HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Resolution of Necessity establishing a URA for ISU Research Park, Phase III 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 obtaininor as much information as possible from
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the residents of the City before making this designation; and
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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 10"' 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 Allies, Which pUblicationsball 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
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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 oil the north side of Airport Road.