* Roll Call Number Agenda Itezzmber Date .......May...9,.lQQL........ RESOLUTION SETTING DATE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR THE MERLE HAY COMMERCIAL AREA URBAN RENEWAL AREA AN SUBMISSION TO PLAN AN ZONIG COMMISSION AND URBAN DESIGN REVIEW BOAR FOR REVIEW AN RECOMMENDATIONS WHEREAS, pursuant to Code of Iowa Chapter 403, the City Council desires to consider the use of its urban renewal powers to assist in the development of the approximately one hundred-ten acre area that is currently used or zoned largely for commercial purposes that is generally located along Douglas Avenue from about 54th 51. westward to the municipal boundary with Urbandale, and along Merle Hay Road from a point slightly nort of Ovid Avenue to Aurora Avenue; WHREAS, the City Manager has prepared an urban renewal plan which seeks to enhance private development of this commercial urban renewal area by providing economic development financial assistance through the use of tax increment financing revenues to be generated in the proposed urban renewal area; WHREAS, the proposed plan is titled "Merle Hay Commercial Area Urban Renewal Plan" and is on fie and available for public inspection in the office ofthe City Clerk; WHAS, the Urban Design Review Board shall review the proposed urban renewal plan at its regular meeting on June 17, 2008, and should be prepared to submit its report and recommendation to the City Council before the date proposed for public hearing by the City Council; WHEREAS, the City Plan and Zoning Commission shall review the proposed urban renewal plan at its regular meeting on June 19, 2008, and should be prepared to submit its report and recommendation to the City Council before the date proposed for public hearing by the City Council; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, as follows: 1. A public hearing shall be held before the City Council to consider the proposed Urban Renewal Plan for the Merle Hay Commercial Area Urban Renewal Area at 5:00 p.m. on June 23, 2008, in the City Council Chaniber, City Hall, 400 Robert D. Ray Drive, Des Moines. Iowa. 2. The City Clerk is authorized and directed to publish notice of said public hearing in the form attached hereto as Exhibit "B" in the Des Moines Register not less than four nor more than twenty days before the date of hearing in accordance with Iowa Code Sections 362.3 and 403.5(3). * Roll Call Number Date .......M.ay..l.9,.fWL........ -2- 3. The proposed urban renewal plan is hereby submitted to the City Plan and Zoning Commission for its review and recommendation as to the plan's conformity with the Des Moines 2020 Community Character Land Use Plan, as revised to date, with said written recommendation requested to be received by the City Council prior to the date of public hearing. 4. The proposed urban renewal plan is hereby submitted to the Urban Design Review Board for its review and recommendation, with said written recommendation requested to be received by the City Council prior to the date of public hearng. 5. The City Manager or his designee is hereby designated as the City's representative to the consultation proceedings with the Des Moines Independent School Distrct, Polk County and the Des Moines Area Community College. The consultation meeting shall be held prior to the date of public hearing at a time and location to be determined by the City Manager in accordance with Iowa Code Section 403.5(2). The City Manager shall cause notice of the consultation meeting, a copy of the Notice of Public Hearng (Exhibit "B"), and a copy of the proposed urban renewal plan to be mailed to each such affected taxing entity. Exhibits: A . Urban Renewal Plan (Cou¡~cl;;-;nnii;oi NØ;OY -ÇM7) B - Notice of Public Hearing APPROVED AS TO FORM: Moved by to adopt. ichael F. Kelley Assistat City Attorn y COl~CIL Acno:\ 'fleAS SAYS PASS ABS~:!\T CERTIFICATE cOWSIE COLE MAS" I, DIANE RAUH, City Clerk of said City hereby certify that at a meeting of the City Council of HF.NSU:Y said City of Des Moines, held on the above date, K1ER"IAN among other proceedings the above was adopted. MAHAffEY ~IE\'ER IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto ,et my hand and affixed my seal the day and year first VLASSIS above written. TOTAL MOTIU~(;ARRID APPROVED Mayor City Clerk I'?f~ ./ A=:~:Ö Ite:n RollCa1# PrepEld by: Andra Hauer, 400 Raben D. Ra)' Drive, Des Moines, lA 50309, 5 I 512 Retu Addrss: City Clerk, City Hall, 400 Raben D. Ray Drive, Des Moines. IA Taxpayer;N.4 Title of Document; Merle Hay Commercial Area Urban Renewal Grantor's