Regular
Meeting
May 29, 2007
The Board of Supervisor met in Session on the
above date with the following members present: Condon, Dencklau, Lizer, Motl
and Nolting. Absent: None.
Moved by Lizer, seconded by Condon to approve
minutes of May 22, 2007 regular meeting.
Motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Condon, seconded by Dencklau to receive
and place on file the following Drainage Repairs: D.D.#209, D.D.#276, and D.D.#278. Motion carried unanimously.
Public Hearing was held to Amendment of Current
Fiscal-Year 2006-2007 Budget. No
written or oral comments were heard. Moved by Dencklau, seconded by Motl to
approve Fiscal Year 2006-2007 County Budget amendments and the following
department appropriation changes:
|
Dept. 028 Medical Examiner |
Increase |
$15,000 |
|
Dept. 021 Veteran Affairs
- Services to Veterans |
Increase |
$10,000 |
|
Dept 025 General Relief
Assistance |
Increase |
$15,000 |
|
Dept. 060 Mental Health/DD |
Increase |
$316,747 |
|
Dept. 099 - Debt
Service/Frontier Ethanol TIF Bond Interest |
Increase |
$137,500 |
|
Dept 020 Secondary
Road/Roadway Const. Capital Projects |
Decrease |
$1,200,000 |
|
Capital Projects |
Increase |
$550,000 |
Motion carried unanimously.
Public Hearing was held on authorization of a
Loan Agreement and the issuance of Notes to evidence the obligation of the
County, not to exceed $220,000, (E911response services). No written or oral comments were heard. Moved by Motl, seconded by Lizer to adopt
the following Resolution:
RESOLUTION INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS TO TAKE
ADDITIONAL ACTION FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF A LOAN AGREEMENT AND THE ISSUANCE OF
NOT TO ECEED $220,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION CAPITAL LOAN NOTES, SERIES 2007
(TYPE
OUT).
Motion carried unanimously.
A Public Hearing was held to establish Webster
County Ag-Industrial Center Urban Renewal Area. No written or oral comment were heard. Moved by Lizer, seconded by Condon to adopt the following
resolution:
RESOLUTION DETERMINING AN
AREA OF THE COUNTY TO BE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREA, AND THAT THE
REHABILITATION, CONSERVATION, REDEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT, OR A COMBINATION
THEREOF, OF SUCH AREA IS NECESSARY IN THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY
OR WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY; DESIGNATING SUCH AREA AS APPROPRIATE
FOR AN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT; AND ADOPTING THE WEBSTER COUNTY AG-INDUSTRIAL
CENTER URBAN RENEWAL PLAN THEREFOR.
WHEREAS,
this Board has reasonable cause to believe that the area described below
satisfies the eligibility criteria for designation as an urban renewal area
under Iowa law; and
WHEREAS,
a proposed Webster County Ag-Industrial Center Urban Renewal Plan for the area
described below has been prepared, which proposed Plan is on file in the office
of the County Auditor and which is incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS,
this proposed Urban Renewal Area includes and consists of:
The West Half (W1/2) of
Section Twenty (20) in Township Eighty-nine (89) North, Range Twenty-nine (29),
West of the 5th P.M., Webster County, Iowa:
And
The North Part (N) of the
Northwest Northwest (NW NW) of Section Twenty-nine (29) in Township Eighty-nine
(89) North of Range Twenty-nine (29), West of the 5th P.M., Webster
County, Iowa:
And
The North Part (N)of the
Northeast Northwest (NE NW) of Section Twenty-nine (29) in Township Eighty-nine
(89) North of Range Twenty-nine (29), West of the 5th P.M., Webster
County, Iowa:
And
All that part of the South
Fractional Half (S fri 1/2) lying North of Right of Way of Illinois Central
Gulf Railroad Company of Section Nineteen (19), Township Eighty-nine (89)
North, Range Twenty-nine (29), West of the 5th P.M., Webster County,
Iowa:
And
That part of the North Half
(N1/2) of the Northeast Quarter (NE1/4) of Section Thirty (30), Township
eighty-nine (89) North, Range Twenty-nine (29), lying North of the Illinois
Gulf Central Railroad Company Right of Way, all West of the 5th P.M.,
Webster County, Iowa:
And
A parcel located in the
Northeast Quarter (NE ¼) of Section Nineteen (19), Township Eighty-nine (89)
North, Range Twenty-nine (29) West of the 5th P.M., Webster County,
Iowa, more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the North Quarter Corner of said Section 19; thence South
88º43’40”East, 319.68 feet along the north line of said Northeast Quarter to
the Northeast Corner of an existing tract as described in County Recorder’s
Inst. #2003-00692; thence South 00º14’44” East, 86.20 feet along the east line
of said existing tract to a point on the south right of way line of Highway #7
(said point also being the point of beginning); thence South 00º14’44” East,
2540.77 feet along said east line to a point on the south line of said
Northeast Quarter; thence North 88º37’57” West, 120.05 feet along said south
line; thence North 00º14’44” West, 2540.25 feet to a point on said south right
of way line; thence South 88º52’48” East, 120.03 feet along said south right of
way line to the point of beginning containing 7.00 acres total. NOTE: For the purpose of this survey, the
north line of said Northeast Quarter was determined to bear South 88º43’40”
East using GPS.
