from the District. The proposed Amended and Restated Plan also would remove property from Subarea C of the District for the purpose of providing for future redevelopment and the undertaking of future urban renewal project activities thereon by the City. The property proposed to be removed from Subarea C is legally described as follows: A portion of Lot 2 of Dubuque Industrial Center North Second Addition described as follows: Commencing at the most southeasterly corner of Lot 2 of Dubuque Industrial Center North Second Addition; thence south 87 degrees 23 minutes 39 seconds west along the south line of said Lot 2 a distance of 498.99 feet; thence north 15 degrees 24 minutes 42 seconds east along the westerly line of said Lot 2 a distance of 129.79 feet; thence north 16 degrees 19 minutes 03 second west along the westerly line of said Lot 2 a distance of 179.83 feet; thence north 45 degrees 25 minutes 40 second west along the westerly line of said Lot 2 a distance of 132.41 feet; thence south 77 degrees 24 minutes 30 seconds west along the westerly line of said Lot 2 a distance of 547.19 feet; thence north 17 degrees 53 minutes 18 seconds west along the westerly line of said Lot 2 a distance of 403.10 feet; thence north 11 degrees 06 minutes 10 seconds west along the westerly line of said Lot 2 a distance of 126.16 feet; thence north 03 degrees 38 minutes 34 seconds east along the westerly line of said Lot 2 a distance of 368.47 feet; thence north 23 degrees 42 minutes 13 seconds east along the westerly line of said Lot 2 a distance of 84.73 feet; thence south 66 degrees 17 minutes 47 seconds east a distance of 1041 .76 feet; thence south 44 degrees 36 minutes 52 seconds east a distance of 298.76 feet to a point on the westerly right of way line of Innovation Drive; thence south 02 degrees 35 minutes 19 seconds east along said right of way line a distance of 337.66 feet; thence south easterly along said right of way line being a circular curve concave to the east having a radius of 637.50 feet, a chord of 218.68 feet which bears south 12 degrees 27 minutes 53 seconds east, an arc length of 219.76 feet; thence southeasterly along said right of way line being a circular curve concave to the west, having a radius of 476.09 feet, a chord of 20.44 feet which bears south 21 degrees 04 minutes 37 seconds east, and arc length of 20.44 feet to the point of beginning, all in the City of Dubuque, Dubuque County, lowa. 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 amendment 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. 13�h 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 16�h day of April, 2018. Kevin Firnstahl, CMC, City Clerk