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EDA approves amended contract and TIF assignment for Rohrer's Cottage Grove Apartments
Summary
The Cottage Grove Economic Development Authority on Nov. 19 approved an amended and restated developer contract and the assignment of a tax increment financing agreement for Rohrer's Cottage Grove Apartments LLC, a 144-unit project with specified affordable-unit set-asides; the board voted unanimously to approve both actions.
The Cottage Grove Economic Development Authority on Nov. 19 approved amendments to the developer contract and the assignment of a tax increment financing (TIF) agreement for Rohrer's Cottage Grove Apartments LLC, clearing the way for construction to begin.
City Administrator Jennifer Lehi told the board the site at 6850 East Point Douglas Road is complex — constrained by a gas main and a large retaining wall — and that the amendments chiefly change schedule dates so the developer can start work soon. Lehi said the project includes 144 units: 29 at 50% area median income (AMI), eight at 60% AMI and 37 at roughly 70–80% AMI, with the remainder market rate. "None of the financial details, none of the affordability components have changed," Lehi said.
EDA member Kambata moved to approve the amended and restated private development contract between the EDA and Rohrer's Cottage Grove Apartments LLC; EDA member Latek seconded. The board voted in favor, with members responding "aye," and the motion carried.
The board then approved the assignment of the TIF agreement. Lehi said the TIF assistance remains for 15 years at a stated value of "1.96"; the transcript does not specify the units or scale for that figure. EDA member Cheetah moved to approve the assignment and EDA member Kambana seconded; the motion carried with affirmative votes.
EDA President Bailey thanked the developer for persevering through site challenges. The approvals change timing only; Lehi said planning or permitting follow the city’s normal review processes before construction proceeds.
The EDA took the actions at a special-morning session convened Nov. 19, 2025; no public hearing on the TIF amendment was recorded in the meeting transcript.
