HomeMy WebLinkAboutA016 - Public Notice dated November 1, 2013 PUBLIC NOTICE
City Clerk's Office
515 Clark Avenue, P. O. Box 811
Ames, IA 50010
Phone: 51 5-239-5105
November 1, 2013
Notice Is Hereby Given: That at 7:00 o'clock p.m.,at the City Hall Council Chambers,Ames,Iowa,
on the 12th day of November,2013,the Ames City Council will hold a public hearing on the question
of designating as the Campustown Urban Renewal Area, pursuant to Chapter 403, Code of Iowa,
certain property generally described as follows:Property fronting on Lincoln Way bounded by Welch
Avenue to the west, extending for 280 feet to the east and 280 feet to the south of Lincoln Way, and
more specifically described in the urban renewal plan for the Campustown Urban Renewal Area on
file in the office of the City Clerk.
The subject matter of the public hearing will also include a proposed urban renewal plan and project
for the Campustown Urban Renewal Area identified above, pursuant to Chapter 403, Code oflowa,
a copy of which plan is on file for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk. The general scope
of the proposed urban renewal plan, as more specifically described therein, includes the following:
Increasing the tax base and promoting economic growth in Ames by encouraging economic
development. The initial purpose of the plan is to make it possible to use tax increment financing in
order to assist Kingland Systems with the construction of a mixed-use facility,including development
of retail and commercial uses on the first floor with two floors of general office uses above.
At the hearing any interested person may file written objections or comments and may be heard with
respect to the subject matter of the hearing.
Diane Voss, City Clerk