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Resident urges council to oppose $5.75 million tax-incentive request for Springbrook project
Summary
A Springbrook resident told the council she opposes a Delaney Property Group proposal that she said seeks $5.75 million in tax incentives, would displace roughly 20 homes and remove old-growth trees; she said the council had previously tabled a similar request in January.
A Springbrook resident used the public-comment period to press the City Council to oppose tax incentives for a proposed commercial development by Delaney Property Group.
Susie Smith, who said she lives at 17 Springbrook, told the council that she attended a public projects committee meeting where Delaney presented a revised financial proposal for a commercial development affecting about one-fifth of the Springbrook neighborhood. Smith said the proposal included a modified six-point plan and reported that the applicant previously asked for $5.75 million in tax incentives — an ask she said had been tabled unanimously by the city council on Jan. 27.
Smith raised three points: that the rezoned Springbrook tract was unsuitable for commercial development; that development would require the removal of about 20 homes and many trees older than 1945; and that giving tax incentives to a private, nonprofit-backed commercial endeavor that benefits private individuals would be inappropriate. She listed property owners she said were part of the rezoned tract and concluded, "I will continue to vigorously oppose tax incentives in any amount that the city might grant for such a project."
Council did not respond during the public-comment exchange recorded in the transcript.
