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Redevelopment staff proposes larger grants, new tenant-improvement rebate and clarifications to visual-improvement rules
Summary
Redevelopment staff outlined proposed changes to multiple incentive programs — including doubling the Visual Improvement Program cap to $50,000, raising multifamily per-unit spending thresholds, and creating a tiered tenant-improvement rebate — and sought feedback from agency members.
Redevelopment staff on Thursday outlined a set of proposed changes to the agency's development incentives, saying the updates are intended to better target resources, reflect rising construction costs and support downtown rehabilitation.
Tracy Reich, redevelopment manager, told the board the agency wants to "increase the available amount from 25,000 to 50,000" for the Visual Improvement Program (VIP) and add a clear definition of what counts as a "significant improvement." Reich said the change would prevent "spot fixing" such as a single sign or a single coat of paint from receiving full grants and would update eligible zoning language to include form-based code.
The presentation reviewed a suite of existing and proposed incentives. Reich described the electrical utility incentive, which supports undergrounding or relocation of electrical utilities but requires coordination and approved plans with NVE. She also reviewed tax-increment…
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