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PROCEEDINGS TO APPROVE TAX
ABATEMENT APPLICATION
Tiffin, Iowa
436989
January 3, 2023
A meeting of the City Council of the City of Tiffin, Iowa, was held at the City Hall, in the
City, at 7 p.m., on January 3, 2023. The Mayor presided and the roll was called, showing
members present and absent as follows:
Present: Havens, Orris, Olney, Schnedler, Limkemann.
Absent: None.
Council Member Orris introduced the resolution next hereinafter set out, and moved that
the said resolution be adopted; seconded by Council Member Havens; and after due
consideration thereof by the City Council, the Mayor put the question upon the motion and the
roll being called, the following named Council Members voted:
Ayes: Orris, Olney, Schnedler, Limkemann, Havens.
Nays: None.
Whereupon, the Mayor declared the said resolution adopted, as follows:
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DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA
Tiffin/436989/HRA Amend
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-097
Resolution Approving Tax Abatement Application for the Villages Part I Urban
Revitalization Area
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 404 of the Code of Iowa (the "Act) the
City of Tiffin, Iowa, has designated an area of the City as the Villages Part I Urban
Revitalization Area (the "Urban Revitalization Area") and has adopted an Urban Revitalization
Plan (the "Plan") for the governance of projects and initiatives to be undertaken therein; and
WHEREAS, the Act provides that property owners making qualified improvements
under the Plan may apply to the City Council for tax abatement, and the City Council shall
approve the application if it finds: (a) the project is in a designated urban revitalization area; (b)
the project is in conformance with the urban revitalization plan for such area; and (c) the
improvements were made during the time the area was so designated; and
WHEREAS, the Act provides that the first application for an exemption under the Plan
shall be filed with the City by the property owner by February 1 of year in which all
improvements included in the project are first assessed for taxation, or the following two
assessment years, in which case the exemption is allowed for the total number of years in the
exemption schedule; and
WHEREAS, the Hunt Club, LLC (the "Property Owner") has completed certain
qualifying improvements (the "Qualifying Improvements") under the Plan and has submitted an
application (the "Application") to the City to receive the exemption benefits under the Plan; and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary for the City to approve the Application;
NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the City Council of the City of Tiffin, Iowa, as
follows:
Section 1. It is hereby found and determined:
(a) Phase I of the Qualifying Improvements described in the Application were
completed in 2020 and first assessed for taxation as of January 1, 2021.
(b) Phase II of the Qualifying Improvements described in the Application
were completed in 2022 and will be first assessed for taxation as of January 1, 2023.
(c) The Qualifying Improvements were constructed in the Urban
Revitalization Area.
(d) The Qualifying Improvements were constructed in confoiivance with the
Plan.
(e) The Qualifying Improvements were constructed during the time the Urban
Revitalization Area was so designated.
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DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA
Tiffin/436989/HRA Amend
(0 The Application was filed in a timely fashion as to allow the Property
Owner the exemption benefits set forth in the Plan for the total number of years in the
exemption schedule.
Section 2. The Application is hereby approved, subject to review by the Johnson
County Assessor pursuant to Section 404.5 of the Act, and the City is hereby directed to forward
a copy of this resolution and such Application to the Johnson County Assessor prior to March 1,
2023.
Section 3. All resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed, to the extent of such conflict.
Passed and approved January 3, 2023.
Mayor
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DORSEY & WHITNEY 1 !P, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA
Tiffin/436989/HRA Amend
ATTESTATION CERTIFICATE:
STATE OF IOWA
JOHNSON COUNTY
CITY OF TIFFIN
SS:
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Tiffin, Iowa, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing is a true, correct and complete copy of the proceedings providing for the adoption
of a resolution approving a tax abatement application for the Villages Part I Urban Revitalization
Area, including a true and complete copy of the resolution referred to in such minutes.
WITNESS MY HAND this ` .--flay of c/�..�
, 2023.
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December 13, 2022
Via Email
Doug Boldt
City Administrator/City Hall
Tiffin, IA
Re: Villages Part I Urban Revitalization Area
Our File No. 436898
Dear Doug:
We have prepared and attach proceedings covering the approval of the tax abatement
application filed by the Hunt Club, LLC.
Upon approval, please forward a copy of the resolution and the application to the Johnson
County Assessor. The application must be filed prior to March 1, 2023.
If you have any questions, please contact John Danos or me.
Kind regards,
Amy Bjork
Attachments
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