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Ogden RDA and city dissolve five expired redevelopment project areas
Summary
The council adopted an ordinance and the Redevelopment Agency board adopted a resolution to dissolve five redevelopment project areas that had expired (three in 2022 and two in 2024); staff said the areas helped spur projects including the Lincoln and Fairmont areas and new commercial campuses.
Ogden City moved to formally terminate five expired redevelopment project areas at the July 15 meetings of the City Council and the Redevelopment Agency (RDA).
Rationale: Redevelopment project areas (RDAs) use tax increment financing (TIF) to support catalytic redevelopment; when an area expires tax increment collection stops and the taxing entities receive the increased property tax revenues. Staff told the council the five areas in question expired in 2022 (three areas) and 2024 (two areas). The agency presentation showed notable increases in assessed value in several expired RDAs and cited projects enabled by redevelopment activity.
Staff highlighted projects enabled by prior RDAs, pointing to value growth in the Lincoln and Fairmont project areas and listing examples of redevelopment including a campus for a federal tenant and new industrial/food distribution facilities (staff presentation named US Foods among tenants). The presentation framed dissolution as a required statutory step now that the project areas have expired and tax increment collection has ended.
Actions: The City Council adopted proposed ordinance 2025‑25 to terminate the expired project areas; the RDA board adopted a corresponding resolution (RDA resolution number recorded at the RDA meeting). Both votes passed by roll call with all members present voting yes.
Implications: With these areas dissolved, nine RDA project areas remain active in the city, four of which are scheduled to expire within the next seven years. Staff said several new project area proposals are in the pipeline. The end of collection for the dissolved areas means that the tax base growth will flow fully to general taxing entities rather than to TIF accounts for the dissolved areas.
Sources: RDA presentation and staff remarks to the City Council and RDA board on July 15, 2025. Quotes and figures are drawn directly from the meeting record.
