SET DATE FOR HEARING ON URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AMENDMENT
435926-28
Monticello, Iowa
September 16, 2013
The Council of the City of Monticello, Iowa, met on September 16, 2013, at 6:00 o’clock, p.m., at the Monticello Renaissance Center, Community Media Room, 220 East First Street, in the City, for the purpose of setting a date for a public hearing on a proposed urban renewal plan amendment. The Mayor presided and the roll being called, the following members of the Council were present and absent:
Present: Dave Goedken, Bill Meyer, Rory Mesecher and John Sauser
Absent: Chris Lux and Tom Yeoman.
The Mayor announced that an amendment to the urban renewal plan for the Monticello Urban Renewal Area had been prepared, and that it was now necessary to set a date for a public hearing on the proposed amendment to the urban renewal plan. Accordingly, Council Member Goedken moved the adoption of the following resolution entitled “Resolution setting date for a public hearing on urban renewal plan amendment,” and the motion was seconded by Council Member Meyer. Following due consideration, the Mayor put the question on the motion and the roll being called, the following named Council Members voted:
Ayes: Goedken, Meyer, Mesecher and Lux
Nays: None.
Whereupon, the Mayor declared the resolution duly adopted as follows:
RESOLUTION NO. 13-78
Setting date for public hearing on urban renewal plan amendment
WHEREAS, this City Council by resolution previously created the Monticello Urban Renewal Area (the “Urban Renewal Area”) and adopted an urban renewal plan (the “Plan”) for the governance of projects and initiatives therein; and
WHEREAS, an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Plan has been prepared which would facilitate the undertaking of a new urban renewal project consisting of using tax increment financing to acquire the real property situated at 117 East Grand Street in the Urban Renewal Area, demolishing the existing structures and constructing a municipal parking lot thereon, including the demolition of a fire-damaged building thereon, and it is now necessary that a date be set for a public hearing on the Amendment;
NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the City Council of the City of Monticello, Iowa, as follows:
Section 1. This City Council will meet at the Monticello Renaissance Center, Community Media Room, 220 East First Street, Monticello, Iowa, on the 21st day of October, 2013, at 6:00 o’clock p.m., at which time and place it will hold a public hearing on the proposed Amendment to the Plan for the Urban Renewal Area.
Section 2. The City Clerk shall publish notice of said hearing, the same being in the form attached hereto, which publication shall be made in a legal newspaper of general circulation in Monticello, which publication shall be not less than four (4) nor more than twenty (20) days before the date set for hearing.
Section 3. Pursuant to Section 403.5 of the Code of Iowa, the City Administrator and/or the City Clerk are hereby designated as the city’s representatives in connection with the consultation process which is required under that section of the urban renewal law.
Passed and approved this September 16, 2013.
Dena Himes, Mayor
Attest:
Sally Hinrichsen, City Clerk
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AMENDMENT
Notice Is Hereby Given: That at 6:00 o’clock p.m., at the Monticello Renaissance Center, Community Media Room, 220 East First Street, Monticello, Iowa, on the 21st day of October, 2013, the City Council of the City of Monticello, Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the question of amending the urban renewal plan for the Monticello Urban Renewal Area to facilitate the undertaking of a new urban renewal project consisting of using tax increment financing to acquire the real property situated at 117 East Grand Street in the Urban Renewal Area, demolishing the existing structures and constructing a municipal parking lot thereon and constructing the City’s Parking Lot Improvement Project thereon, including the demolition of a fire-damaged building thereon. A copy of the amendment is on file for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk.
At said hearing any interested person may file written objections or comments and may be heard orally with respect to the subject matters of the hearing.
Sally Hinrichsen
City Clerk
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On motion and vote the meeting adjourned.
Dena Himes, Mayor
Attest:
Sally Hinrichsen, City Clerk
STATE OF IOWA
COUNTY OF JONES SS:
CITY OF MONTICELLO
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the aforementioned City do hereby certify that pursuant to the resolution of its City Council fixing a date of public hearing on a proposed urban renewal plan amendment, the notice, of which the printed slip attached to the publisher’s affidavit hereto attached is a true and complete copy, was published on the date and in the newspaper specified in such affidavit, which newspaper has a general circulation in the City, and copies were sent to the county and school district.
WITNESS my hand this ___ day of ______________________, 2013.
Sally Hinrichsen, City Clerk
(Attach here publisher’s affidavit of publication of notice.)
