HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Setting April 11, 2023 as date of Public Hearing for Sale of Lots 2-7 in Baker Subdivision to Habitat for Humanity of Central Iowa RESOLUTION NO. 23-171
RESOLUTION SETTING APRIL 11, 2023 AS DATE OF PUBLIC HEARING
FOR THE SALE OF LOTS 2-7 IN THE BAKER SUBDIVISION TO
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CENTRAL IOWA
FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA
WHEREAS, in 2015, as part of the City's Community Development Block Grant(CDBG)
Program, the City acquired a 10+ acre site located at 321 State Avenue (formerly the site of the
Old Ames Middle School). The site was purchased to develop a subdivision that will support the
affordable housing goals of the City as a mixed-income development, with a minimum of 51% of
the homes affordable to low- and moderate-income (LMI) households. The subdivision would
consist of 27 buildable lots, 26 single-family lots, and one (1) lot for multi-family units; and,
WHEREAS, the subdivision covenants were adopted in December 2021. In July 2022,the
City, as the developer for the subdivision, completed the public infrastructure improvements
(streets,water, sewer,electrical,sidewalks, including geothermal for the 26 single-family lots.The
city is now positioned to develop the lots to construct single-family homes; and,
WHEREAS, Habitat for Humanity of Central Iowa (HHCI) has officially signed its grant
agreement with the Iowa Finance Authority(IFA)to receive $1,559,660 of Coronavirus State and
Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. Habitat is now ready to proceed with a request to purchase six
additional lots in the Baker Subdivision. City staff and Habitat have identified lots 2 through 7,
located along the south side of Wilmoth Avenue; and,
WHEREAS, this collaboration with Habitat for Humanity of Central Iowa would represent
the 16th endeavor between Habitat and the City of Ames. This project will allow the City to
continue to address one of its priority goals outlined in both the 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan
and the 2019-2023 CDBG Consolidated Plan,which is to increase the supply of affordable housing
for LMI households. City Council recently agreed to sell Lot 8 to Habitat for development of one
single-family home relying on different funding than the IFA grant; and,
WHEREAS, the Finance Department has reviewed a draft of HHCI's 2022 Annual Audit
Report and finds it in good order, including the audit opinion. Therefore, staff has been working
with the HHCI Executive Board and City's Legal Department staff to finalize the terms and
conditions for the sale of the lots and the construction of the homes and to set April 11, 2023, as
the date of the public hearing.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,
that resolution setting April 11,2023 as date of Public Hearing for the sale of Lots 2-7 in the Baker
Subdivision to Habitat for Humanity of Central Iowa is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 281h day of March, 2023.
Renee kall, City Clerk John A. Haila, Mayor
Introduced by: Beatty-Hansen
Seconded by: Betcher
Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin, Junck, Rollins
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 28th day of March, 2023.