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Council hears primer on TIF and update on Cannonball workforce housing plans
Summary
City staffer John Rademacher gave a detailed primer on tax increment financing (TIF), describing how TIF supports workforce housing and citing the Cannonball apartment district (original TIF value $3.6 million) as a model; councilors discussed affordability targets, reporting and timelines for a possible 2027 grant application.
John Rademacher, introduced by the council as the presenter, gave a detailed primer on tax increment financing and how the tool is being used to support workforce housing in Cannon Falls.
Rademacher said TIF captures increases in taxable value within an established district and returns that increment under a development agreement to help finance eligible project costs. "In this instance the city captured a TIF value of $3,600,000 for the Cannonball apartment development," he said, and described the practice of setting a repayment term and an interest component that compensates the party assuming financing risk.
Why it matters: Rademacher emphasized TIFs are not intended to pay for entire projects but to…
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