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Resolution No. 2026-053 – A Resolution Approving Third Amended Development Agreement with DERS Development, LLC and DERS Tiffin, LLC, Authorizing Tax Increment Payments and Pledging Certain Tax Increment Revenues to the Payment of the Agreement — I-3
Document 7547
Dated November 2, 2026City Council — regular meeting, November 2, 2026 9 pages
Res. 2026-053
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RESOLUTION NO. 2026-053
Resolution Approving Third Amended Development Agreement with DERS
Development, LLC and DERS Tiffin, LLC, Authorizing Tax Increment Payments
and Pledging Certain Tax Increment Revenues to the Payment of the Agreement
WHEREAS, the City of Tiffin, Iowa (the “City”), pursuant to and in strict compliance
with all laws applicable to the City, and in particular the provisions of Chapter 403 of the Code
of Iowa, has adopted an Urban Renewal Plan for the 2017 Park Place Commercial Urban
Renewal Area (the “Urban Renewal Area”); and
WHEREAS, this Council has adopted an ordinance providing for the division of taxes
levied on taxable property in the Urban Renewal Area pursuant to Section 403.19 of the Code of
Iowa and establishing the fund referred to in Subsection 2 of Section 403.19 of the Code of Iowa,
which fund and the portion of taxes referred to in that subsection may be irrevocably pledged by
the City for the payment of the principal of and interest on indebtedness incurred under the
authority of Section 403.9 of the Code of Iowa to finance or refinance in whole or in part
projects in the Urban Renewal Area; and
WHEREAS, the City has previously entered into a certain development agreement (the
“Original Agreement”) with DERS Development, LLC (the “Developer”) and DERS Tiffin,
LLC (the “Recipient”) in connection with the development by the Developer of the certain real
property through the installation of certain public infrastructure improvements (the “Project”)
and the subsequent development of new commercial facilities thereon; and
WHEREAS, the City, the Developer and the Recipient entered into an amended
development agreement (the “First Amended Agreement”) in order to increase the amount of
incremental property tax payments (the “Payments”) to be provided to the Recipient from an
amount not to exceed $12,000,000 to an amount not to exceed $15,000,000; and
WHEREAS, the City, the Developer and the Recipient entered into a second amended
development agreement (the “Second Amended Agreement”) in order to modify the legal
description of the Development Property (as defined in the First Amended Agreement); and
WHEREAS, the City and the Developer now propose to amend the Second Amended
Agreement in order to modify the legal description of the Development Property; and
WHEREAS, a third amended development agreement (the “Third Amended Agreement”)
has been prepared to set forth the new understanding between the City and the Developer; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 15A of the Code of Iowa (“Chapter 15A”) declares that economic
development is a public purpose for which a City may provide grants, loans, tax incentives,
guarantees and other financial assistance to or for the benefit of private persons; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 15A requires that before public funds are used for grants, loans, tax
incentives or other financial assistance, a City Council must determine that a public purpose will
reasonably be accomplished by the spending or use of those funds; and
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DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA
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