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Home My WebLink AboutRESOLUTION NO. 2017-13 Fairfax419915-22/Set Date2017 AmendUR Plan SET DATE FOR HEARING ON 2017 URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AMENDMENT 419915-22 Fairfax, Iowa March 14, 2017 The Council of the City of Fairfax, Iowa, met on March 14, 2017, at 6:00 o'clock, p.m., at the Fairfax City Hall, at 300 80t" Street Court, in the City, for the purpose of setting a date for a public hearing on a proposed amendment to the urban renewal plan for the Fairfax Urban Renewal Area. The Mayor presided and the roll being called, the following members of the Council were present and absent: Present: JoAnn Beer, Mike Daly, Joe Kell, and Nick Volk Absent: Marianne Wainwright. The City Clerk reported that a 2017 amendment to the urban renewal plan for the Fairfax Urban Renewal Area had been prepared, in connection with proposed infrastructure improvements and the addition of property to the Urban Renewal Area that was recently annexed into the City, and that it was necessary to set a date for a public hearing on the proposed amendment. Accordingly, Council Member Beer moved the adoption of the following resolution entitled "Resolution setting date for a public hearing on 2017 amendment to urban renewal plan for Fairfax Urban Renewal Area," and the motion was seconded by Council Member Daly. Following due consideration, the Mayor put the question on the motion and the roll being called, the following named Council Members voted: Ayes: Beer, Daly, Kell, and Volk Nays: None. Whereupon, the Mayor declared the resolution duly adopted as follows: -1- DORSEY& WHITNEY LLP,ATTORNEYS,DES MOINES, IOWA Pairfax419915-22/Set Date2017 AmendUR Plan RESOLUTION NO. 2017-13 SETTING DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON 2017 AMENDMENT TO URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR FAIRFAX URBAN RENEWAL AREA WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fairfax, Iowa (the "City") has created the Fairfax Urban Renewal Area (the "Urban Renewal Area") and has approved an urban renewal plan for the Urban Renewal Area; and WHEREAS, Chapter 403 of the Code of Iowa requires that, before a city adds property to an urban renewal area or approves any new urban renewal project, a city must amend the existing urban renewal plan to describe the property and that new project; and WHEREAS, an amendment to the urban renewal plan for the Urban Renewal Area has been prepared which describes the addition of property to the Urban Renewal Area that was recently annexed into the City, along with the potential use of incremental property tax revenues for new urban renewal projects in connection with certain infrastructure improvements in the amended Urban Renewal Area, and it is now necessary that a date be set for a public hearing on that plan amendment; NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the City Council of the City of Fairfax, Iowa, as follows: Section 1. This City Council will meet at the Fairfax City Hall, 300 80t1i Street Court, Fairfax, Iowa, on the 1 lth day of April, 2017, at 6:00 o'clock p.m., at which time and place it will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2017 urban renewal plan amendment for the Fairfax 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 Fairfax, 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 Clerk is hereby designated as the City's representative in connection with the consultation process which is required under that section of the urban renewal law. Section 4. The proposed 2017 Urban Renewal Plan Amendment is hereby submitted to the City's Plan and Zoning Commission for review. Passed and approved March 14, 2017. Burnell G. Frieden, Mayor Attest: ; ?OR4 Cyn iaStimson, City Clerk/Treasurer ,. k, `. aY g , _2_ � DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP ATTORNEYS DES MOINES IOWA 0 Fairl'AA19915-22/Set Date2017 AnlendUR Plan NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED 2017 AMENDMENT TO URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR FAIRFAX URBAN RENEWAL AREA Notice Is Hereby Given: That at 6:00 o'clock p.m., at the Fairfax City Hall at 300 80t1i Street Court, Fairfax, Iowa, on the 11th day of April, 2017, the City Council of the City of Fairfax, Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the question of amending the urban renewal plan for the Fairfax Urban Renewal Area to describe the addition of property to the Urban Renewal Area that was recently annexed into the City, along with the potential use of incremental property tax revenues for new urban renewal projects in connection with certain infrastructure improvements in the amended Urban Renewal Area. A copy of the amendment is on file for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk. The property to be added to the Urban Renewal Area includes approximately 114 acres of property that was recently annexed into the City, located northwest of the former city limits, as more specifically set out