HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-05-02 Resolution 2022-191_Set Public Hearing Date, JACE Properties LLC, Access Systems Inc Development AgreementRESOLUTION NO. 2022-191
RESOLUTION FIXING DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON
THE PROPOSAL TO ENTER INTO A DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT WITH DACE PROPERTIES, L.L.C. AND
ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. D/B/A ACCESS SYSTEMS,
INC., AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE
THEREOF
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 19-402, adopted November 4, 2019, the City approved and
adopted Amendment No. 1 to the Waukee Consolidated Urban Renewal Plan (the "Plan" or "Urban
Renewal Plan"), which unified the existing Gateway Economic Development Urban Renewal
Area, Waukee West Urban Renewal Area, and Waukee Central Urban Renewal Area into the
Waukee Consolidated Urban Renewal Area (the "Area" or "Urban Renewal Area") described
therein, which Plan has been subsequently amended several times, most recently by Amendment
No. 5 to the Plan approved by Resolution No. 2021-476 adopted on November 15, 2021, and which
Plan, as amended, is on file in the office of the Recorder of Dallas County; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that properties within the Area be redeveloped as part of the
overall redevelopment area covered by said Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City has received a proposal from JACE Properties, L.L.C. (the
"Developer") and Access Technologies, Inc. d/b/a Access Systems, Inc. (the "Employer"), in the
form of a proposed Development Agreement (the "Agreement") by and among the City, the
Developer, and the Employer, pursuant to which, among other things, the Developer would agree
to construct certain Minimum Improvements (as defined in the Agreement) on certain real property
located within the Urban Renewal Area as defined and legally described in the Agreement (the
"Development Property") and consisting of the construction of a 31,000 square foot Class A office
building expansion, together with all related site improvements, as outlined in the proposed
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement further requires the Employer to occupy and operate its
business in the Minimum Improvements, including employing a minimum number of employees
in those operations, during the term of the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement further proposes that the City will make up to three (3)
consecutive annual payments of Economic Development Grants to Developer consisting of 50%
of the Tax Increments pursuant to Section 403.19, Code of Iowa, and generated by the construction
of the Minimum Improvements, the cumulative total for all such payments not to exceed the lesser
of $535,000, or the amount accrued under the formula outlined in the proposed Agreement, under
the terms and following satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Chapters 15A and 403, Code of Iowa, (the "Urban Renewal Law") authorize
cities to make grants for economic development in furtherance of the objectives of an urban
renewal project and to appropriate such funds and make such expenditures as may be necessary to
carry out the purposes of said Chapter, and to levy taxes and assessments for such purposes; and
WHEREAS, the Council has determined that the Agreement is in the best interests of the
City and the residents thereof and that the performance by the City of its obligations thereunder is
a public undertaking and purpose and in furtherance of the Plan and the Urban Renewal Law and,
further, that the Agreement and the City's performance thereunder is in furtherance of appropriate
economic development activities and objectives of the City within the meaning of Chapters 15A
and 403, Code of Iowa, taking into account the factors set forth therein; and
WHEREAS, neither the Urban Renewal Law nor any other Code provision sets forth any
procedural action required to be taken before said economic development activities can occur
under the Agreement, and pursuant to Section 364.6, Code of Iowa, it is deemed sufficient if the
action hereinafter described be taken and the City Clerk publish notice of the proposal and of the
time and place of the meeting at which the Council proposes to take action thereon and to receive
oral and/or written objections from any resident or property owner of said City to such action.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WAUKEE IN THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. That this Council meet in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 230 West Hickman
Road, Waukee, Iowa, at 5:30 P.M. on May 16, 2022, for the purpose of taking action on the matter
of the proposal to enter into a Development Agreement with JACE Properties, L.L.C. and Access
Technologies, Inc. d/b/a Access Systems, Inc.
Section 2. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to cause at least one publication to be
made of a notice of said meeting, in a legal newspaper, printed wholly in the English language,
published at least once weekly, and having general circulation in said City, said publication to be
not less than four (4) clear days nor more than twenty (20) days before the date of said public
meeting.
Section 3. The notice of the proposed action shall be in substantially the following form:
(One publication required)
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WAUKEE IN THE STATE OF IOWA, ON THE
MATTER OF THE PROPOSAL TO ENTER INTO A
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH JACE PROPERTIES,
L.L.C. AND ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. D/B/A ACCESS
SYSTEMS, INC., AND THE HEARING THEREON
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Council of the City of Waukee in the State of
Iowa, will hold a public hearing on May 16, 2022, at 5:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers, City
Hall, 230 West Hickman Road, Waukee, Iowa, at which meeting the Council proposes to take
action on the proposal to enter into a Development Agreement (the "Agreement") with DACE
Properties, L.L.C. (the "Developer") and Access Technologies, Inc. d/b/a Access Systems, Inc.
(the "Employer").
The Agreement would obligate the Developer to construct certain Minimum Improvements
(as defined in the Agreement) on certain real property located within the Waukee Consolidated
Urban Renewal Area as defined and legally described in the Agreement, consisting of the
construction of a 31,000 square foot Class A office building expansion, together with all related
site improvements, under the terms and following satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the
Agreement. The Agreement would obligate the Employer to occupy and operate its business in
the Minimum Improvements, including employing a minimum number of employees in those
operations, during the duration of the Agreement.
The Agreement would further obligate the City to make up to three (3) consecutive annual
payments of Economic Development Grants to Developer consisting of 50% of the Tax Increments
pursuant to Section 403.19, Code of Iowa, and generated by the construction of the Minimum
Improvements, the cumulative total for all such payments not to exceed the lesser of $535,000, or
the amount accrued under the formula outlined in the proposed Agreement, under the terms and
following satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Agreement.
A copy of the Agreement is on file for public inspection during regular business hours in
the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, City of Waukee, Iowa.
At the above meeting the Council shall receive oral or written objections from any resident
or property owner of said City, to the proposal to enter into the Agreement with the Developer and
the Employer. After all objections have been received and considered, the Council will at this
meeting or at any adjournment thereof, take additional action on the proposal or will abandon the
proposal to authorize said Agreement.
This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Waukee in the State of
Iowa, as provided by Section 364.6, Code of Iowa.
Dated this 2"d day of May, 2022.
Rebecca D. Schuett
City Clerk, City of Waukee in the State of Iowa
(End of Notice)
PASSED AND APPROVED this 2°a day of May, 2022.
ATTEST:(I
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RESULTS OF VOTE:
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Anna Bergman Pierce
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R. Charles Bottenberg
Chris Crone
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Larry R. Lyon
X
Ben Sinclair
X
Mayor0fro Tern
NAY ABSENT ABSTAIN
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