2026-11-05 - Urban Renewal Authority

believe uh technically we have uh we have a president vice president I believe we do have a treasurer is that correct or a secretary so whoever would be in that position apologies I don't he would be the acting chair for now and then we'll see if uh the chair vice chair is able to attend. So all right with that is 10:01 you uh acting chair whitehead you can call for roll. >> Good morning everybody. We'll go ahead and do the roll call. Um Ken Dugas >> present. Hey Chad Albertson >> present. Okay Ryan Whitehead pleasant present. Do we have anybody on the call on the on the phone? Okay. With none, I would imagine we have three present today and I believe that is a quorum. Charles, >> chair, that is is correct. Um, if um another member does pop on the Zoom call or walk in, uh, we will have them announce themselves for the record >> when they come in. All right. The All right, I'll hand it back over to you. >> Thank you. Do we have any disclosures um this morning? with none. Has uh I know the minutes were provided of course definitely on the online. Has everybody had a chance to review the minutes for May 7, 2026? >> Yep. I move to accept the minutes as presented. >> Okay, >> I will second. >> Okay, 10 seconds. All in favor? >> I >> I Okay, thank you. Uh, next on the agenda is to move to the Ridge Urban Renewal Plan and Project, which is number five on the agenda. Charles, you may have the floor there. >> Right, chair. Thank you. Thank you for that. Um, first of all, I'm excited that the minutes are still caught up, which is nice after we had a slight um moment where they they had fallen behind. Um, apologies that slide was left in from before. Um, all right. Uh this uh project is this is a plan and project proposal that apologies the description is wrong on that. The arrow is correct. The the description is wrong on that. Um this is located uh on the north portion of town within the area that's been determined blight by the Holland and Ridge uh blight study that was completed a couple of of years ago. Uh this is for a an approximate 10 acre parcel of land that's been commonly known as the Holland and Ridge project which has garnered a lot of public attention with an annexation and a previously proposed uh annexation and zoning request to NR3 zoning. Um initially there was a proposed multifamily development uh that the developer had proposed. um it indicated that that was something that would work and cash flow for them based on the all-in cost of the development. Um with the denial of that zoning, they're forced to rework their program with lesser units and lesser density which created a financial gap uh leading to this request for an urban renewal plan and project. So general location is up north long ridge road just south of Story immediately south of Holland Court. It is on the west side of the street there. Here's a a zoomed in uh visual and a little bit of a description about what's going on in the area. Um on the land use plan, it is primarily surrounded by areas that are shown as urban residential supporting an urban residential development pattern and a mixture of smaller commercial commercial uses that could embed themselves in that area. Um to the east which is in an area primarily as unincorporated county as it extends that direction is the urban transition residential which allows for a variety of of uses and zoning supports uh different zonings including agricultural and uh medium density residential. Um the parcel that we are talking about for this plan and project is the rectangular parcel zoned NR2 which is a very similar to the yellow zoned area which is MR which is medium density residential. However, it just has some different design standards that are required because the NR2 is more of an urban type of of uh zone district supporting that type of development. uh the developer, they will have a separate presentation that uh we can um let them present after the staff uh presentation, but they're proposing a 130 unit housing development that has a mixture of townhouse and forplex housing. Uh they're also um planning on use utilizing the entirety of that approximate 10 acre parcel. Um and that land is proposed for subdivision. Um they're requesting that the city use their urban renewal powers to support this redevelopment action. Um and they are proposing no property acquisition or asking us for any property acquisition and proposing just a strict utilization of tax increment financing under Wyoming state statute 159120 to bridge that funding gap. Um the our tax increment financing uh procedures are and policies are reimbursement. So no funds would be advanced um only tax increment would be distributed um upon reimbursement requests um and or upon uh approval of the plan and project the tip development agreement and also um upon generation of that tax increment um which typically is a year or two out after uh subdivision and development. Uh the applicant is Bedrock Development LLC and they're being represented by AVI um on this project. Um just want to go a little bit into the background. Back in March 2023, specifically March 13th, uh this item was under consideration by the governing body or this land was under consideration for a proposed reszoning to NR3 for an approximate 200 unit multifamily development. It would have been multi-story uh development a little bit more directed uh towards Ridge Road um with open space community amenities uh for the residents in that area. There was a significant amount of protest in the resoning