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Council rejects resolution asking county to review Kellogg Crossing brownfield plan
Summary
After questioning scale and benefits, the Middleville council voted to reject resolution 26-02, which would have asked Berry County's Brownfield Redevelopment Authority to review a proposed Kellogg Crossing plan that includes a 25-unit development and a request for TIF assistance.
Council considered resolution 26-02, which would have requested that Berry County and the county brownfield authority review a proposed Kellogg Crossing brownfield redevelopment plan for property at 3770 Bender. Staff explained that adoption would not itself approve TIF or reimbursements but would transmit the application for the county's review under Act 381.
Several council members questioned whether the project—described in staff materials as a 25-unit planned unit development with five units proposed as rental at $2,512 per month—warranted county-administered Brownfield TIF for what some members described as a modest affordable-housing component. One council member moved to reject the resolution; the motion passed on roll call (Ayes: Sandra Wake, Susan Shannon, Steven Baldry, John Osterbaum, Kevin Smith; Nay: Robert Bishop). The rejection means the applicant cannot proceed with the county-administered Brownfield request unless the village changes course.
