Dubuque Industrial Center West (DICW) Urban Renewal Plan Amendment 2019.1_Initiate Copyrighted
October 7, 2019
City of Dubuque Items to be set for Public Hearing # 8.
ITEM TITLE: Dubuque Industrial Center West (DICW) Urban Renewal
Plan Amendment 2019.1 - Resolution of Necessity
SUMMARY: City Manager recommending approval of a Resolution of
Necessity which finds that an Amended and Restated
Urban Renewal Planforthe Dubuque Industrial Center
Economic Development District is both necessary and
appropriate and sets a public hearing on the proposed
Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for
November4, 2019.
RESOLUTION Authorizing and directing the City Manager
to prepare an Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan
forthe Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development
District, and setting dates of hearing and consultation on the
proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for
said District
SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Adopt
Resolution(s), Set Public Hearing for November 4, 2019
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
DICW Urban Renewal PlanAmendment2019.1-MVM City Manager Memo
Memo
Staff Memo Staff Memo
Resolution Setting Public Hearing Resolutions
Notice of Hearing Supporting Documentation
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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
2019.1
DATE: October 3, 2019
Economic Development Director Jill Connors recommends City Council approval of a
Resolution of Necessity which 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 Amended and
Restated Urban Renewal Plan for November 4, 2019.
The proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the District would
authorize the undertaking of additional urban renewal projects in the District, including
three development agreements for the expansion of three local companies, Progressive
Processing, LLC, Unison Solutions, Inc. and HODGE.
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
Dubuque Economic Development
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TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Jill M. Connors, Economic Development Director
SUBJECT: Resolution of Necessity for the Amendment of the Dubuque
Industrial Center Economic Development District Urban Renewal
Plan, Version 2019.1
DATE: October 2, 2019
INTRODUCTION
This memorandum presents for City Council consideration a Resolution of Necessity
which: 1) finds that an Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque
Industrial Center Economic Development District ("the DistricY') is both necessary and
appropriate; and 2) sets a public hearing on the proposed Amended and Restated
Urban Renewal Plan for November 4, 2019.
The proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan ("the Urban Renewal Plan")
for the District would authorize the undertaking of additional urban renewal projects in
the District, including three development agreements for the expansion of three local
companies, Progressive Processing, LLC, Unison Solutions, Inc. and HODGE.
BACKGROUND
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 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, K, L, and M).
Before a municipality can exercise the authority conferred by lowa Code Chapter 403
Urban Renewal, 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
Staff recommends amending and restating the current Urban Renewal Plan to authorize
appropriate business incentives for the expansion of three existing companies,
Progressive Processing, LLC, Unison Solutions, Inc. and HODGE.
These three expansions include a total investment of approximately $23,800,000 and
will collectively bring at least 128 new jobs to Dubuque.
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 three companies' development agreements as
urban renewal projects that are currently expected to be undertaken in the District.
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 2019.1 Amended and Restated Urban Renewal
Plan will be scheduled for November 4, 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 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 for the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for Dubuque Industrial
Center Economic Development District to include the three companies' expansion
projects.
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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. 362-19
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE AN AMENDED
AND RESTATED URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR THE DUBUQUE INDUSTRIAL
CENTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, AND SETTING DATES OF
HEARING AND CONSULTATION ON THE 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 Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development 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, Iowa Code Chapter 403 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 Dubuque Industrial Center Economic
Development 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 Dubuque Industrial Center
Economic Development District on November 4, 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
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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.
'Jake A. Rios, Mayor Pro Tem
Attest:
Kevi S. Firnsta1i , ity Clerk
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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 4�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 ("the Plan") for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic
Development District ("the 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 expansion of three existing companies. The City Council
has found that the proposed areas meet the definition of an economic development
area as found in lowa Code Chapter 403 and should be included therein.
At the 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 7�h day of October, 2019.
Kevin Firnstahl, CMC, City Clerk