At Monday night's meeting, the Carroll City Council allocated $315,000 from local option sales taxes to several economic development-oriented projects around downtown Carroll, to be reimbursed with tax increment financing.
Council members and city staff met with downtown economic development experts.
Councilmember Laverne Dirks, in a discussion with Jim Thompson, downtown economic development specialist for the Iowa Department of Economic Development, said the city needs to undertake the projects discussed in the downtown assessment and that He said he was told if he didn't, he could be removed from the project by the Iowa Economic Development Authority. program.
A motion by Rep. Carolyn Seaman, supported by Rep. Jason Atherton, to accept the Iowa Economic Development Authority's Downtown Design Guide passed unanimously.
Another motion to approve allocations from the local option sales tax, filed by Atherton and sponsored by Kyle Bauer, passed unanimously.
The decision includes plans for two $100,000 demonstration projects that will match investments of up to $100,000 to improve downtown buildings, and five façade projects that will match investments of up to $10,000 each. The plan includes a $10,000 program, $15,000 in marketing contracts, and an additional $50,000 in marketing. Branding and wayfinding.
City Council also passed a resolution to add an elevator station design to the sewer and water main extension project.
Public Works Director Randy Krawell said the pumping station is a necessary addition to the project, replacing a planned inverted siphon that was determined not to work in the expansion plan.
A motion to approve the additional agreement with Snyder & Associates was sponsored by Councilman Tom Bordenaro and Councilman Laverne Dirks, with only Councilman Jason Atherton voting against it.
As part of the city's agreement with Ziegler Cat, which is building a new dealership on Route 30 west of Carroll, the city will extend a water main to the property and pay for the project through tax increment financing on Ziegler's property. ing.
The total cost of additional services is $34,450 and the contract with Snyder and Associates is $133,800. Including design costs, the total project cost is estimated at $1,027,852.
The City Council will also consider bids for plans for demolition and construction of the property at 1114 N Main St. and set a public hearing for May 13, after which the City Council will award the contract to the best bidder.
During the meeting, the City Council also adopted two ordinances that had been discussed at previous meetings.
The City Council held a second reading of an ordinance that would change a no-parking zone to a loading zone on Main Street near Adams Elementary School, waived the third reading, and adopted the ordinance.
The council also held second reading and waived third reading of an ordinance extending the A-1 Agricultural District sign code to A-2 Agricultural District and RB-1 Residential District. The City Council subsequently adopted the ordinance as a city ordinance.
