Amendment of the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Developement District Urban Renewal Plan, Version 2021.2_Initiate Copyrig hted
March 15, 2021
City of Dubuque Items to be set for Public Hearing # 6.
City Council Meeting
IT EM TIT LE: Resolution of Necessity for the Amendment of the Dubuque I ndustrial
Center Economic Development District Urban Renewal Plan, Version
2021.2
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 Dubuque I ndustrial Center Economic Development District is
both necessary and appropriate and sets a public hearing on the
proposed amendment forApril 19, 2021.
RESOLUTION Authorizing and directing the City Managerto prepare an
Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque I ndustrial
Center Economic Development District and setting dates for the public
hearing and consultation process 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
Resolution of Necessity for Dubuque Industrial Center
Economic Development District Urban Renewal Plan City Manager Memo
Version 2021.2-MVM Memo
Staff Memo Staff Memo
Resolution Resolutions
Notice of Public Hearing Supporting Documentation
E�ibit A- Subarea N Map Supporting Documentation
E�ibit B - Legal Description for Subarea N 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
2021.2
DATE: March 11, 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 Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District is both necessary and
appropriate and sets a public hearing on the proposed amendment for April 19, 2021.
The proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan would expand the District to
include the property to be designated as a new Subarea N and authorize the
undertaking of an additional urban renewal project in the District with Giese
Manufacturing Company, Inc. consisting of developing, constructing and operating a
manufacturing facility.
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
Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Jill M. Connors, Economic Development Director
Rick Dickinson, Greater Dubuque Development Corporation President & CEO
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
2021.2
DATE: March 8, 2021
INTRODUCTION
This memorandum presents for City Council consideration a Resolution of Necessity that
finds that: 1) an Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial
Center Economic Development District ("District") is both necessary and appropriate; and
2) sets a public hearing on the proposed amendment for April 19, 2021.
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 N and authorize the undertaking of an additional urban renewal project in the
District with Giese Manufacturing Company, Inc. consisting of developing, constructing
and operating a manufacturing facility.
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
This proposed expansion and amendment of the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic
Development District would result in the addition of property that is currently undeveloped.
The parcel added is expected to accommodate the construction of a new manufacturing
facility for Giese Manufacturing Company Inc. City staff have negotiated an agreement
with Giese Manufacturing Company Inc., a local company that has outgrown its current
facility. The company desires to expand, bringing additional jobs to Dubuque, and has
identified a parcel in Dubuque Industrial Center that would accommodate its additional
facility. In order to provide appropriate business incentives for this local growth, staff
wishes to amend and restate the current Urban Renewal Plan to include the property on
which this facility would be constructed and identify the agreement with Giese
Manufacturing Company Inc. as an urban renewal project. The facility will be an
approximately 30,000 SF building —an investment of approximately$6 million. Giese has
committed to creating at least 10 high quality jobs in Dubuque as a result of this project.
Staff has recommended removal of this parcel from the District as part of a proposed
2021.1 Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan to be considered by City Council on
April 19, 2021. The parcel is undeveloped, and therefore not creating any increment. Due
to legislation in 1995, the collection of tax increment in urban renewal areas designated
for economic development purposes is limited to 20 years. This means the Subarea B of
the District in which this parcel had been a part of had its "TIF sunset" in June 2019. If
the parcel had remained in Subarea B, the City would have been unable to provide an
incentive to Giese. By now designating the parcel as a new Subarea N, the City has up
to 20 years to provide TI F incentives for any development, although the anticipated length
of the TIF agreement is only 10 years.
The attached Resolution directs staff to prepare a Version 2021.2 Amended and Restated
Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District,
describing the Giese project as one of the urban renewal projects that are currently
expected to be undertaken in the District and including the new Subarea N described
above. Additionally, staff is required to hold a consultation process, required by law, with
the affected taxing entities concerning the proposed Plan.
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A City Council public hearing on the 2021.2 Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan
will be scheduled for 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 drafting the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for Dubuque
Industrial Center Economic Development District to include the Giese Manufacturing
Company Inc. project.
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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. 131h St., Dubuque, IA 52001, (563) 589-4100
RESOLUTION NO. 83-21
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 FOR THE
PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSULTATION PROCESS 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 April 19, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. in the form attached hereto.
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
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Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City Clerk
15th day of March, 2021.
Roy D. Bu , Mayor
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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 19t" day of April, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. At said meeting the City
Council will consider a proposed Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan ("Plan")
for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District ("the District").
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the City Council will meet virtually through
GoToMeeting. The official agenda will be posted on April 9, 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.org.
The proposed Plan, if approved, would amend and restate the Plan to create a new
Subarea within the District, Subarea N, by adding property to the District. Subarea N
includes undeveloped property that was previously a portion of Subarea B, but that was
removed from Subarea B by Version 2021.1 of this Plan and includes additional project
activities that may be undertaken in order to achieve the objectives of the Plan,
including those relating to the expansion of an existing company. The City Council has
found that the proposed areas meet the definition of an economic development area as
defined 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. 13t" Street, and may be viewed during normal working hours. Agendas can be
accessed at https://www.cityofdubuque.orq/Agendas.
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.org 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
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Attachment B
Dubuque Industrial Center Economic
Development District
Dated March 10, 2021
District Boundary Description of Proposed Subarea
Subarea N of the District shall include the following described properties:
Lot 1 of Dubuque Industrial Center North First Addition, in the City of Dubuque,
lowa; and
All of the street right of way of Innovation Drive adjacent to Lot 1 of Dubuque
Industrial Center North First Addition, in the City of Dubuque, lowa.
All in the City of Dubuque, lowa
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