Resolution for the Proposed North Grandview Estates Housing Urban Renewal Area_Initiate Copyrig hted
March 15, 2021
City of Dubuque Items to be set for Public Hearing # 4.
City Council Meeting
ITEM TITLE: Resolutionforthe Proposed North GrandviewEstates Housing Urban
Renewal Area
SUM MARY: City Manager recommending City Council approval of a Resolution of
Necessity that finds that an Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan
for the North Grandview Estates Housing Urban Renewal Area is both
necessary and appropriate and sets a public hearing on the proposed
plan for April 19, 2021.
RESOLUTION Authorizing and directing the City Managerto prepare an
Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the North Grandview
Estates Housing Urban Renewal Area and setting the date for a public
hearing and consultation on the proposed Amended and Restated Urban
Renewal Plan for said district
SUGGESTED Receive and File; Adopt Resolution(s), Set Public Hearing forApril 19,
DISPOSITION: 2021Suggested Disposition:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
North Grandview Estates Housing Urban Renewal City Manager Memo
Area-MVM Memo
Staff Memo Staff Memo
Resolution Resolutions
Notice of Public Hearing Supporting Documentation
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Resolution for the Proposed North Grandview Estates Housing Urban
Renewal Area
DATE: March 9, 2021
Economic Development Director Jill Connors recommends City Council approval of a
Resolution of Necessity that finds that an Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan
for the North Grandview Estates Housing Urban Renewal Area is both necessary and
appropriate and sets a public hearing on the proposed plan for April 19, 2021.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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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 North Grandview Estates Housing Urban
Renewal Area
DATE: March 3, 2021
INTRODUCTION
This memorandum presents for City Council consideration a Resolution of Necessity that:
1) finds that an Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the North Grandview
Estates Housing Urban Renewal Area is both necessary and appropriate; and 2) sets a
public hearing on the proposed plan for April 19, 2021.
BACKGROUND
The Dubuque City Council approved the North Grandview Estates Urban Renewal Plan
on February 1, 2021 by Resolution No. 28-21. The North Grandview Estates Housing
Urban Renewal Area (the "Area") is an urban renewal area which allows the City of
Dubuque to capture tax increment revenue from improvements made in the Area in order
to promote housing and residential development activities. The Area was created
primarily for the development of a residential district (North Grandview Estates
Subdivision) and infrastructure improvements.
The Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Area describes the specific use
of tax increment funds, reflecting the utilization of tax rebates, the construction of public
infrastructure, and other planned expenditures.
DISCUSSION
The primary goal of the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan is to stimulate,
through public involvement and commitment, private investment in new housing and
residential development as defined by the lowa Code Section 403.17(12). Due to several
plats being recorded during the process of approving the original Plan, the Plan must be
amended to include the proper legal description of the Area. The boundaries themselves
have not changed — only the legal description of portions of the Area.
The attached Resolution directs staff to prepare an Urban Renewal Plan for the North
Grandview Estates Housing Urban Renewal Area, setting forth the area to be included
and the urban renewal projects that are currently expected to be undertaken in the Area,
and for LMI households in the community at large. 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 Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan will be
scheduled April 19, 2021. 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 creating the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the North
Grandview Estates Housing Urban Renewal Area.
The proposed Plan will provide for the continued use of tools that encourage investment
and development activities in the Area and support revitalization within the Area and the
community at large.
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Prepared by Jill Connors, Economic Development, 1300 Main St., Dubuque IA 52001 (563) 589-4393
Return to Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk, 50 W. 13th St., Dubuque, IA 52001, (563) 589-4100
RESOLUTION NO. 81-21
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE AN AMENDED
AND RESTATED URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR THE NORTH GRANDVIEW
ESTATES HOUSING URBAN RENEWAL AREA 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, Iowa, after public notice and
hearing as prescribed by law and pursuant to Resolution No. 28-21 passed and approved
on the 1st day of February, 2021, adopted an Urban Renewal Plan (the "Urban Renewal
Plan") for an urban renewal area known as the North Grandview Estates Housing Urban
Renewal Area (the "Urban Renewal Project Area"); and
WHEREAS, Attachment D to the Urban Renewal Project Area contains an error in
the legal description; and
WHEREAS, Iowa Code Chapter 403 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 the area referred to herein as the North Grandview Estates
Housing Urban Renewal Area, 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 North Grandview Estates Housing Urban
Renewal Area 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 development of this area will provide new opportunities for
quality housing and job creation in the community.
