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Supervisors vote to schedule hearings on urban renewal (TIF) plan for wind-farm area
Summary
The South County Board of Supervisors voted Sept. 20 to schedule the consultation and public hearing process for an urban renewal plan that would collect tax increment from wind turbines to fund roads and facilities, and directed staff to notify affected taxing entities and nearby cities.
At a Sept. 20 meeting, the South County Board of Supervisors voted to put on the calendar the formal consultation and public hearing process to consider adopting an urban renewal (tax-increment financing, or TIF) plan that would capture tax increment from wind turbines and use the proceeds for roads and facilities.
Jason Kaminski, identified in the transcript as an attorney who has worked with the advisory committee, summarized the background and recent work on the plan: "This is just a a summary of how we got to where we are now," he said, describing advisory-committee work dating to June, an assessment completed Feb. 11, and a revenue spreadsheet prepared in November.
Why it matters: supporters told the board the plan could unlock funding for a set of projects — a conservation building, a secondary storage/shop building and a potential sheriff's…
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