from neighbors. Uh despite the seven yes, three no vote uh to approve the reszoning that would have enabled the development, it was um not enough to result in an approval because due to Wyoming state statute and protest provisions, an affirmative vote of 3/4 of the governing body was required. That means eight members would have had to have been voting yes. Uh for a little bit of historical background, the protest provisions that are in our Wyoming state statute date back to the mid 1920s, which is the model zoning enabling act um that was adopted that was passed by by Congress. Um a lot of states have either eliminated those protest provisions or changed a threshold to a lot less than 3/4 down to 2/3 um in some states. Um but that statute still remains uh today in state statute despite several um efforts for amendments and modifications at the state level over the last couple of sessions. So uh this on the bottom right this is an image that they provided in their plan and project. Um I lifted it and put it directly in this presentation. This is an example of uh what they're looking to construct um in their forplex uh development. Uh this is one view uh of their proposed plat which is presently under review. It's hard to see anything there so I have a little bit zoomed in which is still harder to see but not as hard. Um this generally shows the proposed uh subdivision. What you see on the north is Holland Court which is presently a gravel road. Uh there is limited curb and gutter in in a portion of it. Um but for the most part it has to be completely uh built. In addition, there are no uh sanitary utilities in that uh road rightway. In fact, sanitary utilities uh exist to the west of this project. Um at least they're not immediately adjacent to the site. They're a little bit further back. So they would have to do extensions to to connect offsite to serve this uh development. Um they're proposing construction of a new rightway that would run north to south. Uh that would um dead end to uh the existing subdivision that is on the north side of Thomas Road. Um the reason for that terminus being uh immediately at the property line is uh because of um alley access in the area um and to allow for adequate fire turnaround for the lots um in the southern portion of the subdivision. The larger lots you see on the eastern half uh those are for um additional uh townhouse development and forplex development. Uh the city road rightway terminates um as it completes the U on the north and then it goes into a private uh parking area that would be for the parking of the forplex units. that private parking area would be um established in a manner where there would be public access easements um through there, access easements to get to the property, access easements for fire, fire protection, any sanitary uh sewer and utilities in there. Essentially, it will be a private maintained uh travel way through that area. Um the base uh taxes collected on the property uh right now for the entire 10 acres um is $4,690.54 and that is based on the last uh property uh tax assessment and the the and the taxes due. Uh the developer's agent has prepared a uh rough uh calculation on what they anticipate each of the different unit types that they're building, what increment they will be producing. Uh the forplex is $7,000 uh per year. Those are the ones with uh garages. Uh forplexes without garages about 6,500 a year. and the townhouse units each half of the townhouse structure um also 6,500 per year. Um when looking at the total uh that's showing a a potential annual um increment of $4,334,8946. One thing I would like to note is a large uh share of this proposed urban renewal planning project is residential. Um just Tuesday we did have a proposition that was defeated at the state level which would have had a reduction in residential property tax of 50%. If that were to have passed it would have significantly altered this this calculation. Um it does seem like trends at the legislative level have resulted in property uh tax reduction requests over the last couple of sessions and I do not anticipate that those are going to die down anytime soon. Um so any increment that is proposed uh those increments could be at risk due to future legislative action. Us as a city of Cheyenne, uh we actively participate in the legislative process and uh we oppose any reductions in property tax for numerous reasons. Mostly because it is a funding mechanism for the city that we'd have to make up, but also other reasons are it erodess the um ability for developers to rely on tax increment financing in the future. Um they have requested uh the following activities uh to be allowed uh as um part of the tax increment financing award and through this plan and project. Um aid in costs related to site demolition and site grading. Uh the drainage is ti the drainage is uh grading is tied to item number three which is the improvement of storm water facilities on site that is an infill development that is essentially the headwaters of the dry creek um area. There's been a lot of uh discussion on uh storm water and flooding concerns in the area. So this would be uh utilized to help uh provide a site grading and make sure that uh drainage is um serving a purpose as to not uh create additional downstream effects or upstream or neighborly effects as well. Uh there's a alle request for the authorization to utilize this for relocation um of uh utilities um also to I I should note that I know they have identified it's a relocation of utilities. I believe