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Midway CDRA adopts tentative FY2027 budget, schedules June 2 public hearing after tax-review
Summary
The Midway Community Development and Renewal Agency approved a tentative fiscal year 2027 budget to cover annual CDRA fees and set a public hearing for June 2 at 6:00 p.m. Staff reported that taxes tied to the nearby state-park campground are routed to a county visitor center and are unlikely to generate local receipts for the city.
The Midway Community Development and Renewal Agency on the record approved a tentative fiscal year 2027 budget to cover the agency's annual state fees and set a public hearing for June 2 at 6:00 p.m.
The vote followed staff briefings that described the CDRA as largely idle and explained that taxes connected to the state park campground do not appear to generate returns to the city. That, staff said, makes the prior concern about tax-sharing with the state park a "nonissue" and leaves the CDRA as primarily a compliance/fee obligation for the city.
At the meeting the Chair moved to adjourn the regular session and convene the CDRA. Staff presented the tentative CDRA budget, stating the line item covers the annual fees the city must pay to maintain CDRA status (spoken on the record as $525; transcript also included inconsistent figures). Staff said the CDRA currently is not being used to pursue active redevelopment projects and recommended discussing whether to continue, suspend, or terminate the CDRA at a future CDRA meeting.
In explaining the practical effect of the arrangement, a staff member said the key purpose had been to secure resort-tax credit tied to access to the campground, but that the taxes collected for the facility are being processed through the visitor center (in the county) rather than to Midway City. "The important part of the whole arrangement was to be able to get to campground so we could continue to charge the resort tax," the staff member said. According to that explanation, taxes remitted for the campground are remitted as county/visitor-center receipts and do not produce a tax-return stream to the city that would need to be repaid to the state park.
After discussion a committee member moved to accept the tentative FY2027 CDRA budget and set a June 2 public hearing at 6:00 p.m.; the motion was seconded and passed with recorded aye votes from Andrew, Lisa, JC, Eric and Kevin. The meeting record also shows prior-minute approval votes with two abstentions noted for members who were not present at the earlier meeting.
Officials said the future status of the CDRA—whether to keep it active, suspend it, or terminate it—will be revisited at a subsequent meeting and at the scheduled public hearing. The agency did not adopt any other substantive policy changes at this session.