Name; N//\ Grantee's Name: N/.4 Legal Descption: See Exhbit "A", Page 14 "-~ Commercia! deve!opnelUs all Mer!e Hay Roa and Doug/as Avenue Merle Hay Commercial Area Urban Renewal Plan Des Moines, Iowa Adopted: .200 Roll Cal No. 08- Urb Deign Review: Plan & Zonin~ Commission Review: Tax Incrent Consultaton Meetinl.: TABLE of CONTNTS L Prject Deriptin A. Backiund B. Genera Boundares of Urban Renewal Ar C. Recmu 'Nei ioorh D. Eli "bil wider lo\\'a Law ß. Land Use aDd RedeH'lopment A. Confonnance with Comprehensive Land Use B. Confoiman \\lith Zoin Il 9 9 II 13 the Urban Renewal Pln 13 ~aps 1514 : Loation within the City of De Moines i \0.2: Prjec BoWida Map No.3: 2020 Land Use Map Map :-o. 4. Exsting Zoning Map No.5. Development Activities Assist \\ith Ta"\ Increment A(!pedlC: Tal ~£reentFinanceRtrt 21 i. PROJECT DESCRWTON TIie purse of th Mere Hay Commercial Ar Urban Rene'\'al Plan is to enhance pr"':ie devel reewal ar thugh prvision of infricttrre improvement an ecnoic developmen fii provided. in pa with the tax increment revenues generated in the wb renewal ar A. Background In 18W. when the ar arw1d Merle Hay Roa an Douglas Avenue wasinc o the Cit ofDeMo locedon th farnoitwes edge of tiie City De Moines. People visited .ir as a ru reea accesible 1 the neay DouglasAw. or Urbandae stetc.lines. for those escing ~owiti e day. In 2008, this ar stil reprents the far nowest edge afDe Moines. 11 ha ben thorougly de\ mercia! use in the prvious decde an now no longer represnts the pre-eminent shopping ar in the met .~ peple now bypas this ara to go to other newer shopping cete. In 1917, an adjacent city - Urbe (populatOl ) . Par of its ;tern boundary was decided by a cour-decre th inlud lan wes of 62i: St., frntg th e., in Urbandae; till land had pmiously be pa of the City afDe Moines. With the increas us of the automobile to travel be'een cities an reiden grwth along the stca lis, the two major roways in the ar - Douglas Ave. and Merle Hay Road - were designated highways in the i 910s by th IowaHighway Commission. The larest building in the ar was St Gabiiel Monaser, builtin 1911 on the 1\\V comer oft Merle Hay Roa and Douglas A venue Resideli1ÏaIGm'\'rli Afterth end of World War II, major changes began in the area with residential subdivisions of ;'staner" (affordable) homes with mortgages financed b)' the 01 BilL. A typical house in the new subdivision \\'as a single floor home, under 1.000 square feei, with no garage bul a paved driveway, placed on a larger 10110 allow for expansion of the home at a later date. The new residents depended on cars to get to work, shopping and other activities which led 10 \..'idening of traffcways such as Merle Hay Road and Douglas Ave. Some homes were built fronting on Merle Hay Road; today, with these roadways widened and commercial areas expanding. those homes have disappeared. with small commercial developments occurring on these shallow-depth lots for commercial redevelopment. Homes continue to abut commercial development on the --back sides" ofihe commercial developments today. -1- Many original residents remain in their homes which has contributed to the neighborhood dynamic of an older. stable neighborhood that is on the verge of "cycling" to new residents. The successful transition of the neighborhood is dependent on the adjacent commercial area being physically and function equally, retainng the Merle Hay commercial area as a successful retail/commercial se ~ i 'on wil assist in making the adjoining neighborhood areas a desirable place to live. This urb ewal p an v.-il contribute in providing guidance and financial assistance to revitalize the adjace erle Commercial Growth In 1954. th.e federal government proposed the location of the new int new modem four lane interstate road. which combined 1-80 and I- Des Moines metropolitan area, had an interchange about i Yi and Merle Hay Road. By i 959. the Merle Hay Road interchange 0 of 1-80 and 1-35 rapidly opening in the following years. In i 956. the monastery and its eÀ1ensive groun opers Joseph Abbell and Bernard Greenbaum; the monastery was de sh interview. stated the developers chose Des Moines because of the city's' ban area in middle America." e's superb auto access. a new large strip mall to be iil and Shopping Center was planned; the ost immediately renamed for Merle Hay. the first d in World War T and namesake of the road in front of the center. efoTe construction began in early 1958. the strp mall was redesigned as an open-air plaza with two deparment staTes and four buildings around an outdoor commons area.