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Attorney outlines roles, limits and post‑2015 changes to Colorado urban renewal law
Summary
Attorney Corey Hoffman presented to the Pueblo City Council Executive Committee on Sept. 25 on how municipal governing bodies and independent urban renewal authorities should collaborate, explained statutory changes from 2015 (House Bill 1348) and described common practices for plan design, TIF, bonds and administrative costs.
Corey Hoffman, an attorney with Hoffman, Parker, Wilson & Carberry, told the Pueblo City Council Executive Committee on Sept. 25 that city councils are the policy makers for urban renewal plans while urban renewal authorities implement those policies and administer projects.
Hoffman said, “Urban renewal at the end of the day is still about blight elimination. Urban renewal is not an economic redevelopment tool.” He described urban renewal plans as policy documents the governing body adopts after finding blighted conditions and said those plans typically remain in place indefinitely while tax‑increment financing (TIF) collections have a statutory clock.
Hoffman summarized the two‑step process that must precede adoption of an urban renewal plan: a council or governing body must (1) find blight under the statutory factors and (2) decide whether an urban renewal plan is an appropriate policy response. He emphasized that an urban renewal authority is a separate legal entity that “can sue and be sued” and which…
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