The City of Lafayette Redevelopment Commission voted to adopt a series of declaratory and confirmatory resolutions that amend multiple tax-increment financing (TIF) allocation areas, establish the Vita Lifestyle Economic Development Area and adjust parcel boundaries tied to several redevelopment projects.

Commission members opened a public hearing on three declaratory resolutions — LRC2025-06, LRC2025-07 and LRC2025-08 — and received no public comment before closing the hearing and reconvening the regular meeting. Dennis then presented the related confirmatory resolutions, noting that the Vita Lifestyle project is a senior housing development that the commission is supporting with a TIF bond and that selected parcels would be set for a 25-year capture period to secure increment for the project. “Again, that is for the Vita Lifestyle Project, which is [a] senior housing project that we're supporting with the TIF bond,” Dennis said.

The commission moved and seconded confirmation of the resolutions. The motion to approve the resolution related to the Vita Lifestyle area (confirmed as resolution LRC2025-09 in the meeting record) passed unanimously; the chair recorded nine ayes. The commission also approved confirmatory resolutions tied to the Caterpillar site (LRC2025-10) and the Twickenham TIF (LRC2025-11). Dennis explained the Caterpillar parcels were creating a negative increment for certain TIF districts and that removing and re-adding the parcels would correct that issue so the districts could “capture more increment.” For Twickenham, Dennis said parcels that had converted to single-family homes were producing negative increment and needed removal from the allocation area.

No public speakers addressed the resolutions during the public hearing. The official actions taken during the meeting were confirmatory votes to adopt the described amendments and to establish the Vita Lifestyle Economic Development Area.

Why it matters: TIF boundary and allocation-area adjustments determine which property-tax increment is captured for redevelopment projects. For the Vita Lifestyle project, setting parcels to a 25-year capture period is intended to route incremental tax revenue to support the senior housing development and the associated TIF bond. The Caterpillar and Twickenham amendments are intended to correct prior parcel classifications that were reducing available increment for the district.

What’s next: The resolutions were approved at the meeting; no additional public comment was recorded. Further administrative steps (recording, implementation of the TIF bond for Vita Lifestyle, and any related agreements) were not detailed in the meeting record.