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Filed for record OCT 25 , 2000 at
MISC 4:00 P.M. and recorded in Book 340
IN D E of MISC iaeo at Page 706 .
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CITY OF WATERLOO
This Ordinance prepared by Nancy Eckert, City Clerk, 715
Mulberry Street, Waterloo, Iowa.
ORDINANCE NO. 4428
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 1993 CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA BY
REPEALING ARTICLE IV, REDEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY, OF CHAPTER 29, PLANNING AND
ZONING GENERALLY; AND ENACTING IN LIEU
THEREOF A NEW DIVISION 6, MAIN STREET
WATERLOO REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, OF ARTICLE
VII , BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, OF CHAPTER 2,
ADMINISTRATION.
BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WATERLOO, IOWA, that Article IV, Redevelopment Authority, of
Chapter 29, Planning and Zoning Generally, of the 1993 Code of
Ordinances of the City of Waterloo, be and the same is hereby
repealed in its entirety; that a new Division 6, Main Street
Waterloo Redevelopment Authority, of Article VII , Boards and
Commissions, of Chapter 2 , Administration, is hereby enacted in
lieu thereof as follows :
DIVISION 6
MAIN STREET WATERLOO REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
2-195 . 9 Creation and Purpose :
There is hereby created a commission, hereinafter known as
Main Street Waterloo Redevelopment Authority (hereinafter Main
Street Waterloo) to act as agent for the city for the purpose of
development and redevelopment of the central business district
in the city.
2-195 . 10 Commission Rules Generally:
(a) Composition: Main Street Waterloo shall consist of the
board of directors of the Cedar Skyline Corporation,
Inc . , an Iowa non-profit corporation, organized to
operate for the improvement of the traditional downtown
business area in the city, within the meaning of
501 (c) (6) of the Internal Revenue Code .
The commission shall not be reduced from the current
twenty-one (21) members of the Cedar Skyline Board of
Directors, nor shall the makeup of the members of the
commission vary from that set forth in the bylaws now in
existence for Cedar Skyline Corporation (a copy of which
is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference)
without amendment of this ordinance .
(b) Term of Office : The term of office of the commission
members shall be as defined for the board of directors in
the attached Cedar Skyline Corporation bylaws .
(c) Filling Vacancies : The vacancy of any commission
position, occurring for any reason whatsoever, shall be
filled in the same manner as a vacant board position is
filled in accordance with the attached bylaws of Cedar
Skyline Corporation.
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(d) Compensation: All members of the Main Street Waterloo
shall serve without compensation, except their actual
expenses, which shall be subject to the approval of the
Cedar Skyline Corporation board of directors .
(e) Officers : Offices of the commission shall be filled in
the same capacity by those officers elected by the board
of directors for Cedar Skyline Corporation.
(f) Councils : Main Street Waterloo shall establish any and
all councils necessary for the execution of its powers
and duties .
2-195 . 11 Powers and Duties :
(a) Main Street Waterloo shall have full power and authority
to make or cause to be made such surveys, studies, maps,
plans, or charts of the whole or portions of the central
business district, as defined by the SSMID, and of any
land outside thereof, which in the opinion of Main Street
Waterloo bears relation to the development or
redevelopment of the district, and shall submit these
studies to the council . This body may publish its
studies and recommendations .
(b) No proposal for the development, redevelopment or
modification of the central business district, as defined
as the SSMID district, or a portion thereof shall be made
without such proposal or change being first referred to
Main Street Waterloo, who shall have had fifteen (15)
days for review and approval . Failure to respond in
writing within fifteen days shall be deemed approval . If
said proposal is subsequently approved by this body, the
normal process for obtaining building construction
permits may proceed. If the board recommends disapproval
of any proposal or modification thereof, the developer
may appeal to the City Council within fifteen (15) days
of said disapproval ; however, the City Council may
override the recommendation of this body and approve the
proposed development by at least two-thirds (2/3) of all
its members .
