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Council deadlocks 4-4 on proposed Eleventh & Washington TIF allocation area after public hearing
Summary
After a public hearing and extensive questions from council members, the Common Council failed to approve a resolution to create a single-site TIF allocation area for an Eleventh and Washington mixed-use project; the motion resulted in a 4-4 tie and did not pass.
The Columbus Common Council on Tuesday voted to reject a resolution that would have created a new tax increment financing (TIF) allocation area for a proposed 120-unit, five‑story mixed‑use project at Eleventh and Washington streets.
The resolution, presented by Heather Pope of city staff, was intended to carve a single-site allocation area from the existing Central Economic Development Area so the city could recoup an approximately $6.4 million redevelopment commission investment tied to the project over a 25‑year allocation period (recoupment projected over 21 years). After a public hearing and more than an hour of council questions and public comments, the roll call ended in a 4-4 tie, and the resolution failed.
Pope described the development in the packet as a five-story, mixed-use building with about 120 residential units (10% proposed as workforce units at a 20% rent reduction), a 143-space parking garage with ground-floor parking and 5,300 square feet of first-floor commercial and tenant common space. Staff estimated the total project…
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