(PLEASE NOTE: This certificate must not be dated until the publication has been made and you have reviewed it to be sure that the notice was published on the date indicated in the attached affidavit.)
STATE OF IOWA
COUNTY OF JONES SS:
CITY OF MONTICELLO
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the aforementioned City, do hereby certify that as such I have in my possession or have access to the complete corporate records of the City and of its officers; and that I have carefully compared the transcript hereto attached with the aforesaid records and that the attached is a true, correct and complete copy of the corporate records relating to the action taken by the City Council preliminary to and in connection with setting a date for public hearing on an urban renewal plan amendment.
WITNESS my hand this ___ day of ______________________, 2013.
Sally Hinrichsen, City Clerk
September 13, 2013
VIA EMAIL
Sally Hinrichsen
City Clerk/City Hall
Monticello, IA
Re: Monticello Urban Renewal Area (2013 Amendment)
Our File No. 435926-28
Dear Sally:
We have prepared the attached materials which will enable your City Council act on September 16 to set October 21 as the date for a public hearing on the amendment to the existing urban renewal plan for the area.
The notice which is included in the enclosed resolution must be published once, not less than four (4) nor more than twenty (20) days prior to the date selected for the hearing. Please print a separate copy of the notice for delivery to the newspaper, and email or fax a copy of the published notice to our office. Our fax number is (515) 283-1060.
Also, a “consultation session” must be set up with the local county and school district. Please refer to my separate letter attached for further details.
Please provide one fully executed set of proceedings, once all the actions have been taken, and please contact me if you have any questions.
Best regards,
John P. Danos
Attachments
cc: Doug Herman
September 13, 2013
VIA EMAIL
Sally Hinrichsen
City Clerk/City Hall
Monticello, Iowa
Re: Monticello Urban Renewal Area Amendment/Consultation Session
Our File Number: 420960-28
Dear Sally:
The Iowa Urban Renewal Law requires that a city provide information concerning a proposed urban renewal plan or amendment to any other governmental bodies which might be affected by the use of tax increment financing within your urban renewal area. Specifically, the City must send a copy of the urban renewal plan amendment and an invitation to attend a meeting to discuss the urban renewal plan amendment to any county or school district whose jurisdiction covers any property which is within the urban renewal area. This consultation must be held at least two weeks prior to the public hearing on October 21, 2013.
It is our understanding that the property within your urban renewal area would affect Jones County and the Monticello Community School District.
Attached is a draft letter which you may use in order to provide notification to these governmental entities of the date, time and place of a meeting at which they may discuss your urban renewal plan amendment. The law does not require that this be a meeting of the City Council, and you may use your discretion about who represents the City at the meeting.
Along with the letter, you should send a copy of the urban renewal plan amendment and a copy of the notice of the public hearing on the urban renewal plan amendment.
According to our records, here are the mailing addresses for the individuals who should receive the notification letter and the enclosures:
Board of Supervisors
c/o Jones County Auditor
PO Box 109
Anamosa, Iowa 52205
Superintendent
Monticello Community School District
711 South Maple Street
Monticello, Iowa 52310
Please call me if you have questions.
Best regards,
John P. Danos
cc: Doug Herman
[City letterhead]
DATE: ______________________
TO: Board of Supervisors, Jones County
Superintendent, Monticello Community School District
FROM: City Council
City of Monticello, Iowa
RE: Monticello Urban Renewal Plan Amendment
The City of Monticello is in the process of amending the urban renewal plan for the Monticello Urban Renewal Area, and, pursuant to Section 403.5 of the Code of Iowa, the City is sending you the enclosed copy of its urban renewal plan amendment and scheduling a meeting at which you will have the opportunity to discuss this amendment.
The meeting to discuss our urban renewal plan amendment has been set for __________, 2013, at _______ o’clock ___.m. at the Monticello Renaissance Center, Community Media Room, 220 East First Street, in Monticello. If you are unable to send a representative to the meeting, we invite your written comments. In addition, Section 403.5 gives your designated representative the right to make written recommendations concerning the urban renewal plan amendment no later than seven days following the date of the meeting.
The City will also hold a public hearing on this urban renewal plan amendment at 6:00 o’clock p.m. on October 21, 2013, and a copy of the notice of hearing is enclosed for your information.
Please call our City Clerk at (319) 465-3577, if you have questions.
Enclosure