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HOLD HEARING ON AND APPROVE
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND
TAX INCREMENT PAYMENTS
(Hart Dentistry)
436989-12
Tiffin, Iowa
September 22, 2015
A meeting of the City Council of the City of Tiffin, Iowa, was held at seven o'clock p.m.,
on September 22, 2015, at the City Hall Council Chambers, Tiffin, Iowa, pursuant to the rules of
the Council.
The Mayor presided and the roll was called, showing members present and absent as
follows:
Present: James Bartels, Peggy Upton, Al Havens, Mike Ryan, Jo Kahler.
Absent: None.
The City Council investigated and found that notice of the intention of the Council to
conduct a public hearing on a Development Agreement between the City and the Hart Dentistry
in connection with the development of new dental office facilities situated at 403 Deer View
Avenue in the Urban Renewal Area, which Agreement provides for certain financial incentives
in the form of annual appropriation, incremental property tax payments in a total amount not
exceeding $45,000, had been published according to law and as directed by the Council and that
this is the time and place at which the Council shall receive oral or written objections from any
resident or property owner of the City. All written objections, statements, and evidence
heretofore filed were reported to the Council, and all oral objections, statements, and all other
exhibits presented were considered.
The following named persons presented oral objections, statements, or evidence as
summarized below; filed written objections or statements, copies of which are attached hereto; or
presented other exhibits, copies of which are attached hereto:
(Here list all persons presenting written or oral statements or evidence and summarize
each presentation.)
There being no further objections or comments, the Mayor announced that the hearing
was closed.
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Council Member Upton introduced the resolution next hereinafter set out and moved its
adoption, seconded by Council Member Havens; and after due consideration thereof by the
Council, the Mayor put the question upon the adoption of said resolution, and the roll being
called, the following named Council Members voted:
Ayes: Bartels, Havens, Kahler, Ryan, Upton
Nays: None.
Whereupon, the Mayor declared said resolution duly adopted, as follows:
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RESOLUTION 2015-102
Resolution Approving Development Agreement with Hart Dentistry, Authorizing
Annual Appropriation Tax Increment Payments and Pledging Certain Tax
Increment Revenues to the Payment of the Agreement
WHEREAS, the City of Tiffin, Iowa (the "City"), pursuant to and in strict compliance
with all laws applicable to the City, and in particular the provisions of Chapter 403 of the Code
of Iowa, has adopted an Urban Renewal Plan for the Tiffin Urban Renewal Area (the "Urban
Renewal Area"); and
WHEREAS, this City Council has adopted an ordinance providing for the division of
taxes levied on taxable property in the Urban Renewal Area pursuant to Section 403.19 of the
Code of Iowa and establishing the fund referred to in Subsection 2 of Section 403.19 of the Code
of Iowa (the "Urban Renewal Tax Revenue Fund"), which fund and the portion of taxes referred
to in that subsection may be irrevocably pledged by the City for the payment of the principal and
interest on indebtedness incurred under the authority of Section 403.9 of the Code of Iowa to
finance or refinance in whole or in part projects in the Urban Renewal Area; and
WHEREAS, a certain development agreement (the "Agreement") between the City and
Hart Dentistry (the "Developer") has been prepared in connection with the development of new
dental office facilities situated at 403 Deer View Avenue in the Urban Renewal Area (the "Hart
Dentistry Project"); and
WHEREAS, under the Agreement, the City would provide annual appropriation tax
increment payments to the Developer in a total amount not exceeding $45,000; and
WHEREAS, this City Council, pursuant to Section 403.9 of the Code of Iowa, has
published notice, has held a public hearing on the Agreement on September 22, 2015, and has
otherwise complied with statutory requirements for the approval of the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 15A of the Code of Iowa ("Chapter 15A") declares that economic
development is a public purpose for which a City may provide grants, loans, tax incentives,
guarantees and other financial assistance to or for the benefit of private persons; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 15A requires that before public funds are used for grants, loans, tax
incentives or other financial assistance, a City Council must determine that a public purpose will
reasonably be accomplished by the spending or use of those funds; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 15A requires that in determining whether funds should be spent, a
City Council must consider any or all of a series of factors;
NOW, THEREFORE, It Is Resolved by the City Council of the City of Tiffin, Iowa, as
follows:
Section 1. Pursuant to the factors listed in Chapter 15A, the City Council hereby
finds that:
(a) The Hart Dentistry Project will add diversity and generate new
opportunities for the Tiffin and Iowa economies;
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(b) The Hart Dentistry Project will generate public gains and benefits,
particularly in the creation of new jobs, which are warranted in comparison to the amount
of the proposed financial incentives.
