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Presenter lists brownfield cleanup and TIF-eligible expenses for Water Street
Summary
Staff described environmental remediation and non-environmental costs that a Water Street TIF could reimburse — including soil excavation, groundwater assessment, demolition, water/sewer and road work — and outlined the need for county and state brownfield authority sign-offs.
The committee received a detailed rundown of the kinds of expenditures a brownfield-focused TIF could cover. The presenter enumerated environmental remediation activities eligible for reimbursement—phase‑2 baseline assessments, contaminated soil excavation, groundwater and vapor intrusion studies, asbestos and mold surveys and ongoing monitoring. “These are the brownfield, environmental eligible expenses,” the presenter said.
She also listed non-environmental TIF-eligible costs the city commonly uses to incentivize developments in redevelopment areas: demolition and site grading; extension or replacement of water and sewer lines; road construction; stormwater management; electrical service infrastructure; sidewalks and parking areas. She cautioned that eligible non-environmental uses often require county brownfield authority approval and at least one state agency review (EGLE for environmental matters).
A committee member asked whether sidewalks and streetscaping were eligible; the presenter said sidewalks are eligible but playgrounds are not. The presenter and members discussed the approval sequence—city action, county brownfield authority review, county board and potentially state agency approvals—stressing that a TIF plan can take considerable time to assemble and approve.
