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Franklin council hires consultant to prepare TID documents after residents urge delay
Summary
After residents urged the council to delay votes until a development agreement was publicly released, the Franklin Common Council approved a contract with Ehlers & Associates to prepare financial and feasibility documents for a potential Tax Incremental District at S. 76th St. and W. Rawson Ave. and entered closed session to negotiate terms.
The Franklin Common Council voted Tuesday night to hire Ehlers & Associates to prepare financial analyses and draft documents related to a potential Tax Incremental District (TID) on the southeast corner of S. 76th Street and W. Rawson Avenue.
The decision followed more than an hour of public comment and council discussion about transparency and whether the city should proceed before a development agreement is finalized and publicly released. "I respectfully ask the council to vote no on items 13 and 14 until the development agreement is completed and shared with the public," a resident identified later in the…
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