HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Adoption of Urban Renewal Plan RESOLUTION NO. 09-019
Resolution to Adopt an Urban Renewal Plan
WHEREAS the Ames City Council directed the City Manager to establish an Urban
Renewal Area and to create a Tax Increment Finance District for an Urban Renewal
Project on South Bell Avenue; and
WHEREAS an Urban Renewal Plan (Plan) was created as required by Code of Iowa
Chapter 403; and
WHEREAS the Plan was referred to the Ames Planning and Zoning Commission which
recommended that the Plan conforms with the Land Use Policy Plan of Ames; and
WHEREAS the Ames City Council confirms that the Plan conforms with the Land Use
Policy Plan; and
WHEREAS the Ames City Council has determined that the proposed Urban Renewal
Project is necessary and appropriate to facilitate the proper growth and development of
the community in accordance with sound planning standards and local community
objectives; and
WHEREAS the Plan was prepared in accordance with the requirements of Code of Iowa
Chapter 403.17(24) in that the Plan:
a) Conforms to the general plan for the municipality as a whole;
b) Indicates the zoning changes, existing and future land uses, the local objectives
respecting development related to the future land uses, and the need for public
improvements within the Urban Renewal Area; and
c) Includes a list of current debt obligations of the City, the current constitutional
debt limit of the City, and the proposed amount of indebtedness to be incurred;
and
WHEREAS the City did publish a notice of public hearing stating this day as the date of
said public hearing and conducted said public hearing,
NOW 'THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Ames City Council does hereby
adopt the Urban Renewal Plan for Urban Renewal Area Number 5.
Passed this 13th day of January , 2009.
Diane Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor