Amending Urban RevitalizationRESOLUTION NO. 106-00
RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 57 - 2000 BY REMOVING
CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION APPLICATIONS
FROM THE LIST OF APPROVED APPLICATIONS FOR TRANSMITTAL TO
THE CITY TAX ASSESSOR
Whereas, by Resolution 57-2000, the City Council approved a list of residential property
tax exemption applications and directed that said list be forwarded to the City Assessor as
provided in Chapter 404 of the Code ofIowa, the Urban Revitalization Act; and
Whereas, the City Assessor has advised that certain of the applications may not qualify
for exemption under the City's Urban Revitalization Plans which limit exemptions to residential
property and to commercial property consisting of three or more residential units with not less
than seventy-five percent of the space used for residential purposes; and
Whereas, upon review by the Housing Services Department, it has been determined that
the following applications do not qualify for exemption under the City's Urban Revitalization
Plans:
West II th Street Urban Revitalization Area
J. Thomas Zaber, 1005 Locust Street
Washington Street Urban Revitalization Area
Upholsterers Credit Union, 1402 White Street
Pablo and Julie Ramirez, 1564 Central Avenue
Maximo Damaso, 1876 & 1876 Yo Central Avenue
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. That the above-described tax exemption applications do not meet the
eligibility requirements of the City of Dubuque's Urban Revitalization Plan.
Section 2. That Resolution No. 57 - 2000 is hereby amended by deleting the above-
described tax exemption applications from said Resolution as approved by the City Council.
Section 3. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this
Resolution to the City Assessor.
Terrance M. Duggan, Mayor
Attest:
Jeanne F. Schneider, City Clerk
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CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
MEMORANDUM
March 14, 2000
TO:
The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM:
Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT:
Amendment of Approved Urban Revitalization Applications
Community and Economic Development Director Jim Burke is recommending an
amendment of the approved Urban Revitalization applications removing four that
have been determined to be ineligible.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
Michael C. Van Milligen
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Attachment
cc:
Barry Lindahl, Corporation Counsel
Tim Moerman, Assistant City Manager
Jim Burke, Community and Economic Development Director
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
MEMORANDUM
March 2, 2000
TO:
Michael Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM:
James Burke, Community and Economic Development Director
SUBJ:
Amendment of Approved Urban Revitalization Applications
INTRODUCTION
This memorandum presents for City Council approval a resolution which corrects a prior action
regarding Urban Revitalization applications. This action has been requested by the City
Assessors Office.
DISCUSSION
On February 21, the City Council approved this year's application for urban revitalization tax
exemptions, Following that action, the Council resolution was forwarded to the City Assessors
Office as provided by state law. The Assessors Office reviewed the properties approved by the
Council and found that four of the properties may not qualify under the City's urban
revitalization plans because they do not meet the definition of eligible property. Eligible
properties include residential properties and commercial properties containing three or more
residential units with at least 75% of the space used for residential purposes.
The Housing Services staff was requested to reinspect these properties to determine ifthey are
eligible, As a result of the reinspections, we have found that these four are not eligible. The
appropriate action is therefore to delete these properties from the list approved by the City as
provided in the attached resolution.
RECOMMENDATION
I recommend that the City Council amend its previous action on this year's urban revitalization
tax exemption applications by deleting the four properties identified in the attached resolution
from the list of approved applications.
ACTION STEP
The Action Step is for the City Council to adopt the attached resolution