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Meeting Date: 6110108 3503
Agenda Item #: Comments
SUBJECT: Letter from Chuck Winkleblack dated June 6, 2008, Regarding Redevelopment of
3503 Lincoln Way
ACTION TAKEN: Referred to staff.
MOTION BY: Larson
SECOND BY: Rice
VOTING AYE: Doll, Goodman, Larson, Mahayni, Popken, Rice
VOTING NAY: None
ABSENT: None
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Diane Voss, City Clerk
Copy to: Steve Osguthorpe
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June 61", 2008
Honorable Mayor and City Council
City of Ames
515 Clark
Ames, IA 50010
Dear Mayor and Council,
I am currently working on an exciting redevelopment and infill project on West Lincoln
Way. The address to be more specific is 3503 Lincoln Way. It is currently a mobile
home park. I would hope that you would agree if you drive by the property that is a bit of
an eye sore.
My goal for redevelopment would be two-fold. First I would like to clean up the area
adjacent to Lincoln Way that is already zoned HOC for commercial redevelopment and
secondly connect the two streets that dead end(Crane and Story) through the North
portion into single family detached housing within the Ames Community school district.
This would create approximately 11 single family lots in the Ames school district as well
as connect two dead end streets.
I read through the current ordinance for urban revitalization for commercial areas and
hopefully we can all agree that this area is both under utilized and slum and blighted. I
do not have an end user for the commercial area but would like to be able to market this
property as having the potential for tax abatement if they meet the second half of the
matrix. I understand that you can not grant tax abatement until you are assured that the
new project will meet those guidelines in the urban revitalization matrix.
My concern is taking the risk of buying the property, cleaning it up and developing it into
build able lots and then having the urban revitalization request turned down because the
property is no longer slum and blighted.
I would ask that the council direct city staff to review the property and assess whether or
not they feel that it would qualify under the first half of the urban revitalization matrix
and give me some assurance that I will not be penalized for cleaning up this area.
Sincerely,
Chuck Winkleblack
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Diane R Voss/COA To Chuck.Winkleblack@hunziker.com
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Subject Referrals Made at City Council's Meeting of June 10,2008
Chuck:
At its meeting of June 10, 2008, the Ames City Council took the following actions on your requests:
1. Directed staff to order the June 24, 2008, City Council Agenda so that the rezonings of the
Bloomington/Stange properties precede the Final Plat for Northridge Heights, 12th Addition
2. Referred to staff your letter pertaining to the redevelopment of 3503 Lincoln Way
3. Referred to staff your letter regarding extending the Ames Community Business Park to the south with
Tax-Increment Financing
I will take care of Item No. 1. Item No. 2 has been referred to Planning & Housing Director Steve
Osguthorpe for response. Item No. 3 has been referred to City Manager Steve Schainker and Finance
Director Duane Pitcher.
You will be notified when Item No. 2 and/or No. 3 are placed on a future City Council Agenda. If you have
questions in the interim, please contact Steve Osguthorpe at 239-5400 or Steve Schainker at 239-5101.
Thank you.
Diane Voss, City Clerk/Records Manager
P. O. Box 811
Ames, Iowa 50010
(515)239-5105