they probably will want to expand their final report to also include installation of um new utilities specifically since uh utilities are lacking and off-site improvements are required. Um they're requesting uh remediation of any environmental contamination on site. Uh there has been a structure fire on that property and there was a residential structure that is primarily demolished. There may be some elements still there. Um this would uh help finish off the removal and demolition of that structure. Uh there's public improvements for streets, curbs, gutters, um alleys and such. Uh there is an emphasis on Holland Court, but this would also provide assistance for uh those internal streets, curb, gutter, sidewalks. Um and then uh this number six is something that we've had as kind of a standard item um that has gone into our recent planning projects. Uh this is uh funding that would allow for economic uh development and site beautifification. Um what that really entails is those are improvements that uh benefit the public realm that are above and beyond any any code code requirements. Um, in addition, it would include items such as um any type of public amenities, street trees or um items like that that would be generally accessible to the the public. Um there are five review uh criteria that we look at um under state statute when it comes to awarding or approving a plan and project. Um these are the five. Not all are applicable in this scenario because this is a catchall for all types of urban renewal activities ranging from the utilization of tax increment financing to property acquisition by the governing body. Um number one is regarding relocation of any residents um that are occupying the area. Uh this does comply. Um there are no residents that presently occupy the area. So there is no need for a program for relocation. Um conformity to our general plan. In this case, this is conformity to plan Cheyenne. Uh this we find this does comply with plan Cheyenne and our housing and land use related policies. Uh this is further um identified in more detail in the staff report and also in the proposed plan and project provided by the applicants. Um number three uh is parks, recreation, child welfare. Um it does have an emphasis on um access to parks and open space um areas. Uh this project is located in a convenient area very close to North Cheyenne Community Park and also within one block of the Cheyenne Greenway, specifically the Story Boulevard Greenway that runs east to west throughout the community. provides connections to uh Gardinia Powder House uh the point um that area and also uh down converse to to shopping areas through the the greenway. Um there's a review criterion re related to private enterprise opportunity. Um again uh this is a proposal to help bridge that funding gap. Um again this is going to be subject to a third-party review um of their proforma to identify that they are um seeking a reasonable and uh rational uh return on investment for the project. Um and then number five is is not applicable. This is more applicable in uh means where the a government agency is acquiring property for a uh a specific purpose. Uh this subdivision plant that they're proposing, it relies on voluntary uh dedication of rightofway through the subdivision um and planning process to make the land developable developable. So this is not um in the in the scope of this state statute this review criterion. It's not um the acquisition of land. It's the receiving of land necessary for development. So our staff recommendation is as such it is noted in the staff report um as uh noted earlier on this presentation. Um I believe that we should um authorize them to to expand the scope of the utility um allowances to be more than relocate. So I would recommend further that anyone making a motion would uh essentially note that this would also apply for installation of new utilities to support the redevelopment of the site and this would be our uh recommended motion. Um I would like to note the next steps. The next steps would be planning commission review and recommendation of this project. Uh that would be scheduled for the next planning commission meeting upon your uh recommendation. Then it would be required to go to the governing body where there will be notice given um in accordance with state statutes of a public hearing. It would be introduced as a resolution referred to their public services committee and then um approved um in front of the entirety of the governing body. That's about a a 3-w weekek process for governing body consideration and there's a notification requirement to to publish in the paper for several consecutive weeks prior to the the public hearing. In addition, we do do a notification to uh property owners uh within 300 ft of the proposed plan and project um prior to the public hearing. Um after completion of that, their next step would be to submit a complete urban renewal application uh to the department. Um uh that would be for the TIFF award. Um the TIFF um award would then be considered by this board and you all would make a recommendation that would go straight to the governing body in the form of a tax increment financing development agreement which would be a three-party agreement um if necessary which would typically be between the city, the developer and their uh lending institution. um regarding how that is distributed. I should note that um as part of the uh the uh TIFF uh development agreement. Um there is a requirement to provide an itemized list um of items that