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Commission approves blight finding and TIF redevelopment plan for Fairmont grain facility

Fillmore County Planning Commission · May 1, 2026
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Summary

The planning commission approved a blight and substandard determination and recommended approval of a TIF redevelopment plan for the CPI-Lansing LLC grain facility north of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe right-of-way in Fairmont.

Lede: On May 21, 2012 the Fillmore County Planning Commission reviewed a blight study and recommended approval of a TIF redevelopment plan for the CPI-Lansing LLC grain facility located in the northeast quarter of Section 26, Fairmont.

Nut graf: JEO presented a blight study recommendation that the property be declared blighted and substandard. The commission approved the blight recommendation and approved the redeveloper’s redevelopment plan (TIF) for the CPI-Lansing LLC Grain Facility project; a legal correction to another TIF redevelopment item for Bill Schropfer was also approved.

Body: The TIF and blight items were presented by a JEO representative. Most moved to approve the recommendation that the property is blight and substandard as presented; Waltrip seconded and the roll call vote was unanimous. Noel moved to approve the redevelopment plan for the CPI-Lansing LLC Grain Facility; Waltrip seconded and the motion carried unanimously. The minutes record the legal description of the redevelopment area as lying north of the northerly right-of-way line of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway in Section 26, Township 8 North, Range 3.

Ending: The commission’s approvals were recorded in the minutes; subsequent steps would include actions by the village or county governing bodies and any statutory TIF public-notice and adoption processes. The minutes do not contain financial details such as projected tax increment amounts or developer agreements.