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November 19, 2007
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Meeting of the Clayton County Board of Supervisors at their office, 200 E. Bridge St., Elkader, Iowa.
Present: Larry Gibbs, Wayne Bockenstedt, Randy Keehner
Motion by Bockenstedt, seconded by Keehner to approve claims for payment.
The Financial Report for the 1st District Correctional Department was reviewed. Bockenstedt made a motion to accept same. Randy Keehner seconded the motion. Ayes: Gibbs, Keehner and Bockenstedt.
Allan Nelson and Ralph Savoy presented information relative to the Stephen A. Shannon Athletic Complex. They are in the process of preparing a CAT Grant application requesting $200,000.00 for the project. One requirement of the CAT Grant is support from the county government. Past CAT Grant applications have garnered the support of the county at the rate of 2.5% of the CAT Grant award and the supervisors expect to continue this practice with this application. A Letter of Commitment will need to be drafted and sent with the grant application. The application deadline is January 15. The project is expected to break ground in March, 2008, with completion anticipated in August, 2008.
Carolyn Corbin of Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission presented documents to set a public hearing date for the urban renewal plan for Willmark Energy.
The Board of Supervisors of Clayton County, Iowa, met on November 19, 2007, at 11 o’clock, a.m., at the Board Office, Elkader, Iowa, for the purpose of setting a date for a public hearing on the designation of an urban renewal area and on a proposed urban renewal plan and project. The Chairperson presided and the roll being called, the following members of the Board were present and absent:
Present: Larry Gibbs, Wayne Bockenstedt, Randy Keehner
Absent: None
The Chairperson announced that a plan had been prepared for a proposed project and that it was now necessary to set a date for a public hearing on the designation of the Clayton County Ethanol Urban Renewal Area and on that plan and the project outlined therein. Accordingly, Supervisor Bockenstedt moved the adoption of the following resolution entitled “Resolution Setting Date for a Public Hearing on Designation of the Clayton County Ethanol Urban Renewal Area and on Urban Renewal Plan and Project,” and the motion was seconded by Supervisor Keehner.
Following due consideration, the Chairperson put the question on the motion and the roll being called, the following named Supervisors voted:
Ayes: Larry Gibbs, Wayne Bockenstedt, Randy Keehner
Nays: None.
Whereupon, the Chairperson declared the resolution duly adopted, as follows:
RESOLUTION NO. 33-2007
Setting Date for a Public Hearing on Designation of the Clayton County Ethanol Urban Renewal Area and on Urban Renewal Plan and Project
WHEREAS, a proposal has been made which shows the desirability of designating a portion of Clayton County, Iowa (the “County”) as the Clayton County Ethanol Urban Renewal Area, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 403, Code of Iowa; and
WHEREAS, a proposal has been submitted to this Board under which the real property (the “Property”) lying within the boundaries set out in Exhibit A would be designated an urban renewal area; and
WHEREAS, a portion of the Property meets the definition of “agricultural land” under Section 403.17 of the Code of Iowa, and it is necessary to present agreements (the “Agricultural Land Agreements”) to the owners of such “agricultural land” in order to receive the consent required by said law; and
WHEREAS, a portion of the Property lies within two miles of the incorporated limits of the City of Postville, Iowa, and pursuant to Section 403.17 of the Code of Iowa, it is necessary for the County to enter into a joint agreement (the “Joint Agreement”) with the City of Postville prior to the County including such property in an urban renewal area; and
WHEREAS, this Board is desirous of obtaining as much information as possible from the residents of the County before making this designation; and
WHEREAS, a proposed urban renewal plan for a project within that proposed designated area has been prepared and it is now necessary that a date be set for a public hearing on the designation of the area and on that plan and project;
NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the Board of Supervisors of Clayton County, Iowa, as follows:
Section 1. This Board will meet at the Board Office, Elkader, Iowa, on the 19th day of December, 2007, at 10:30 o’clock a.m., at which time and place it will hold a public hearing on the designation of the proposed Clayton County Ethanol Urban Renewal Area described in the preamble hereof and on the proposed urban renewal plan and project for said Area.
Section 2. The County Auditor shall publish notice of said hearing, the same being in the form attached to this resolution, which publication shall be made in a legal newspaper of general circulation in Clayton County, which publication shall be not less than four (4) nor more than twenty (20) days before the date set for the hearing.
Section 3. Pursuant to Section 403.5 of the Code of Iowa, Carolyn Corbin of Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission and the County Auditor are hereby designated as the County’s representatives in connection with the consultation process which is required under that section of the urban renewal law.
Section 4. The proposed urban renewal plan is hereby submitted to the County’s Planning and Zoning Commission for review and recommendations, as required by Section 403.5, Code of Iowa.
Section 5. The County Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to present the Agricultural Land Agreements to the owners of such portions of the Property as meet the definition of “agricultural land” as described in the preamble hereof, such agreements to be executed and delivered to this Board on or before the public hearing on December 19, 2007.
Section 6. The County Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to present the Joint Agreement to the City of Postville, Iowa, such agreement to be executed and delivered to this Board on or before the public hearing on December 19, 2007.
The Board signed a resolution relative to the extension of the Clayton County Enterprise Zone. Darla Kelchen, Clayton County Development Group, requested that the Board approve the use of the hotel/motel tax dollars that have been collected so far this fiscal year for matching funds for grants being offered by the State of Iowa to market Iowa tourism outside of the state. Kelchen proposed that $1,000.00 be pledged toward the regional application and $2,500 toward the county application. Bockenstedt made a motion to pledge the hotel/motel tax dollars as proposed. Keehner seconded the motion. Ayes: Gibbs, Keehner and Bockenstedt.
Larry Gibbs, Chairman
Peggy K. Lane, Deputy Auditor
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