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Home My WebLink AboutA010 - Letter to Dorsey & Whitney dated June 16, 2017 � r CITY OF Ames- Smart Choice June 16, 2017 Dorsey & Whitney LLP 801 Grand, Suite 4100 Des Moines, Iowa 50309 Attention Robert E. Josten RE: Ames, Iowa Barilla Urban Renewal Area Your File No.: 419370-59 Dear Bob: Enclosed please find the proceedings from the City Council meeting on June 13,2017, to set July 11,2017,as the date of public hearing on the establishment of the Barilla Urban Renewal Area and Urban Renewal Plan. The Notice of Hearing has been sent to the Ames Tribune for publication on June 30, 2017. When the Publisher's Affidavit is returned, I will forward same to you. Thank you for your assistance. Sincerely, Diane R. Voss City Clerk /dry Enclosure City Clerk's Office 515.239.5105 main 515 Clark Ave.,P.O.Box 811 515.239.5142 fax Ames,IA 50010 www.CityofAmes.org Ames 419370-59/Set DateHrngBariUa UR Area SET DATE FOR HEARING ON BARILLA URBAN RENEWAL AREA AND URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND PROJECT 419370-59 Ames, Iowa June 13, 2017 The Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, met on June 13, 2017, at 6:00 o'clock p.m., at the City Hall Council Chambers, for the purpose of setting a date for a public hearing on the designation of the Barilla Urban Renewal Area and on a proposed urban renewal plan and project. The Mayor presided and the roll being called, the following members of the Council were present and absent: Present: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin,Nelson, Orazem. Absent: None. It was reported that a plan had been prepared for a proposed project and that it was now necessary to set a date for a public hearing on the designation of the Barilla Urban Renewal Area and on that plan and the project outlined therein. Accordingly, Council Member Betcher moved the adoption of the following resolution entitled "Resolution Setting Date for a Public Hearing on Designation of the Barilla Urban Renewal Area and on Urban Renewal Plan and Project," and the motion was seconded by Council Member Corrieri. Following due consideration, the Mayor put the question on the motion and the roll being called,the following named Council Members voted: Ayes: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin,Nelson, Orazem. Nays: None. Whereupon, the Mayor declared the resolution duly adopted, as follows: -1- DORSEY &WHITNEY LLP,ATTORNEYS,DES MOINES,IOWA Ames 419370-59/Set DateHrn-Barilla UR Area RESOLUTION NO. 17-391 Setting date for public hearing on designation of the Barilla Urban Renewal Area and on urban renewal plan and project WHEREAS, a proposal has been made which shows the desirability of designating certain property in the City of Ames as the Barilla 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 certain property included in 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 Cit y 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 1 lt" day of July, 2017, at 6:00 o'clock p.m., at which time and place it will hold a public hearing on the designation of the proposed Barilla 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 substantially 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. -2- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP,ATTORNEYS,DES MOINES,IOWA Ames 419370-59/Set DateHrn-Barilla UR Area Passed and approved June 13, 2017. Mayor Attest: City Clerk -3- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP,ATTORNEYS,DES MOINES,IOWA Ames 4]9370-59/,Set DateHrn-Baril I a UR Area NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON DESIGNATION OF THE BARILLA URBAN RENEWAL AREA AND ON PROPOSED URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND PROJECT Notice Is Hereby Given: That at 6:00 o'clock p.m., at the City Hall Council Chambers, Ames, Iowa, on the 11 th day of July, 2017, the Ames City Council will hold a public hearing on the question of designating as the Barilla Urban Renewal Area, pursuant to Chapter 403, Code of Iowa, certain property generally described as follows: 140 acres of property located east of Interstate Highway 35 and north of East Lincoln Way, owned by Barilla America, Inc., and more specifically described in the urban renewal plan for the Barilla Urban Renewal Area. The subject matter of the public hearing will also include a proposed urban renewal plan and project for the Barilla Urban Renewal Area identified above, pursuant to Chapter 403, Code of Iowa, a copy of which plan is on file 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 and employment in Ames through the use of property tax incentives. The initial purpose of the plan is to make it possible for the City to enter into a development agreement to provide incremental property tax rebate payments in order to assist Barilla America, Inc. with the expansion of the Barilla manufacturing facilities located at 3303 and 3311 East Lincoln Way. 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 -4- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP,ATTORNEYS,DES MOINES,IOWA Ames 4N70-59/Set DateHrngBarilla UR Area On motion and vote the meeting adjourned. Mayor Attest: Qlla.klk� City Clerk -5- DORSEY &WHITNEY LLP,ATTORNEYS,DES MOINES,IOWA Ames 419;7M9/.Set DateHrngBarilla UR Area EXHIBIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION BARILLA URBAN RENEWAL AREA 3311 East Lincoln Way (10-06-400-010) Parcel "B" being a part of the Southeast Quarter (SE '/4) and East Half (E '/2) of the Southwest Quarter (SW '/4), Section Six (6), Township Eighty-three (83) North, Range Twenty-three (23) West of the 5th P.M., City of Ames, Story County, Iowa as described in a Plat of Survey filed in the office of the Recorder of Story County, Iowa, on July 22, 1997, in Certificate & Field Notes Book 15, Page 18. And 3303 East Lincoln Way (10-06-450-020) Beginning at a point on the South Line of the Southeast Quarter (SE '/4) of Section Six (6), Township Eighty-three (83) North, Range Twenty-three (23) West of the 5th P.M., Story County, Iowa, Four Hundred Seventy-seven (477) Feet East of the South Quarter (S '/4) Corner of said Section Six (6); thence North 2° 03' East Four Hundred Fifty Five (455) Feet; thence East Three Hundred Sixty-eight (368) Feet; thence South 2° 03' West Four Hundred Fifty-five (455) Feet; thence West along the Section line Three Hundred Sixty-eight (368) Feet to the Point of Beginning, now in the City of Ames, Iowa, subject to easements to the State of Iowa recorded in Book 98, Page 123 and Book 88, Page 295. -6- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP,ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Ames 419$70-59/Set DateHrngBarilla UR Area STATE OF IOWA STORY COUNTY SS: CITY OF AMES I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Ames, 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 those records and that the attached is a true, correct and complete copy of the corporate records relating to the action taken by the Council preliminary to and in connection with setting a date for a public hearing on designating the Barilla Urban Renewal Area and on an urban renewal plan and project. WITNESS my hand this 1�day of L�.V1-� 52017. City Clerk -7- DORSEY&WHITNEY LLP,ATTORNEYS,DES MOINES, IOWA