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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAmendments to Downtown Waterloo Riverfront UR and Redevelopment Plan*** Proof of Publication *** State of Iowa Black Hawk County Waterloo, City of - Legals 715 MULBERRY ST. WATERLOO IA 50703 ORDER NUMBER 217034 The undersigned, being duly sworn, on oath, do depose and say that I am an authorized employee of the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, that The Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier is a weekly newspaper regularly published and printed in the English language in the City of Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, and has a general circulation in the said city and county; and that I personally know that the notice, a true copy of which is hereto affixed, was published in the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier on the following days, to -wit: Section: Legals Category: 950 Legal Notice PUBLISHED ON: 09/19/2022 TOTAL AD COST: FILED ON: 101.29 9/19/2022 That the issues of said paper containing said notice were duly circulated in the regular manner. MACWLL Notary Public in and for id County MICHELLE GRAHAM Commission Number 837641 My Commission Expires February 23, 2025 *** Proof of Publication *** IMPORTANT NOTICE — PUBLIC HEAR- ING MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2022 AT 5:30 P.M., CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, WATERLOO, IOWA. THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IS TO DISCUSS AND MAKE AMENDMENTS TO THE AMENDED ANO RESTATED DOWNTOWN WATER- LOO RIVERFRONT URBAN RENEWAL AND REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS ANO UPDATE RELATED FINANCIAL INFOR- MATION. The area included in the Amended and Restated Downtown Waterloo RNerfront Urban Renewal and Redevelopment Plan (the "Plan") is an area of slum and blight and an economic development area within the meaning of Iowa Cade Section 403.17(10). Such area is appropriate for commercial and industrial enterprises and is eligible for an urban renewal project and otherwise meets all requisites under the provisions of Iowa Code Chapter 403. The rehabilitation, conservation, develop- ment, redevelopment, or a combination of such activities, of such area is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety or welfare of the residents of the City of Waterloo. The plan amendment is an amendment to the Plan, originally adopted in 1974 and later amended in 1980, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020. The amendment is proposed to include one or more additional urban renewal projects and to update related financial summaries of bonding capacity, project expenses, and funding sources. The plan area, which is NOT being changed by the proposed amendment to the Plan, is described as follows: BEGINNING AT THE POINT WHERE THE CENTERLINE OF W. 12TH STREET, IF EXTENDED, WOULD IN- TERSECT THE CENTERLINE OF THE SOUTHBOUND WASHINGTON STREET AS NOW LOCATED (ALSO KNOWN AS U.S. HIGHWAY 218), THENCE NORTH- EASTERLY ALONG THE EXTENSION OF THE CENTERUNE OF W. 12TH STREET, AND THE CENTERLINE OF W. 12TH STREET TO THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF THE CEDAR RIVER, THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY BANK OF THE CEDAR RIVER TO THE CENTERUNE OF W. 11TH STREET, THENCE NORTHEAST- ERLY ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF THE 11TH STREET BRIDGE AND E. 11TH STREET TO THE CENTERUNE OF SYCAMORE STREET, THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE CEN- TERUNE OF SYCAMORE STREET TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE CEN- TERLINE OF E. 7TH STREET, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE CEN- TERUNE OF E. 7TH STREET TO THE CENTERLINE OF FRANKLIN STREET, THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF FRANKUN STREET TO THE CENTERLINE OF E. 3RD STREET, THENCE SOUTHWEST- ERLY ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF E. 3RD STREET TO THE CENTERLINE OF SYCAMORE STREET, THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE CEN- TERLINE OF SYCAMORE STREET, AND AN EXTENSION THEREOF, TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF THE CEDAR RIVER, THENCE FOLLOWING THE NORTHERLY BANK OF THE CEDAR RIVER TO A POINT WHERE IT WOULD INTERSECT THE CENTERUNE OF FAIRVIEW AVENUE, IF EXTENDED SOUTHERLY, THENCE NORTH ALONG THE EXTENSION OF THE CENTERLINE OF FAIRVIEW AVENUE, AND THE CENTERLINE OF FAIRVIEW AVENUE TO THE CENTERUNE OF CONGER STREET, THENCE WESTERLY AND SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE CEN- TERLINE OF CONGER STREET AND W. CONGER STREET TO THE CENTER- LINE OF RELOCATED ANSBOROUGH AVENUE (SAID POINT ALSO BEING THE INTERSECTION WITH THE CEN- TERLINES OF RIVER ROAD ANO WESTFIELD AVENUE), THENCE WEST- ERLY ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF RELOCATED ANSBOROUGH AVENUE TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE WEST LINE OF COURIER STREET, THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST UNE OF COURIER STREET, AND AN EXTENSION THEREOF, TO THE CEN- TERLINE OF THE CANADIAN NATION- AUILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD SPUR LINE, THENCE SOUTHWESTER- LY ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF SAID RAILROAD TO THE CENTERLINE OF WEST WASHINGTON STREET (ALSO KNOWN AS U.S. HIGHWAY 218), THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF WEST WASH- INGTON STREET TO THE CENTERLINE OF VAUGHN STREET, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE CEN- *** Proof of Publication *** Icnuncvr vnuunn0lnc l ry Inc CENTERUNE OF WESTFIELD AVENUE, THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF WESTFIELD AVENUE TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE EAST BANK OF BLACK HAWK CREEK, THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY BANK OF BLACK HAWK CREEK TO THE CEN- TERLINE OF SOUTHBOUND WASHING - TON STREET, THENCE EASTERLY AND SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF SOUTHBOUND WASHINGTON STREET TO THE CEN- TERLINE OF W. 2ND STREET, THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE CEN- TERUNE OF W. 2ND STREET TO THE CENTERLINE OF SOUTH STREET, THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF SOUTH STREET TO THE CENTERLINE OF W. 4TH STREET, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE CENTERUNE OF W. 4TH STREET TO THE CENTERLINE OF SOUTHBOUND WASHINGTON STREET, THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF SOUTH - BOUND WASHINGTON STREET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. The Plan provides that the City may issue bonds or use available funds for purposes allowed by the Plan amendment, and that tax increment reimbursement of such costs will be sought if and to the extent incurred by the City. The Plan may be further amended from time to time to respond to future development opportuni- ties. The public hearing will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, October 3, 2022, in the City Council Chambers at City Hall in Waterloo, Iowa. Any questions regarding the proposed amendment to the Plan should be directed to the Planning and Zoning Office at 291-4366. Anyone who is interested may appear at same time and place and be heard or may file written objections or comments with the City Clerk, City Hall, 715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo. Iowa. before the date set for hearing, By order of the City Council this 6th day of September, 2022. Kelley Felchle, City Clerk