Section 2. The City Council further finds that a public purpose will reasonably be
accomplished by entering into the Agreement and providing the incremental property tax
payments to the Developer.
Section 3. The Agreement is hereby approved and the Mayor and City Clerk are
hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Agreement on behalf of the City, in
substantially the form and content in which the Agreement has been presented to this City
Council, and such officers are also authorized to make such changes, modifications, additions or
deletions as they, with the advice of bond counsel, may believe to be necessary, and to take such
actions as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Agreement.
Section 4. All payments by the City under the Agreement shall be subject to annual
appropriation by the City Council, in the manner set out in the Agreement. As provided and
required by Chapter 403 of the Code of Iowa, the City's obligations under the Agreement shall
be payable solely from a subfund (the "Hart Dentistry Subfund") which is hereby established,
into which shall be paid that portion of the income and proceeds of the Urban Renewal Tax
Revenue Fund attributable to property taxes derived from the property described as follows:
Certain real property situated in the City of Tiffin, County of Johnson, State of
Iowa bearing Johnson County Property Tax Identification Number 0628328001.
Section 5. The City hereby pledges to the payment of the Agreement the Hart
Dentistry Subfund and the taxes referred to in Subsection 2 of Section 403.19 of the Code of
Iowa to be paid into such Subfund, provided, however, that no payment will be made under the
Agreement unless and until monies from the Hart Dentistry Subfund are appropriated for such
purpose by the City Council.
Section 6. After its adoption, a copy of this resolution shall be filed in the office of
the County Auditor of Johnson County to evidence the continuing pledging of Hart Dentistry
Subfund and the portion of taxes to be paid into such Subfund and, pursuant to the direction of
Section 403.19 of the Code of Iowa, the Auditor shall allocate the taxes in accordance therewith
and in accordance with the tax allocation ordinance referred to in the preamble hereof.
Section 7. All resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
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Passed and approved this 22nd day of September, 2015.
Attest:
City Clerk(/
Mayor
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On motion and vote the meeting adjourned.
Attest:
City Cler
Mayor
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STATE OF IOWA
COUNTY OF JOHNSON SS:
CITY OF TIFFIN
I, the undersigned, Clerk of the City of Tiffin, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true
and correct copy of the minutes of the Council of the City relating to holding a public hearing
and adopting a resolution to approve a Development Agreement.
WITNESS MY HAND this day of , 2015.
City Cle
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STATE OF IOWA
SS:
COUNTY OF JOHNSON
I, the undersigned, County Auditor of Johnson County, in the State of Iowa, do hereby
certify that on the day of , 2015, the City Clerk of the City of
Tiffin filed in my office a certified copy of a resolution of the City shown to have been adopted
by the City Council and approved by the Mayor thereof on September 22, 2015, entitled:
"Resolution Approving Development Agreement with Hart Dentistry, Authorizing Annual
Appropriation Tax Increment Payments and Pledging Certain Tax Increment Revenues to the
Payment of the Agreement", and that I have duly placed the copy of the resolution on file in my
records.
WITNESS MY HAND this day of , 2015.
County Auditor
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OORSEY
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September 18, 2015
VIA F.MATI,
Doug Boldt
City Administrator/City Hall
Tiffin, IA
Re: Hart Dentistry Development Agreement
File No. 436989-12
Dear Doug:
Attached are copies of proceedings covering the City Council's September 22, 2015
public hearing on the proposed Development Agreement with Hart Dentistry, followed by a
resolution approving the Agreement and pledging certain incremental property tax revenues to
the payment of the Agreement.
A copy of the Resolution must be filed with the Johnson County Auditor. Please print
extra copies of the Resolution for that purpose.
We would appreciate receiving one fully -executed copy of these proceedings and of the
executed Development Agreement as soon as they are available.
Best regards,
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