(c) All signs and/or street amenities shall be reviewed by
this body, its designated staff and/or agency of its
designation to ensure their capability of the overall
design concept of the central business district as set
forth above . Anyone who wishes to appeal any decision
made by this body or its staff may do so as outlined in
subsection (b) of this section.
(d) Main Street Waterloo shall have the power to acquire real
estate within the central business district, as defined
as the SSMID lease or purchase, as may be deemed
necessary for development or redevelopment of the central
business district . This body shall have the authority to
sell , exchange, or lease any real estate acquired by the
body, subject to the approval of the City Council . No
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real estate which shall be determined to affect the
district shall be bought or sold without first receiving
recommendation of Main Street Waterloo.
(e) Main Street Waterloo would act for the city in
representing the central business district, defined as
the established SSMID district, by performing the
following functions :
(1) Make recommendations to the Mayor and City Council
regarding exercise of the use of eminent domain, for
the acquisition of real or personal property and for
the purpose of a development or redevelopment
project;
(2) Make recommendations to the City Council with regard
to the application for an acceptance of capital
grants and loans from the United States and the
State of Iowa or any other instrumentality of the
United States or the State of Iowa for the central
business district, as defined as the SSMID district,
development and redevelopment to assist the City
Council in making application for said capital
grants and loans;
(3) Make recommendations to the City Council with regard
to the borrowing of funds as may be deemed necessary
for the purpose of the central business district, as
defined as SSMID district, development and
redevelopment and in this connection make
recommendations regarding the issuance of such
obligation or recitative bonds as many be deemed
necessary, subject to the applicable statute of
limitations;
(4) Make recommendations to the City Council and Mayor
with regard to the procedures, policies, and/or
ordinances for the planning, execution and
implementation of plans regarding the downtown area.
2-195 . 12 Financing:
(a) Appropriation of Funds : The council may annually
appropriate a sum of money from the general funds for the
payment of the expense of Main Street Waterloo.
(b) Expenditure of Funds : This body shall have full, complete
and exclusive authority to expend for and on behalf of
this municipality all sums of money so appropriated.
(c) Grants and Donations : All grants, gifts and donations or
payments whatsoever received by such municipality on
behalf of Main Street Waterloo for downtown development
or redevelopment purposes shall be placed in the Main
Street Waterloo fund and may be used by Main Street
Waterloo in the manner and for the purposes designated by
the Cedar Skyline Corporation bylaws .
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(d) Debt Contracting Powers : This body shall have no power to
contract debt beyond the amount of its projected income
for the following fiscal year.
2-195 . 13 Staff and Special Consultants :
Subject to the limitations contained in this article as
city expenditure of funds, Main Street Waterloo may hire such
staff that it may deem necessary and prescribe and define their
respective duties and fix and regulate the compensation to be
paid to the person (s) employed by it .
Waterloo Main Street may contract with professional
consultants or county, regional, state and federal governments
for planning assistance and may agree with each or all of them
to the amount, if any, to be paid for such assistance.
2-195 . 14 Annual Report :
Main Street Waterloo each year shall make a report to the
Mayor and Council of its proceedings and the progress of its
work for the preceding fiscal year.
INTRODUCED: July 24 , 2000
PASSED 1ST CONSIDERATION: July 24 , 2000
PASSED 2ND CONSIDERATION: July 24, 2000
PASSED 3RD CONSIDERATION: July 24, 2000
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Waterloo, Iowa, on the 24th day of July, 2000, and approved by the
Mayor on the 26th day of July, 2000 .
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John R. '.off, Mayor ,
ATTEST:
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Nancy Eck6t, City Clerk
CERTIFICATE
I, Nancy Eckert, City Clerk of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, do
hereby certify that the preceding is a true and complete copy of
Ordinance No. 4428, as passed and adopted by the Council of the
City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 24th day of July, 2000 .
Witness my hand and seal of office this 26th day of July,
2000 .
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Nancy E ert, City Clerk
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