Item 4 - Ordinance on Downtown Urban Renewal Plan Amendments

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CC – July 23, 2007: Council approval of a resolution authorizing the City to enter into a Section 108 loan with HUD. Vote: Passed 5-3 (Opposed: Bettman, Ortiz, Taylor). The Agency approved issuance of a bond to the City with the same terms and for equal payments as the HUD Section 108 loan. Vote: Passed 6-2 (Opposed: Bettman, Taylor) Staff – July 30, 2007: Staff submitted individual project application to HUD for Section108 loan. 4. Downtown Urban Renewal District July 1968: District originally created. The district plan has been amended four times: December 1968, November 1989, June 1998, and most recently in September 2004. Memo – April 12, 2007: Staff memo addressed the financial capacity of the Downtown Urban Renewal District and other tools to support downtown redevelopment. The necessity of a plan amendment was raised in connection with undertaking a large-scale redevelopment project. ERAC – April 19, 2007: ERAC viewed a presentation on the Downtown Urban Renewal District. ERAC unanimously recommended that the Downtown District Urban Renewal Plan be amended to increase the district’s financial capacity. CC & URA – April 25, 2007: Work session on the financial tools available to support downtown redevelopment. Staff alerted council to the necessity of amending the district plan to increase financial capacity. Public Workshop – April 30, 2007 : A public workshop was held to gather citizen input on the Beam and KWG concepts and the selection options being considered by the URA. The necessity of increasing the “maximum indebtedness” in the district was presented to the workshop attendees. th The results of the workshop were included in the council packet for the May 9 meeting. URA – May 29, 2007: The URA also began the process for making a substantial amendment to the Downtown Urban Renewal Plan. The Agency passed the following motion: Move to forward to the Planning Commission and overlapping taxing districts the proposed amendments to the Downtown Urban Renewal Plan, consistent with the draft plan and report included in Attachments D and E, except that the amendments shall include an increased maximum indebtedness of $40 million, for a total of $73 million and an extension of the termination date from June 30, 2024 to June 30, 2030. Vote: Passed 6:2 (Bettman, Taylor opposed). Taxing Districts Notice – June 11, 2007: The governing bodies of taxing districts impacted by the plan received notification. PC – June 18, 2007: Planning Commission met and reviewed the proposed amendments. They moved to: “Acknowledge receipt of the plan by the Planning Commission and given the relative completeness of the citizen involvement process, had no comments to offer.” Vote: Passed 6:0 Memo – June 21, 2007: Staff memo provided an update on the Plan Amendment process