WHEREAS, this Area is within two miles of the City of
Barnum and the County has entered into a joint agreement with said City to
allow the County to operate within the Area; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that these areas be redeveloped
as part of the overall redevelopment area covered by said proposed Urban
Renewal Plan to be known hereafter as the “Webster County Ag-Industrial Center
Urban Renewal Plan”; and
WHEREAS, the Iowa statutes required the Board of
Supervisors to submit the proposed Webster County Ag-Industrial Center Urban
Renewal Plan to the Planning and Zoning Commission for review and
recommendation as to its conformity with the General Plan for development of
the County as a whole, prior to Board of Supervisors approval of such urban
renewal project and an urban renewal plan therefore; and
WHEREAS, creation of the Webster County Ag-Industrial
Center Urban Renewal Plan Area and adoption of the Webster County Ag0Industrial
Center Urban Renewal Plan therefore has been approved by the Planning and
Zoning Commission for the County as being in conformity with the general plan
for development of the County as a whole, as evidenced by its written report
filed herewith and incorporated herein by this reference; and
WHEREAS, a Joint Agreement has been entered into between
the County and the City of Barnum as the proposed Urban Renewal Area is within
two miles of the City; and
WHEREAS, by resolution adopted on May 1, 2007, this Board
directed that a consultation be held with the designated representatives of all
affected taxing entities to discuss the proposed Webster County Ag-Industrial
Center Urban Renewal Plan and the division of revenue described therein and
that notice of said consultation and a copy of the proposed Webster County
Ag-Industrial Center Urban Renewal Plan be sent to all affected taxing
entities; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to such notice, the consultation was
duly held as ordered by the Board of Supervisors and all required responses to
the recommendations made by the affected taxing entities, if any, have been
timely made as set forth in the report of the Designated Representative filed
herewith and incorporated herein by this reference, which report is in all
respects approved; and
WHEREAS, by said resolution this Board also set a public
hearing on the adoption of the proposed Webster County Ag-Industrial Center
Urban Renewal Plan for this meeting of the Board, and due and proper notice of
said public hearing was given, as provided by law, by timely publication in the
“Fort Dodge Messenger”, which notice set forth the time and place for this
hearing and the nature and purposed thereof; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with said notice, all persons or
organizations desiring to be heard on said proposed Plan, both for and against,
have been given an opportunity to be heard with respect thereto and due
consideration has been given to all comments and views expressed to this Board
in connection therewith and said public hearing has been closed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS OF THE COJNTY OF WEBSTER, STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. That
the findings and conclusions set forth or contained in the proposed “Webster
County Ag-Industrial Center Urban Renewal Plan” for the area of Webster County,
Iowa legally described and depicted in the Plan and incorporated herein by
reference (which area shall hereinafter be known as the “Webster County
Ag-Industrial Central Urban Renewal Plan Area”), be and the same are hereby
adopted and approved as the findings of this Board for this area.
a. Although
relocation is not expected, a feasible method exists for the location of any
families who will be displaced from the Webster County Ag-Industrial Center
Urban Renewal Plan area into decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations
within their means and without undue hardship to such families;
b. The Webster County Ag-Industrial Center Urban Renewal Plan
Conforms to the general plan for the development of the County as a whole; and
c. Although acquisition by the City is not expected, as to any
areas of open land to
be acquired by the County included within
the Webster County Ag-Industrial Center Urban
Renewal Plan Area:
i.
