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Pocatello council adopts South 5th urban renewal plan, approves intergovernmental agreement with Bannock County
Summary
After a public hearing and staff presentation, the City Council adopted the South 5th Avenue urban renewal plan and approved an intergovernmental agreement with Bannock County to manage parcels in the county portion of the project area. The plan projects about $52.4 million in available revenue over 20 years.
The Pocatello City Council on a recorded roll-call vote adopted the South 5th Avenue urban renewal plan and approved an intergovernmental agreement with Bannock County to manage parcels in the multi-jurisdictional project area.
Attorney Megan Conrad of Boise firm Elam & Burke, who presented the plan during the public hearing, described urban renewal agencies as "separate and distinct legal entities" operating under Idaho Code Title 50, chapters 20 and 29. She said the proposed South 5th project area is bisected by Interstate 15 and South 5th Avenue, bounded roughly by the Union Pacific tracks, Barton Road and the foothills of the Pocatello Range, and includes a mix of public, private and railroad-owned parcels.
Conrad told the council the plan is structured as a…
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