Urban Renewal Amendment_Industrial Center DistrictMasterpiece on the Mississippi
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
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SUBJECT: Resolution of Necessity for the Amendment of the Dubuque Industrial
Center Economic Development District Urban Renewal Plan
DATE: April 9, 2013
Economic Development Director Dave Heiar recommends City Council approval of a
Resolution of Necessity that finds that an amendment of the 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 June 3, 2013.
The amendment, while not expanding the District, will allow the continued use of tax
increment financing to promote economic development activities in the established
urban renewal area for Fiscal Year 2013 -2014. Pursuant to House File 2460, the
amended plan will describe the specific use of tax increment funds, reflecting the
utilization of tax rebates, the creation of public infrastructure, or other planned
expenditures.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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Michael C. Van Milligen
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cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager
David J. Heiar, Economic Development Director
Masterpiece on the Mississippi
TO: Michael Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: David J. Heiar, Economic Development Director
Dubuque
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All- America City
II 111!
2012
SUBJECT: Resolution of Necessity for the Amendment of the Dubuque Industrial
Center Economic Development District Urban Renewal Plan
DATE: April 8, 2013
INTRODUCTION
This memorandum presents for City Council consideration a Resolution of Necessity
that: 1) finds that an amendment of the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan
for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District is both necessary and
appropriate; and 2) sets a public hearing on the proposed amendment for June 3, 2013.
The proposed amendment would comply with House File 2460, adopted by the Iowa
legislature in 2012, that requires urban renewal plans be amended or modified to reflect
any active urban renewal projects.
BACKGROUND
The 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. The original area
included the Dubuque Industrial Center (known as Subarea A) and was expanded in
November 1997 to include the Dubuque Industrial Center West, the County Farm, the
Bergfeld Farm, and the North Siegert Farm (known as Subarea B and C). On April 7,
2008, the Urban Renewal Plan was amended to add Subarea D, an area known as the
Rail Site. On March 7, 2011, the Plan was once again amended to include the South
Siegert Farm as a new Subarea E. The subareas are reflected in the attached map.
DISCUSSION
The amendment, while not expanding the District, will allow the continued use of tax
increment financing to promote economic development activities in the established
urban renewal area for Fiscal Year 2013 -2014. Pursuant to House File 2460, the
amended plan will describe the specific use of tax increment funds, reflecting the
utilization of tax rebates, the creation of public infrastructure, or other planned
expenditures.
The attached Resolution directs staff to prepare an Amended and Restated Urban
Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District, setting
forth the urban renewal projects that are currently expected to be undertaken in the
District. Additionally, staff will hold a consultation process, required by law, with the
affected taxing entities concerning the proposed amendment, and to the extent the
amendment includes the use of tax increment revenues for a public building, provide an
analysis of alternative development and funding options for such public buildings.
A City Council public hearing on the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan will
be scheduled for June 3, 2013. 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.
RECOMENDATION
I recommend the City Council adopt the attached Resolution of Necessity that begins
the process of amending the Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque Industrial Center
Economic Development District.
The amendment will provide the continued use of tools that will encourage reinvestment
and redevelopment activities throughout the District and will support the revitalization
within the area.
ACTION STEP
The action step for the City Council is to adopt the Resolution of Necessity attached to
this memorandum.
Attachments
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Plan \20130322 Memo for Resolution of Necessity.docx
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RESOLUTION NO. 125 -13
A RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FINDING THAT THE ESTABLISHED DUBUQUE
INDUSTRIAL CENTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT MEETS THE
DEFINITION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREA UNDER THE URBAN
RENEWAL LAW, AND THAT DEVELOPMENT OF SAID AREA IS NECESSARY IN
THE INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, AND
SETTING DATES OF HEARING AND CONSULTATION ON A PROPOSED
AMENDMENT TO THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR SAID DISTRICT.
Whereas, the City Council of the City of Dubuque has heretofore, by Resolution
No. 87 -11, adopted on March 7, 2011 approved the Amended and Restated 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, Chapter 403 of the Iowa Code states that a municipality shall not
approve an urban renewal project for an urban renewal area unless the governing body
has amended or modified the adopted urban renewal plan to include the urban renewal
project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DUBUQUE, IOWA:
Section 1. That the continued development of the Dubuque Industrial Center
Economic Development District is necessary and appropriate to facilitate the proper
growth and development of the community in accordance with sound planning and local
community objectives.
Section 2. That the City Manager is authorized and directed to prepare an
amendment to the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Dubuque
Industrial Center Economic Development District, setting forth the urban renewal
projects that are currently expected to be undertaken in the District, and to determine an
appropriate date for and conduct the consultation process required by law with affected
taxing entities concerning the proposed amendment.
Section 3. That the City Council hold a public hearing on the adoption of the
proposed amendment to the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the
Dubuque Industrial Center Economic Development District on June 3rd, 2013 at 6:30
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 Amended and
Restated Urban Renewal Plan and the scope of the urban renewal project activities
planned for such areas, and said notice shall be published and available to the public
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 4. That the City Clerk is further directed to send by ordinary mail a copy
of said amendment to the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan, the notice of
public hearing, and, to the extent the amendment 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
County Board of Supervisors, as the affected taxing entities.
Passed, approved and adopted this 15th day of April, 2013.
Roy D. Buol, Mayor
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