Residential
use is not expected, however, with
reference to any portions thereof
which
are to be developed for residential uses, this Board of Supervisors hereby
determines that a
shortage of housing of sound standards and design with
decency, safety and sanitation exists
within the
County; that the acquisition of the area for residential uses is an integral
part of and essential to
the program
of the municipality; and that one or more of the following conditions exist:
A.
That the need for housing accommodations has been or will be increased as a
result of the
clearance
of slums in other areas, including other portions of the urban renewal area.
B.
That
conditions of blight in the municipality and the shortage of decent, safe and
sanitary housing
cause
or contribute to an increase in and spread of disease and crime, so as to
constitute a menace
to
the public health, safety, morals, or welfare.
C.
That
the provision of public improvements related to housing and residential
development will
encourage housing and
residential development which is necessary to encourage the retention or
relocation of industrial and
commercial enterprises in this state and its municipalities.
D.
The
acquisition of the area is necessary to provide for the construction of housing
for low and
Moderate income families.
ii. Non-residential use is expected, and with reference to those
portions thereof which are to be developed for non-residential uses, such
non-residential uses are necessary and appropriate to facilitate the proper
growth and development of the
County in accordance with sound planning standards and local community
objectives.
Section 3. That the Webster County Ag-Industrial Center
Urban Renewal Plan Area is an economic
development area within the
meaning of Iowa Code Chapter 403; that such area is eligible for designation as
an
urban
renewal area and otherwise meets all requisites under the provisions of Chapter
403 of the code of Iowa; and
that the rehabilitation,
conservation, redevelopment, development, or a combination thereof, of such
area is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety or welfare of
the residents of this County.
Section
4. That the Webster County
Ag-Industrial Center Urban Renewal Plan, attached hereto as Exhibit A
incorporated herein by reference, be and the same is hereby approved and
adopted as the “Webster County Ag-Industrial Center Urban Renewal Plan for the
Webster County Ag-Industrial Center Urban Renewal Plan Area’; the Webster
County Ag-Industrial Center Urban Renewal Plan for such area is hereby in all
respects approved; and the County Auditor is hereby directed to file a
certified copy of said Webster County Ag-Industrial Center Urban Renewal Plan
with the proceedings of this meeting.
Section5.
That the Webster County Ag-Industrial Center Urban Renewal Plan for the
Webster County Ag-Industrial Center Urban Renewal Plan Area shall be in full
force and effect from the date of this resolution until the later of the date
of termination set forth in the Webster County Ag-Industrial Center Urban
Renewal Plan or the date on which payment of all obligations issued or advances
made to carry out the purposes thereof shall be fully provided for. Said
Webster County Ag-Industrial Center Urban Renewal Plan shall be forthwith
certified by the County Auditor, along with a copy of this Resolution, to the
Recorder for Webster County State of Iowa to be filed and recorded in the
manner provided by law.
PASSED
AND APPROVED this 29th day of May, 2007.
s/ Greg Nolting
Chairperson, Board of
Supervisors
ATTEST:
s/Carol Messerly
County Auditor
Motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Condon, seconded by Dencklau to approve
temporary part time employment of Dalton Gurnett and Devon Gurnett at the rate of $7.00 per hour; 10 hours per
week, to assist with paddleboat rentals, per recommendation of Matt Cosgrove,
Conservation Director. Motion carried
unanimously.
Moved by Dencklau, seconded by Motl to approve
and authorize Chair to sign Fiscal Year 2008 Public Health Services
Contract. (Copy on file in Auditor’s
office). Motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Motl, seconded by Lizer to direct the
County Auditor to redeem Tax Sale Certificate No. R040430, per Iowa Code
Section 427.9(3). Motion carried
unanimously.
Moved by Lizer, seconded by Condon to approve and
authorize Chair to sign resolution that temporarily closes 210th
Street between Hayes and Johnson Avenues in Section 32, Douglas Township for
railroad crossing repairs. Motion
carried unanimously.
Moved by Condon, seconded by Dencklau to approve
and authorize Chair to sign utility permit application from Prairie Energy
Cooperative to replace outdated overhead electric line along the south side of
190th Street and the east side of Xavier Avenue in Section 24,
Colfax Township. (Copy on file in
Engineer’s office). Motion carried
unanimously.
Moved by Dencklau, seconded by Motl to allow
claims. Motion carried unanimously.
Moved by Motl, seconded by Lizer the meeting adjourn. Motion carried unanimously.