in the legal description and map that are part of the 2017 Amendment to the Urban Renewal Plan on file in the office of the City Clerk. The infrastructure projects include the following: -Improvements to the municipal waterworks system, including upgrades to wells and water main extensions -West Cemetery Road design work -Ballfield upgrade -Purchase of property for trail extensions It is estimated that the potential use of tax increment revenues for the projects will not exceed $480,000. At the hearing any interested person may file written objections or comments and may be heard with respect to the subject matters of the hearing. Cynthia Stimson City Clerk/Treasurer -3- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES,IOWA Fairfax419915-22/Set Date2017 AmendUR Plan On motion and vote the meeting adjourned. urnell G. Frieden, Mayor Attest: Cyn is K. Stimson,-City Clerk/Treasurer -4- DORSEY &WHITNEY LLP,ATTORNEYS,DES MOINES, IOWA Fairfax419915-22/Set Date2017 AmendUR Plan STATE OF IOWA COUNTY OF LINN SS: CITY OF FAIRFAX I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Fairfax, Iowa, 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 attached with the 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 15th day of March, 2017. Cyn is K. Stimson, City Clerk/Treasurer -6- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP,ATTORNEYS,DES MOINES, IOWA Fairfax419915-22/Set Date2017 AmendUR Plan STATE OF IOWA COUNTY OF LINN SS: CITY OF FAIRFAX I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Fairfax, Iowa, 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 49 day of , 2017. z, � 1 Cy is K. Stimson, City Clerk/Treasurer (Attach here publisher's affidavit of publication of notice.) -5- DORSEY&WHITNEY LLP,ATTORNEYS,DES MOINES,IOWA tot (ba3efft thegazette.com INVOICE DATE ACCOUNT# ACCOUNT NAME LINES TIMES 3/31/17 2698 CITY OF FAIRFAX 1.00 x 53 Li 1 DESCRIPTION legals-HRg 2017 Amendment to URP for URA PROOF OF PUBLICATION I,Chris Edwards,do state that I am the publisher of THE GAZETTE, a daily newspaper of general circulation in Linn and Johnson, in Iowa. The notice,a printed copy of which is attached,was inserted and published in THE GAZETTE in the issue(s)of 3/31/2017 The reasonable fee for publishing said notice is $25.92 B 1 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED 2017 AMENDMENT TO URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR FAIRFAX URBAN RENEWAL AREA STATE OF IOWA, Notice is Hereby''Given: That at 6:00 SS: p,m.,at the Fairfax City Hall at Counties of Linn and Johnson 300 80th Street Court,Fairfax;Iowa,on the 11th day of'April, 2017; the City Council of the'City of Fairfax, Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the This instrument was acknowledged by Chris Edwards question of amending the urban renewalplan for;the Fairfax Urban before me this 31 st day of March,2017 Renewal Area to describe the addition of property to the Urban Renewal Area thatwas recently annexed into the. City, along with the potential use of incremental property tax revenues:for new 'urban renewal proiects in connection with certain infrastructure improvements in the amended Urban Renewal Area. A copy of the: '., amendment is on file for public r inspection in the office of the City Clerk. The property to be added to the Urban ' Renewal Area includes approximately) 114 acres of property that'was recently annexed into the City, located northwest of the former city limits,as Notary Public in and for the State of Iowa more>specifically set out in the legal description and map that are part of it the 2017 Amendment to the Urban Renewal Plan on file in the office of the City Clerk. The infrastructure proiects include the following: -Improvements to the municipal waterworks system, including upgrades to wells and water main extensions -West Cemetery Road design work -Ballfield upgrade -Purchase of property for trail extensions It is estimated that the potential use of O�t�1NE GUSfA l tax increment revenues for the SiIA( P proiects will not exceed$480;000. �aP s At the hearing any interested person ` COMMISSION NUMBER 753222 z may file written�.objections ort comments and may be heard with MY COMMISSION EXPIRES: respect to the subiect matters of the �OWP JUNE 11,2017 6 hearing. Cynthia Stimson City Clerk/Treasurer March 14, 2017 Cynthia Stimson City Clerk/City Hall PO Box 337 Fairfax, Iowa 52228-0337 Re: Urban Renewal Area (2017 Amendment) Our File No. 419915-21 Dear Cynthia: We have prepared the enclosed materials which will enable your City Council to act on March 14 to set April 11 as the date for a public hearing on the 2017 amendment to the urban renewal plan for the Urban Renewal 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 email or fax a copy of the published notice to our office at (515) 283-1060. Please provide one frilly executed set of proceedings, once all the actions have been taken, and contact me if you have any questions. Very truly yours, Robert E. Josten Cc by email: Maggie Burger/Shane Wicks