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Garden City adopts South of Chinden urban renewal plan, freezes tax base retroactive to Jan. 1, 2025
Summary
The Garden City Council adopted an ordinance creating a ~293-acre South of Chinden revenue allocation area, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2025, to fund water, sewer and other public infrastructure; projected increment revenue over the district life was presented at about $24.5 million. Council voted to approve the plan after a brief public comment and legal recommendation to suspend rules and adopt tonight.
Garden City Council voted to adopt an urban renewal plan for the South of Chinden area and to establish a revenue allocation area retroactive to Jan. 1, 2025.
Megan Conrad, an attorney representing the agency, told the council the proposed district covers roughly 293 acres south and central in the city, bounded generally between the Glenwood‑Chinden intersection on the west and I‑84 on the east. She said the plan would freeze the district's base value as of Jan. 1, 2025, and that the agency could capture a portion of future incremental property tax growth within the district to finance public infrastructure projects.
Conrad said the plan lists projects and required statutory elements and pointed council members to Attachment 5, the economic‑feasibility study.…
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