Minutes Enterprise Zone 5 8 07ENTERPRISE ZONE COMMISSION
City of Dubuque, Iowa
MINUTES
DATE: May 8, 2007
TIME: 4:30 P.M.
PLACE: Conference Room B, City Hall
50 West 13th Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001
COMMISSION: Present: Doug Buswell, Doug Stillings, Dan LoBianco, Dave Baker,
Kelley Deutmeyer, Mike Van Milligen, Dan White, and Rick Stein.
Absent: Eileen LeMay.
STAFF: David Heiar and Aaron DeJong
OTHERS: Rick Dickinson, Wayne Briggs, Brian Kane
CALL TO ORDER
Chairperson Stein called the meeting to order at 4:35 p.m. Staff certified that the
meeting was being held in compliance with the Iowa Open Meetings Law.
MINUTES
Stillings moved and LoBianco seconded a motion to approve the minutes of December
18, 2006. Motion passed unanimously.
APPLICATIONS
Housing EZ Benefits for Port of Dubuaue New Main. LLC
Staff person Dave Heiar gave a description of Port of Dubuque New Main's
development plans in the Port of Dubuque. The mixed-use building project will consist
of three phases, each with retail, commercial, and residential uses in each phase. The
application looking for approval at this meeting is for the residential portion of phase I
which consists of approximately 20 condominium units estimated approximately
$6,000,000 to construct. This price includes the condo units and the common spaces
associated with the residential portion of the project. The three-phased project is
planned to be located along 5th and Bell streets in the Port of Dubuque. POD New
Main is looking for the Sales Tax exemption on construction and the 10% investment
tax credit on the new housing units up to $140,000 per unit.
Wayne Briggs spoke on behalf of POD New Main that the Enterprise Zone benefits for
the residential portion of the project will make the entire project more cost feasible and
help ensure a successful project.
Attorney Brian Kane stated to the Board that the POD New Main project is exactly the
type of project the State's Enterprise Zone legislation wants to encourage. The project
will bring needed investment into a stressed area of the City and that it will provide
quality housing for the residents in the area.
Greater Dubuque Development Corporation Executive Director, Rick Dickinson, spoke
in favor of the project in that the project is the first in the Port of Dubuque to truly fall in
line with the concepts written in the Port of Dubuque Master Plan. Dickinson also
stated that GDDC has been working closely with POD New Main to make Phase I of the
project successful so that the following phases will come to fruition.
Board member LoBianco stated that the Downtown needs more condominium units and
that this project will be a great addition to the Port of Dubuque and the City.
Board member Baker asked for a clarification as to what state incentives were being
asked for and for the amount of those incentives.
The Chair asked for public comments and none were given.
Motion was made by Baker, second by Buswell, to authorize the resolution approving
the application. Stillings indicated that he supported the project but had a potential
conflict of inters and would therefore abstain from voting. The following vote was taken:
Aye: Buswell, Van Milligen, LoBianco, Baker, Deutmeyer, White, and
Stein
Nay: None
Abstain: Stillings
Motion Approved 7-0 with one abstention.
ITEMS FROM COMMISSION
Chairperson Stein noted that there was a discrepancy in the date of the Enterprise
Zone map and asked that staff do research to determine the correct date of the map.
ITEMS FROM THE PUBLIC
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Stein at 5:00 p.m.
Submitted by Aaron M. DeJong, Staff
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