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Staff reports on proposed Community Reinvestment Area study; redevelopment board to review next steps
Summary
Staff reported on public outreach and recommended next steps for a proposed community reinvestment area (CRA)/tax increment financing survey area along Main Street; no council resolution was required at this meeting.
City staff reported on public outreach and the next steps for a proposed community reinvestment area (CRA) and tax increment financing (TIF) study area along Main Street from the northern city border to 800 South.
Carla, a city staff member who led the outreach, told the council staff mailed notices to property owners of record, used email lists built through downtown planning efforts, and held two outreach meetings on the same day that drew about 20 attendees combined. Carla said attendees included both commercial property owners and several owners of single-family residences and that staff had follow-up conversations with owners unable to attend.
The staff presentation explained that the formal process requires the redevelopment agency (RDA) board — not the City Council — to adopt a resolution establishing a study/survey area and to authorize preparation of a proposed plan. Carla said the proposed resolution language must include additional elements required by state code, including an explicit statement that a development-impediment analysis (often called a blight study) would be part of the study if included; that analysis, she said, is the statutory mechanism that can preserve the option to use eminent domain where allowed under state law, although inclusion of the study does not obligate the city to use eminent domain.
Carla said a draft resolution and the code language would move to the RDA board for review. She also noted that any proposed plan must be made available for public review for a minimum of 30 days and that the public can file protests during that period. Staff recommended moving forward with the process of scheduling the RDA board and determining whether to contract with consultants or to complete the study in-house.
Councilmembers asked about outreach details and the timeline; Carla estimated staff could assemble an agenda and meet with the council or RDA within 15 to 30 days to review the draft resolution and next steps. The council did not take formal action on the resolution at this meeting; staff recorded the presentation and said they would proceed with the outreach and RDA scheduling as discussed.
