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Staff and PSU capstone present infrastructure financing options; students' model suggests tax‑base increases could repay off‑site infrastructure in under a deká
Summary
A city advisory committee reviewed examples and a student capstone study showing how upfront city investment, local improvement districts, reimbursement districts or a site‑specific tax‑capture approach could pay for off‑site infrastructure that currently blocks small infill housing projects.
Committee members heard a multi‑part discussion about financing off‑site infrastructure — streets, sewer connections and sidewalks — that panelists said often make small infill projects financially infeasible.
City staff described examples where sewer mains are not located in front of parcels, forcing developers or nonprofits to pay for easements, extended piping or railroad crossings. Presenters used two local examples: a parcel the city earlier offered to Habitat for Humanity where sewer does not front the parcel and would require easements and extended piping; and another site where a railroad separates development from the nearest sewer main and would require under‑rail…
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