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Casa Grande hears how revitalization districts would finance Marabella development; staff to return with policy
Summary
City staff and outside consultants briefed the council on revitalization districts—special landowner-controlled taxing districts—and developer representatives said the Marabella project needs financing for oversized infrastructure, including a one-time AWC fee of about $6.3 million that they propose to finance through a revitalization district.
A study-session presentation to the Casa Grande City Council laid out how revitalization districts work and why a developer of the proposed Marabella project is asking the city to consider the tool to finance major upfront infrastructure costs.
Staff opened the item by saying the session was informational and that no decision would be made that night. Financial advisor Nick Dodd of Raymond James described three Arizona special taxing districts—municipal improvement districts, community facilities districts (CFDs) and revitalization districts—and stressed that, unlike CFDs, revitalization districts are landowner-controlled and cannot issue general obligation bonds. "Once you form the district, it's like you have a baby and then you let it grow up on…
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