The City of Monticello, Iowa
IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF MONTICELLO, IOWA
RESOLUTION #11-133
Scheduling Public Hearing on the proposed Amendments to the Monticello
Urban Renewal Area and the Monticello Urban Renewal Plan.
WHEREAS, The City of Monticello has previously created the Monticello Urban Renewal Area, as subsequently amended, hereinafter referenced as the “Urban Renewal Area”, and
WHEREAS, The Council, being been duly advised, has determined it appropriate and desirable to expand the Urban Renewal Area to add and include all property as described within Exhibit A, with an associated amendment to the Urban Renewal Plan as set out within Exhibit B, and
WHEREAS, The Council desires to consider all input before making a final decision on the proposed amendments to the Urban Renewal Area and Urban Renewal Plan, and
WHEREAS, A Public Hearing must be scheduled to allow for public input on the proposed amendments.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council in session this 6th day of September, 2011 as follows:
1. That Public Hearing is hereby scheduled for the 3rd day of October, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at the regularly scheduled City Council Meeting, same to be held in Council Chambers at the Monticello Renaissance Center.
2. The City Clerk shall publish notice of said hearing, same to be in the form of the notice attached hereto, and identified as “Exhibit C”, in the Monticello Express not less than four nor more than twenty days prior to the date set for hearing.
3. City Administrator, Doug Herman, is designated as the City’s representative in connection with the consultation process per Iowa Code section 403.5.
4. The proposed Urban Renewal Plan Amendment is hereby submitted to the City of Monticello Planning and Zoning Board for review and recommendation, as required by Iowa Code Section 403.5.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the Great Seal of the City of Monticello, Iowa to be affixed hereto. Done this 6th day of September, 2011.
John Sauser, Mayor Pro Tem
Attest:
Sally Hinrichsen, City Clerk
Exhibit A
General Description and Legal Description
Of
Property to be added to Urban Renewal Area
The John McDonald Hospital building property located at 818 W. 1st Street, Monticello, Iowa, legally described as follows:
PARCEL E, located in the SE ¼ SW ¼ of SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 86 NORTH, RANGE 3 West of the 5th P.M., as shown in the PLAT OF SURVEY recorded in PLAT BOOK J, PAGE 104 (and in BOOK 314, PAGE 181) of the Jones County, Iowa records, containing 2.14 acres, inclusive of 0.02 acre public highway.
SUBJECT TO the rights of the public in all highways, and to all easements and agreements of record.
-AND-
The Innovative Ag. Services property located at 2010 S. Main Street, Monticello, Iowa, legally described as follows:
That portion of the SE ¼ of SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 86, NORTH, RANGE 3, West of the 5th P.M., Jones County, Iowa, described as Commencing at a point 573.1 feet North of the Southeast corner of said Section 33; thence South 8935’ West 986.0 feet to the Easterly right of way line of former U.S. Highway No. 151; thence North 4754’ East 1,328.8 feet along said right of way line to the East line of the NE ¼ SE ¼ of said Section 33; thence South 883.7 feet along the East line of said Section 33 to the point of beginning. The East line of said Section 33 is assumed to bear due North and South.
IN ADDITION TO THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC STREET RIGHT-OF WAYS:
West 1st Street, from its’ intersection with Gill Street extending in a westerly direction to the Monticello city limits. Grandview Avenue from and including its intersection with Gill Street to and including its intersection with Park Drive. Alta Vista Avenue from and including its intersection with Gill Street to and including its intersection with Park Drive.
Exhibit B
AMENDMENT
URBAN RENEWAL PLAN
MONTICELLO URBAN RENEWAL AREA
September, 2011
The urban renewal plan for the Monticello Urban Renewal Area, is being amended to increase the size of the district. The area to be added to the Urban Renewal Area is illustrated as set forth within Exhibit A and described in Exhibit B, both attached hereto.
If the proposed Ordinance, incorporating and addressing this amendment is adopted during calendar year 2011, and if debt payable from incremental taxes is certified to the County Auditor by December 1, 2011, the area being added to the district as a result of this amendment will have a “frozen base’ as of the January 1, 2010 valuation date.
The adoption of this plan amendment will result in the additional area being designated as an “Economic Development Area”, desirable for the promotion of economic development. The new area will also be subject to the terms and provisions of the original plan. In addition to those purposes set out in the original urban renewal plan, as subsequently amended, this amendment will add to the plan the use of tax increment financing for the following proposed projects:
1). The provision of economic development incentives to the owner of the John McDonald Hospital property.
2). The provision of economic development incentives to the owner(s) / shareholders of the IAS (Innovative Ag. Services, Inc.) property.
3). The repair or reconstruction of streets identified within the ROW’s identified by the proposed amendment, including West 1st Street, from its’ intersection with Gill Street extending in a westerly direction to the Monticello city limits; Grandview Avenue from and including its intersection with Gill Street to and including its intersection with Park Drive; Alta Vista Avenue from and including its intersection with Gill Street to and including its intersection with Park Drive.
The following information is provided pursuant to Iowa Code Section 403.17:
Outstanding general obligation debt of the City: $ 7,191,547
Constitutional debt limit of the City: $ 9,125,327
Proposed debt to be incurred in area to be added
To Urban Renewal Area: $ 160,000
Exhibit C
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON DESIGNATION OF EXPANDED AND AMENDED MONTICELLO URBAN RENEWAL AREA
Notice Is Hereby Given: That at 6:00 o’clock p.m., at the Mary Lovell LeVan, Monticello Renaissance Center, Community Media Center, 220 East First Street, Monticello, Iowa, on the 3rd day of October, 2011, there will be conducted a public hearing on the question of designating an expanded Monticello Urban Renewal Area, pursuant to Chapter 403, Code of Iowa, by adding and including the property generally described as follows:
The John McDonald Hospital building property located at 818 W. 1st Street, Monticello, Iowa, legally described as follows:
PARCEL E, located in the SE ¼ SW ¼ of SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 86 NORTH, RANGE 3 West of the 5th P.M., as shown in the PLAT OF SURVEY recorded in PLAT BOOK J, PAGE 104 (and in BOOK 314, PAGE 181) of the Jones County, Iowa records, containing 2.14 acres, inclusive of 0.02 acre public highway.
SUBJECT TO the rights of the public in all highways, and to all easements and agreements of record.
-AND-
The Innovative Ag. Services property located at 2010 S. Main Street, Monticello, Iowa, legally described as follows:
That portion of the SE ¼ of SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 86, NORTH, RANGE 3, West of the 5th P.M., Jones County, Iowa, described as Commencing at a point 573.1 feet North of the Southeast corner of said Section 33; thence South 8935’ West 986.0 feet to the Easterly right of way line of former U.S. Highway No. 151; thence North 4754’ East 1,328.8 feet along said right of way line to the East line of the NE ¼ SE ¼ of said Section 33; thence South 883.7 feet along the East line of said Section 33 to the point of beginning. The East line of said Section 33 is assumed to bear due North and South.
IN ADDITION TO THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC STREET RIGHT-OF WAYS:
West 1st Street, from its’ intersection with Gill Street extending in a westerly direction to the Monticello city limits. Grandview Avenue from and including its intersection with Gill Street to and including its intersection with Park Drive. Alta Vista Avenue from and including its intersection with Gill Street to and including its intersection with Park Drive.
The proposed amendment to the urban renewal area brings the property described above under the plan and makes it subject to the provisions of the plan.
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