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Dubuque Industrial Center- Urban Renewal Plan Amendment_Initiate Copyrighted November 19, 2018 City of Dubuque Items to be set for Public Hearing # 3. ITEM TITLE: Dubuque Industrial Center- Urban Renewal Plan Amendment 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 December 17, 2018. RESOLUTION of Necessity Finding that certain areas adjacent to the established Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District meet the definition of an Economic Development Area under the Urban Renewal Law; and that development of said Area is necessary in the interest of the residents of the City of Dubuque, lowa 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 December 17, 2018 ATTACHMENTS: Description Type Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development City Manager Memo District-NNM Memo Staff Memo Staff Memo Attachment A- area map Supporting Documentation Attachment B - legal of new subareas 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 2018.3 DATE: November 15, 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 December 17, 2018. 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 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 2018.3 DATE: November 15, 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 December 17, 2018. The proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan ("Urban Renewal Plan") for the District would expand the District to include the property to be designated as a new Subarea L and Subarea M (see attached map) and authorize the undertaking of an additional urban renewal project in the District, a development agreement with a national food production company. 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, J, and K 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 This proposed expansion and amendment of the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District would result in the addition of property that is anticipated to be developed in the near future for road improvements that would provide increased access for future private development in the District. Each of the properties to be added to the District is currently owned by a private land owner, though the City has negotiated an agreement with the land owner to purchase that property. The private property will provide some of the necessary land for planned road improvements along portions of Middle Road. Staff wishes to amend and restate the current Urban Renewal Plan to authorize appropriate business incentives for the attraction of a national food production company. Should Dubuque be chosen, the facility would be an approximately 350,000 square foot building with an investment of approximately $350 million. The company would commit to bringing approximately 450 jobs to Dubuque within 5 years. The attached Resolution directs staff to prepare a Version 2018.3 Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District, describing the food production facility development agreement project as one of the urban renewal projects that are currently expected to be undertaken in the District and including the new Subarea L and Subarea M described above. 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 2018.3 Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan will be scheduled for December 17, 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 drafting the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District to include the food production facility development agreement project and create Subarea L and Subarea M. 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Subarea K in order to accommodate future development on that property; and Whereas, City staff has recommended that the District be expanded to add adjacent areas which meet the definition of economic development areas, as found in Chapter 403 of the low Code, as Subareas L and M of the District, and that the Amended and Restated Urban RenewalPlan be updated to include such areas, identify urban renewal projects to be undertaken in the District, and make any other necessary revisions; and WHEREAS,: Chapter 403 of the Iowa Code requires that before urban renewal authority may be exercised, a City Council must adopt a resolution of necessity finding that the area in question is a slum, blighted or economic development area, and that so designating such 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 Subarea L and Subarea M generally described in Exhibit A to this Resolution, which are proposed to be added to the District, are economic development areas as defined by Chapter 403 of the Iowa Code and are appropriate for an urban renewal project. Section 2. That the City Manager is authorized and directed to prepare an Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District, such Urban Renewal Plan to include Subarea L and Subarea M within the District and such other modifications to the property contained within the District as may be appropriate, and setting forth the urban renewal projects that are currently expected to be undertaken in the District, and the City Manager is further authorized 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 Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District on December 17, 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, the notice of public hearing, a notice of consultation, and, to the extent the Urban Renewal 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 County Board of Supervisors, as the affected taxing entities. Passed, approved and adopted this 19th day of November 201 Attest: Kevin Firnstahl, City Clerk Roy D. Buol, Mayor Attachment B Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District Dated November 7, 2018 District Boundary Description of Proposed Subareas Subarea L of the District shall include the following described properties: Lot 1 of Loretta Bahl's Homestead, in the City of Dubuque, lowa, comprised of Lot 1 of the West 30 Acres of the Southwest Y4 of the Southeast Y4, Section 19, Township 89 North, Range 2 East of the 5�h P.M. All in the City of Dubuque, lowa Subarea M of the District shall include the following described properties: Lot 2 of the Subdivision of Lot 2 of the Northeast Y4 of the Northeast Y4 of Section 30, Township 89 North, Range 2 East of the 5�h P.M. All in the City of Dubuque, lowa 1 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 17�h day of December, 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 Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan ("Plan") for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District ("DistricY'). The proposed 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 food production facility in the District by a national food production company. The Plan also would add two areas adjacent to the existing District, to be known as Subarea L and Subarea M, to the District for the purpose of redevelopment and the undertaking of urban renewal project activities thereon by the City, as described in the Plan. The City Council has found that the proposed areas meet the definition of an economic development area as found in Chapter 403 of the lowa Code and should be included therein. The proposed Subareas are legally described as follows: Subarea L of the District shall include the following described properties: Lot 1 of Loretta Bahl's Homestead, in the City of Dubuque, lowa, comprised of Lot 1 of the West 30 Acres of the Southwest Y4 of the Southeast Y4, Section 19, Township 89 North, Range 2 East of the 5th P.M. All in the City of Dubuque, lowa Subarea M of the District shall include the following described properties: Lot 2 of the Subdivision of Lot 2 of the Northeast Y4 of the Northeast Y4 of Section 30, Township 89 North, Range 2 East of the 5th P.M. All in the City of Dubuque, 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 Plan 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 19�h day of November, 2018. Kevin Firnstahl, CMC, City Clerk