Greater Downtown Urban Renewal District - Resolution of Necessity_InitiateCopyrighted
April 6, 2020
City of Dubuque Items to be set for Public Hearing # 1.
ITEM TITLE: Greater Downtown 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 Downtown Urban Renewal District and sets a
public hearing on the proposed Amended and Restated
Urban Renewal Plan for May 18, 2020.
SUGGESTED DISPOSITION:
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 the date for a public hearing and consultation on the
proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for
said District
Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Adopt
Resolution(s), Set Public Hearing for May 18, 2020
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
Greater Downtown Urban Renewal District Resolution Staff Memo
of Necessity-MVM Memo
Staff Memo Staff Memo
Attachment A - area map Supporting Documentation
Attachment B - legal of new Urban Renewal Area Supporting Documentation
Notice of Hearing Supporting Documentation
Resolution Setting Public Hearing Resolutions
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
Dubuque
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SUBJECT: Resolution of Necessity for the Proposed Amended and Restated Urban
Renewal Plan for the Greater Downtown Urban Renewal District
DATE: March 31, 2020
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 Downtown Urban Renewal District
and sets a public hearing on the proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan
for May 18, 2020.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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Mic ael C. Van Milligen
MCVM:jh
Attachment
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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Dubuque
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All•America City
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2017*2019
TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Jill M. Connors, Economic Development Director
Economic Development
Department
1300 Main Street
Dubuque, Iowa 52001-4763
Office (563) 589-4393
TTY (563) 690-6678
http://www.cityofdubuque.org
SUBJECT: Resolution of Necessity for the Proposed Amended and Restated
Urban Renewal Plan for the Greater Downtown Urban Renewal
District
DATE: March 11, 2020
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 May 18, 2020.
The proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan would authorize the
inclusion of an adjacent area which meets the definition of an economic development
area in Iowa Code Section 403.17.
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.
Before a municipality can exercise the authority conferred by Iowa 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
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. Three new projects have been proposed to be
added to the Plan as a result of a proposed acquisition of real estate adjacent to Four
Mounds Park and the recently approved Development Agreement for the
redevelopment of the Roshek Building — namely the incentives for Roshek Property,
LLC and the construction of a parking facility to accommodate the additional employees
at the Roshek Building. The boundaries of the District are also proposed to be changed
by the proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan, to include portions of
right-of-way along Peru Road and several parcels of land as identified on the attached
map. The properties in the proposed North Peru road subarea have been identified for
purchase to expand the Four Mounds park/trail area, in support of the Four Mounds
expanded Housing Education and Rehabilitation Training (HEART) program providing
workforce skills to adults. Four Mounds will intervene in the life trajectory of young
adults at risk, giving them skills, choices, and guidance through home and community
restoration projects
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, as required by Iowa Code Chapter 403, along with a
consultation process that provides the Dubuque County and Dubuque Community
School District an opportunity to comment on the proposed Amended and Restated
Urban Renewal Plan prior to the required City Council public hearing. 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 proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal
Plan will be scheduled for May 18, 2020. The public notice will be published the
required four -to -twenty days before the meeting which will allow time for preparation of
the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal 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 of Necessity that begins
the process of updating the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the
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Greater Downtown Urban Renewal District to include the above -described area and any
other applicable updating that may be necessary.
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North Peru Rd Subarea
Attachment B
Greater Downtown Urban Renewal District
Updated March 10, 2020
District Boundary Description of Proposed Subareas
North Peru Road Subarea of the district shall include the following described
properties:
Lot 1 of Fountain Hill Resubdivision; and
Lots 2 and 3, and Lot 1 of Lot 1 of Lot 4, Lot 2 of Lot 1 of Lot 2 of Lot 4, and Lot 2
of Lot 2 of Lot 4, all of the Subdivision of the South West '/4 of Section 1,
Township 89 North, Range 2 East, of the 5th Principal Meridian, all in the City of
Dubuque, Iowa; and
All that part of the easterly 33' of the right of way of Peru Road lying south of the
northerly line of Lot 2 of Lot 2 of Lot 4 of the Subdivision of the South West'/4 of
Section 1, Township 89 North, Range 2 East, of the 5th Principal Meridian and its
westerly extension, and lying north of the northerly line of Emerald Acres No. 1
and its easterly extension; and
All that part of the right of way of Peru Road lying south of the northerly line of
Emerald Acres No. 1 and its easterly extension, and lying north of the easterly
line of Lot 4A of Mineral Lot 322 and its northerly extension.
All in the City of Dubuque, Iowa
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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 18th day of May, 2020, at 6:30 p.m. in the Historic Federal
Building, City Council Chambers (Second Floor), 350 West 6th Street, Dubuque, Iowa,
(and/or by virtual means) at which meeting the City Council will consider further
amendments to the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Greater
Downtown Urban Renewal District ("District").
The proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan, if approved, would provide
updated information concerning the urban renewal projects to be undertaken in
accordance with the proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan. The
proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan would add land to the District.
The general scope of urban renewal activities under consideration in the proposed
Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan includes the promotion of economic
development and, in the blighted subareas of the District, the remediation of blight.
Proposed activities under the proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan
include a proposed acquisition of real estate adjacent to Four Mounds Park and
agreements to incentivize private development, such as the redevelopment of the Roshek
Building, the construction of a parking facility, and the use of tax increment financing to
support and incentivize other 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 Amended and Restated Urban Renewal 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 April, 2020.
Kevin S. Firnstahl, CMC, City Clerk
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RESOLUTION NO. 106-20
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE AN AMENDED
AND RESTATED URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR THE GREATER DOWNTOWN
URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT AND SETTING THE DATE FOR A PUBLIC 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 (for the Greater Downtown Urban Renewal
District (the "District") in order to provide redevelopment opportunities which will further
the purposes and objectives of the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan; and
Whereas, City staff has recommended that the Amended and Restated Urban
Renewal Plan be further amended and restated and that the District be expanded to add
an adjacent area which meets the definition of an economic development area in Iowa
Code Chapter 403, and that the proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Ran
be updated to include such area and to update urban renewal project descriptions and
make any other necessary revisions; 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
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 the area referred to herein as the North Peru Road Subarea, as
generally described in Exhibit "A" and Exhibit "B" to this Resolution and to be included in
the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Greater Downtown Urban
Renewal District, is an economic development area as defined by Iowa Code Chapter
403 and is appropriate for an urban renewal project.
Section 2. That the development of the above -described Subarea is necessary and
appropriate to facilitate the proper growth and development of the community in
accordance with sound planning and local community objectives.
Section 3. 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 accomplish the foregoing purposes and objectives, to include in such Plan any
appropriate project activities and details, to determine an appropriate date for and conduct
the consultation process required by law with affected taxing entities concerning the
proposed Plan, and submit the proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan to
the Long Range Planning Advisory Commission for review and recommendation as to its
conformity with the general plan for the development of the community as a whole.
Section 4. 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 May 18, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. in the Historic Federal Building, 350 West
6th Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001 (and/or by virtual means). The notice of said hearing
shall generally identify the areas covered by the proposed Amended and Restated Urban
Renewal 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 5. That the City Clerk is further directed to send by ordinary mail a copy of
the proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal 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 Dubuque
County, as the affected taxing entities.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 6th day of April 2020.
Roy D. Buol, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kevin . Firnstahl, City Clerk