Section 4. That the City Manager is authorized and directed to prepare an Urban
Renewal Plan for the North Grandview Estates Housing Urban Renewal Area, and to
begin the consultation process required by law with affected taxing entities.
Section 5. That the City Clerk is directed to publish notice of a public hearing on
the adoption of an Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the North Grandview
Estates Housing Urban Renewal Area to be held on the 19t" day of April, 2021, at 6:30
p.m. in the form attached hereto. The notice of said hearing shall generally identify the
areas covered by the proposed 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 6. 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 Amended and Restated 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 Board of Education and Dubuque County Board of
Supervisors, as the affected taxing entities.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 15t" day of March, 2021.
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Roy D. B I, Mayor
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Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk
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 19th day of April 2021, at 6:30 p.m. Due to the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic, the City Council will meet virtually through GoToMeeting. The
official agenda will be posted on April 16, 2021 and will contain listening, viewing, and
public input options. The City Council agenda can be accessed at
https://cityofdubuque.novusagenda.com/AgendaPublic/ or by contacting the City Clerk's
Office at 563-589-4100, ctyclerk cityofdubuque.orq. At said meeting the City Council will
consider a proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan ("Plan") for the North
Grandview Estates Housing Urban Renewal Area ("the Area").
The Plan for the Amended and Restated North Grandview Estates Housing Urban
Renewal Area will correct an error in the legal description of Attachment D. The primary
goal of the Plan is to stimulate, through public involvement and commitment, private
investment in new housing and residential development as defined by the lowa Code
Section 403.17(12). The proposed Plan, if approved, would continue to include public
improvements related to housing and residential development within public rights-of-way
and project activities that may be undertaken in order to achieve the objectives of the
Plan.
The North Grandview Estates Housing Urban Renewal Area generally includes an area
known as the North Grandview Estates Subdivision. The Area is legally described as
follows:
Lot 1 of North Grandview Place; and
Lot 1 of North Grandview Estates; and
Lot A and Lots 1 thru 34, inclusive, of North Grandview Estates No. 2; and
Lot 1 of North Grandview Estates No. 3; and
Lot 1 of North Grandview Estates No. 4; and
Lots 1-2 and 2-2 of North Grandview Estates No. 4; and
Lot A of Lot B of Sullivan's 2nd Addition; and
All that part of the Right of Way of North Grandview Avenue lying south the of the
Southerly right of way line of West 32nd Street and lying north of the easterly extension
of the south line of Lot 1 of North Grandview Place; and
All that part of the right of way of West 32nd Street lying east of the northerly
extension of the west line of Lot 37 of North Grandview Estates No. 2 and lying southwest
of the northerly extension of the east line of Lot A of Lot B of Sullivan's 2nd Addition.
All in the City of Dubuque, lowa
Under the Plan, it is expected that a portion of the available tax increment revenues
generated within the Area, equal in amount to at least 38.1% of the expected project
costs, are to be used for purposes of providing assistance to low- and moderate-income
housing in the community at large.
Written comments regarding the above public hearing should be submitted to the City
Clerk's Office, 50 W. 13t" St., Dubuque, IA 52001, ctyclerk _cityofdubuque.orq, on or
before said time of public hearing. At said time and place of public hearings all interested
citizens and parties will be given an opportunity to be heard for or against said proposal.
Copies of supporting documents for the public hearing are on file in the City Clerk's Office,
City Hall, 50 W. 13th St., Dubuque, lowa, and may be viewed during normal working hours.
Agendas can be accessed at https://www.cityofdubuque.orq/Aqendas.
Individuals with limited English proficiency, vision, hearing or speech impairments or
requiring special assistance should contact the City Clerk's Office at (563) 589-4100,
TDD/TTY (563) 690-6678, ctyclerk _cityofdubuque.orq as soon as feasible. Deaf or hard-
of-hearing individuals can use Relay lowa by dialing 711 or (800) 735-2942.
Published by order of the City Council given on the 15t" day of March, 2021.
Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk