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Germantown board outlines redevelopment steps; Sutton Farm residential plan heads to board
Summary
Trustees discussed multiple development projects and the village center planning process, including a proposed Sutton Farm residential development that the Plan Commission approved and will go to the Village Board for final action.
Trustees and staff described a path forward for several redevelopment projects around Germantown, highlighted a newly approved residential proposal and previewed a special Plan Commission meeting that will focus on a proposed village center project.
The Plan Commission unanimously approved a proposed residential development called Sutton Farm on County Line Road and Landon Road; the village president said the project would next appear before the Village Board and, if approved, would be the first residential development since 2019. The village president told the board the project is expected to bring about $662,000 in annual property tax revenue and approximately $2.3 million in impact fees.
Also noted were several large private development projects featured in the Milwaukee Business Journal’s list of top metro construction projects: Green Bay Packaging (approx. $36 million, off Holy Hill Road near TID 8), an MGS building in TID 10 (~$24 million), Golden Pet in TID 8 (~$22 million), and an MGS innovation building in the former TID 3 (~$22 million). The president thanked prior boards and joint review boards that approved tax-increment financing (TID) steps that enabled these projects.
The board previewed a special Plan Commission meeting scheduled for June 23 to discuss a village center project on property the village already purchased. The meeting will include real-estate brokers, developers who responded to an earlier RFQ, and the Germantown School District, which will present a recently released ROFR (right-of-first-refusal) study addressing enrollment projections. Trustees discussed the possibility of additional town-hall-style engagement to solicit public input on the village center’s uses and design.
Separately, the board considered a motion to reconsider contracting Vander Wall & Associates for Washington County site redevelopment public-engagement and site-planning services after a Washington County grant denial; that motion failed, and trustees indicated the Plan Commission process offers a path forward without contracting that scope at village expense.
Trustees said they will continue Plan Commission review and public outreach before any final Village Board decisions are made on the village center design or land sales. The village president expressed a preference to sell certain village-owned parcels so they return to the tax rolls. No final land-sale or contract actions were approved at this meeting.
