Public notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Sutherland, Iowa, will
hold a public hearing on November 6,2023, during the City Council meeting which begins at 7:00 P.M., in the Council Chambers, R.L. Johannsen Center, 110 Ash Street, Sutherland, Iowa, at which meeting the Council proposes to take action on the adoption of a Sutherland Urban Revitalization Plan (“Plan”) for the Sutherland Urban Revitalization Area (“Area” or “Revitalization Area”) described therein, under the authority ofIowa Code Chapter 404.
The proposed Revitalization Area to be established by the Plan includes the property described as follows:
All property within the corporate limits of the City of Sutherland, Iowa as of the effective date of the Urban Revitalization Plan.
To the extent allowed by law, any property annexed into the City after the effective date of this Plan shall be considered to have been part of the Area as of the effective date of its annexation to the City.
The Plan, if adopted, will allow property owners to apply for abatement of property taxes on a percentage of actual value added by eligible improvements to property in the Area assessed as residential property. Limitations will apply.
Any persons interested may appear at said meeting of the Council and present evidence for or against the adoption of the Plan. The proposed Plan, including a map of the proposed Area, is on file in the office ofthe City Clerk and available for public inspection or copying during ordinary business hours.
This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Sutherland, Iowa, pursuant to Section 404.2(3), Code of Iowa.
Dated this 2nd day of October, 2023.
/s/ Amanda Vanderhoff
City Clerk, City of Sutherland, State of Iowa
Published in O’Brien County’s Bell-Times-Courier October 5, 2023