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Council hears lengthy debate on Lawrence Bay RHID, special assessments and plan to return lots to tax rolls
Summary
Council and staff discussed an application to create a Reinvestment Housing Incentive District (RHID) for 15 Lawrence Bay lots and related Community Improvement District (CID) and development-agreement mechanics. Speakers debated tax delinquencies, negotiated escrows, future specials and the precedent the deal could set.
City staff presented an RHID application for LB Lots LLC (Lawrence Bay) and asked the governing body to authorize staff to proceed with the application to the Kansas Department of Commerce. The item was a discussion on March 11; final council action was scheduled for the council’s March 18 meeting.
Director Rhiannon Friedman (participating remotely) summarized the application as a proposal to create an RHID covering 15 initial Lawrence Bay lots at the subdivision entrance off SW 47th and Wanamaker. The applicant proposes to build and sell 15 single-family homes over four years once approvals and a development agreement are in place.
Public comment raised questions about wider policy priorities and affordability. Resident Danielle Twemlow told the council that the city’s housing-study findings show a greater need for lower-income (very low AMI) units than the types of market-rate homes targeted by the RHID. “The actual higher need of…
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