Greater Downtown Urban Renewal District - Resolution of Necessity_Initiate Copyrighted
October 7, 2019
City of Dubuque Items to be set for Public Hearing # 2.
ITEM TITLE: Greater powntown Urban Renewal District- Resolution of
Necessity
SUMMARY: City Manager recommending approval of a resolution that
authorizes and directs the City Manager to prepare a
proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for
the Greater powntown Urban Renewal District and sets a
public hearing for November 18, 2019, on the proposed
Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan.
RESOLUTION Authorizing and directing the City Manager
to prepare an Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan
for the Greater powntown Urban Renewal 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, Set Public Hearing for November 18, 2019
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
Greater powntown Urban Renewal DistrictAmended City Manager Memo
and Restated Urban Renewal Plan-MVM
Staff Memo Staff Memo
AttachmentA- area map Supporting Documentation
Notice of Hearing Supporting Documentation
Resolution of Authorization Resolutions
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Resolution for the Proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan
for the Greater powntown Urban Renewal District
DATE: September 26, 2019
Economic Development Director Jill Connors recommends City Council approval of a
resolution that authorizes and directs the City Manager to prepare a proposed Amended
and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Greater powntown Urban Renewal District
and sets a public hearing for November 18, 2019, on the proposed Amended and
Restated Urban Renewal Plan.
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. A new
project has been proposed to be added to the Plan in alignment with an expected
development agreement, namely a proposed mixed-use development in the Port of
Dubuque. This development, if approved, would involve the sale of approximately one
acre of City-owned land.
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
Jill M. Connors, Economic Development Director
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TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Jill M. Connors, Economic Development Director
SUBJECT: Resolution for the proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal
Plan for the Greater powntown Urban Renewal District
DATE: September 20, 2019
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 powntown Urban Renewal District
("DistricY'); and 2) sets a public hearing on the proposed Amended and Restated Urban
Renewal Plan for November 18, 2019.
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 March 18, 2019.
DISCUSSION
In compliance with lowa 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. A new project has been proposed to be added
to the Plan in alignment with an expected development agreement, namely a proposed
mixed-use development in the Port of Dubuque. This development, if approved, would
involve the sale of approximately one acre of City-owned land. The boundaries of the
Urban Renewal Area are not changed by the proposed Amended and Restated Urban
Renewal Plan.
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 November 18, 2019. 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 powntown
Urban Renewal District.
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Prepared by Jill Connors, Economic Development, 50 W. 13th St., Dubuque, IA 52001, 563-589-4393
Return to Kevin Firnstahl, City Clerk, 50 W. 13th St., Dubuque, IA 52001, (563) 589-4100
RESOLUTION NO. 356-19
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 (the "Plan" or "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 follow the notification, consultation, and public hearing
process set forth therein.
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 November 18, 2019 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 in a newspaper having general
circulation within the City 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 7th day of October 2019.
Attest:
Kevin, Firnsta I, City Clerk
ake A. Rios, Mayor Pro Tem
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 18�h day of November, 2019, 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 Greater powntown Urban Renewal
District ("DistricY').
The Plan, if approved, would provide updated information concerning the urban renewal
projects to be undertaken in accordance with the Plan. The Plan would not add land to
or remove land from the District. The general scope of urban renewal activities under
consideration in the Plan includes the promotion of economic development and, in the
blighted subareas of the District, the remediation of blight. Proposed activities under the
Plan include the disposition of City-owned land to further the goals of the Plan;
agreements to incentivize private development, such as a proposed mixed-use
development in the Ice Harbor C Subarea; and the use of tax increment financing to
support and incentivize urban renewal projects described in 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 powntown Urban Renewal District, and any 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 7�h day of October, 2019.
Kevin S. Firnstahl, CMC, City Clerk
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