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Plan commission backs TID 7 project plan with amendment to limit airport spending to stormwater and sustainability
Summary
After a staff presentation, the Middleton Plan Commission voted to recommend adoption of Tax Increment Financing District 7’s project plan (resolution 20 26-29), adding two parcels and approving an amendment that strikes runway/taxiway reconstruction and limits airport improvements to stormwater and other sustainability measures.
The Middleton Plan Commission on July 28 recommended that the common council adopt the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District 7 project plan, including the addition of two adjacent parcels requested in a written comment and a late amendment limiting certain airport-related expenditures.
Consultant Jeff Maloney of Van Wall and Associates presented maps and the statutory tests for TID 7, saying the proposed district covers roughly 117 parcels and "about 240 acres" and that the blight determination for the district measured approximately "73.7% blighted." He told commissioners the plan’s development assumptions modeled roughly $500 million of potential private development and projected "176,000,000 of new taxes over the life of the TIF." Maloney described eligible public improvements including downtown parking, streetscape, greenway and stormwater projects and a placeholder of $4,000,000 for property acquisition.
During discussion, commissioners debated airport-related language in the project plan. A commissioner raised concerns that listing runway and taxiway reconstruction as eligible airport improvements could allocate city funds for work that would otherwise be federally funded. Chair (speaker 5) moved to amend paragraph 8 to add the comprehensive plan reference and "to strike runway reconstruction and taxiway reconstruction and add other sustainability improvements," saying the amendment should read "including stormwater management improvements and other sustainability improvements." The amendment was seconded and passed by voice vote; the commission then approved the overall recommendation (resolution 20 26-29) as amended.
The action is a recommendation to the common council and subsequently to the group of taxing jurisdictions (GRB) for final approval. Staff and the consultant noted that base-value calculations keep the city within the statutory 12% cap for TIF inclusion and that overlapping parcels with existing TID 5 would have base values reset to 2026 if moved into TID 7. Commissioners also requested staff follow-up on zoning/future land-use questions for two specific parcels and on conservancy mapping.
