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May 18, 2009
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Agenda
Item No. 25 Roll
Call No. 09- Communication No.
09-323 Submitted by: Matthew A. Anderson, Economic
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AGENDA
HEADING:
Resolution
to Appoint Members to the Des Moines Enterprise Zone Commission.
SYNOPSIS:
Appointments
of three members have been made by the Enterprise Zone Commission and must be
affirmed by Council pursuant to Iowa Code to continue the work of the Commission,
which involves review of applications for the Enterprise Zone Program within
the City’s fourteen recognized Enterprise Zones. This program is a special
package of tax incentives designed to encourage reinvestment in economically
distressed areas.
FISCAL
IMPACT: NONE
Amount:
N/A
Funding
Sources: This is a State of Iowa program and has no
fiscal impact on the City of Des Moines.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION:
On
March 23, 2009 by Roll Call No. 09-463, the City Council appointed six members
to serve on the nine member Des Moines Enterprise Zone Commission. In
accordance with State law, these six members appoint the remaining three. On May
5, 2009, the Enterprise Zone Commission approved appointments of the three
additional members to the Commission, as follows:
Representative
of the City of Pleasant Hill: Mark
Ackelson
Representative
of the Federal Enterprise Community: Greg Mace
At-Large
Representative: Kaye Lozier
Commission
members shall serve a three-year term; however, the term of membership for the
City of Pleasant Hill representative, Federal Enterprise Community
representative and At-Large representative shall be for two years, to stagger
the terms. Appointees shall be subject to reappointment by the City Council.
The
appointment of the proposed members to the Des Moines Enterprise Zone
Commission is consistent with State and municipal law. In addition, proposed
members collectively have a history with the types of housing, office and
industrial development projects that come before the Commission for review and
recommendation to the Iowa Department of Economic Development.
The
Enterprise Zone program has been and will continue to be a significant state
tax incentive tool to encourage new investment within the City of
PREVIOUS
COUNCIL ACTION(S):
Date: March 23, 2009
Roll
Call Number: 09-463
Action: Approving
appointment of members to the Des Moines Enterprise Zone Commission. (Council Communication No. 09-163) Moved by Hensley to adopt. Motion Carried 5-2.
BOARD/COMMISSION
ACTION(S):
Date:
May 5, 2009
Roll
Call Number: N/A
Action: The first six members of the Des Moines
Enterprise Zone Commission appointed Mark Ackelson, Greg Mace and Kaye Lozier
to the Commission in accordance with State law.
ANTICIPATED
ACTIONS AND FUTURE COMMITMENTS: NONE
For more information on this and other agenda items,
please call the City Clerk’s Office at 515-283-4209 or visit the Clerk’s Office
on the second floor of City Hall,