HomeMy WebLinkAboutA010 - Resolution No. 14-519 adopted October 14, 2014 RESOLUTION NO. 14-519
SETTING DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON DESIGNATION OF THE IOWA
STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PARK URBAN RENEWAL AREA
WHEREAS, a proposal has been made which shows the desirability of designating
certain property in the City of Ames as the Iowa State University Research Park Urban Renewal
Area, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 403, Code of Iowa; and
WHEREAS, a proposal has been submitted to the Council under which an area within the
description set out in Exhibit A would be designated an urban renewal area; and
WHEREAS, this Council is desirous of obtaining as much information as possible from
the residents of the City before making this designation; and
WHEREAS, a proposed Urban Renewal Plan for a project within that proposed urban
renewal area has been prepared and it is now necessary that a date be set for a public hearing on
the designation of the area and on that Plan and project;
NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, as
follows:
Section 1. This Council will meet at the City Hall Council Chambers, Ames, Iowa,
on the I01h day of November, 2014, at 7:00 o'clock p.m., at which time and place it will hold a
public hearing on the designation of the proposed Iowa State University Research Park Urban
Renewal Area described in the preamble hereof and on the proposed Urban Renewal Plan and
project for said Area.
Section 2. The City Clerk shall publish notice of said hearing, the same being in the
form attached to this resolution, which publication shall be made in a legal newspaper of general
circulation in Ames, which publication shall be not less than four (4) nor more than twenty (20)
days before the date set for the hearing.
Section 3. Pursuant to Section 403.5 of the Code of Iowa, the City Planning and
Housing Director 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 Urban Renewal Plan is hereby submitted to the City's
Planning and Zoning Commission for review and recommendations, as required by
Section 403.5, Code of Iowa.
Passed and approved October 14, 2014.
Mayor
Attest:
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City Clerk
EXHIBIT A
In general, the proposed Urban Renewal Area comprises 285 acres of land adjacent to and within
the existing Iowa State University Research Park. It is bounded on the west by University
Boulevard, on the east by S. Riverside Drive, on the south by the Ames city limits, and on the
north by Airport Road; and also includes a parcel on the north side of Airport Road.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON DESIGNATION OF THE
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PARK URBAN RENEWAL AREA AND ON
PROPOSED
URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND PROJECT
Notice Is Hereby Given: That at 7:00 o'clock p.m., at the City Hall Council Chambers,
Ames, Iowa, on the loth day of November, 2014, the Ames City Council will hold a public
hearing on the question of designating as the Iowa State University Research Park Urban
Renewal Area, pursuant to Chapter 403, Code of Iowa, certain property generally described as
follows:
285 acres of land adjacent to and within the existing Iowa State University Research
Park; said land bounded on the west by University Boulevard, on the east by S. Riverside
Drive, on the south by the Ames city limits, and on the north by Airport Road; and also
including a parcel on the north side of Airport Road.
The subject matter of the public hearing will also include a proposed Urban Renewal Plan
and project for the Iowa State University Research Park Urban Renewal Area identified above,
pursuant to Chapter 403, Code of Iowa, 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:
Promoting economic development for the Iowa State University Research Park in Ames,
to be done primarily with extensions of necessary public infrastructure. development. The initial
purpose of the Plan is to make it possible to use tax increment financing in multiple phases to
fund the City infrastructure, to include streets, water mains, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and
other public improvements. The future uses of the area are contemplated to be commercial,
industrial, and permitted research and development.
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