will be authorized and as part of that TIFF development agreement there also will be um a request identifying what their ultimate um cap would be for uh reimbursement under the tax increment financing. Um I'm open for any questions but I would hand it over to uh Mr. Christensen um and Mr. Stevens who um would like to present the project in a little bit more detail based on their goals. Uh through you chair. I have a few questions and if if if it's all right I'll get them asked and you guys could decide who's going to respond to them maybe. But uh the first question is considering the history um for projects in this area, what what what do we see as the current um protest dynamic from the neighbors and what are we anticipating um in that regard? That's first question. Chair three to board member Digus, that is a really good question. It's a fair question. Um, this did have a lot of public following and public comment through the early review process as noted from March of 2023. Um, they are presently going through the subdivision process. We have received several comments from neighbors who still believe uh this project at 130 units is too dense for the area. Um, and those are comments that we will receive with almost any development. I I believe that's a fair statement. So, there are still some concerns. I do not believe the concerns are as much as uh what was there before. Um, but only time will tell how that goes through the public process. I do know the applicant has hosted at least one neighborhood meeting. Um and I would defer to them to provide feedback on what they received at that neighborhood meeting. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Can I proceed? >> Yes. Second question is um uh the inclusion of the storm water improvement um infrastructure that was that was discussed by you. Um, I assume, correct me if I'm wrong, but I assume that that storm water work will benefit the neighbors around the project as well. Is that true? >> Yeah, chair three to commission to board member Dugas. Um, two things. Number one, it is required regardless. So, it's required for them to um not provide any downstream impacts. Um so it will ensure that that will occur. Um but also what it allows for it allows for them to engineer it in a way that helps allow them to maximize their development opportunity. Um so if instead of doing the bare minimum on their site, which by bare minimum I mean grading and displacement of of of fill and items like that allows for them to maximize their development footprint. So it aids in help reducing that gap. But indirectly um any storm water improvements to control what occurs on uh a piece of property upstream even if it is code uh required that should have a positive effect on the the downstream drainage because it is essentially uh capturing water and runoff at a specific rate um at a controlled um in a controlled environment um where it's not necessarily controlled um through specifically engineered uh detention ponds, you know, prior to improvement. >> Okay. Thank you. And my last question. >> Yes. >> Promise. Yep. No, you got it. >> The property tax forecast, uh, $400 and some thousand. Um, so thank you for for noting that. That does not include what we what we lost in the ballot initiative. Um but the but the prior property tax uh legislation um what did you estimate um to come up with that 43 34,000? Are you estimating that every one of those residents will receive the maximum uh reduction in property tax that currently is available or some utilization percentage that isn't 100%. >> Charles through to board member Dugas. Um I relied off of the information that was provided by the applicant in their plan and project. So, I would defer that question to them as to the specifics of how they they got to that number. And and I'd like to note we did have item 2D um on the staff report here, which um at the time when the staff report was drafted, that that was relevant because we still did not know the effects of or if there would be an effect to do the proposition, which appears to have not passed. hasn't been certified yet, but it's going to be hard to make up the difference. Um, so that one may not necessarily be relevant um anymore as a as a necessary modification. >> Okay, thank you. Um, we're ready for the comment from AVI and then the developer. So, honorable chair, uh, through you to the board. Uh, my presentation is substantially similar to Mr. Bloom, so you can probably tell that I used to work for him. So, um, I'll just kind of hit on some of those highlights that we have there and answer some of the questions at hand. Thank you. Where's this mouse? There we are. All right. So, chair 3u, thanks again. Uh, Mark Christensen with AVIPC, um, acting as agent for the developer, uh, Bedrock LLC. So, uh, one of the things I would like to highlight, um, we do actually have the townhouse units here. Um, we're we're estimating those at 2,000 year instead of 6,500 a year. Um, and you might have noticed the discrepancy just in the with the presentation and the plan and project. Um, the 2000 year actually brings that number down to an estimated 227,500 per year. And to Mr. Dugas's point, that is, um, we're currently estimating at the high point. Um, with that being said, when we go for the tax increment financing application, uh, we would seek to do that maximum amount for the potential TIFF funding. Um and the reason for that being we we know there could potentially be an underestimate. However, um that is the the risk that the developer takes on with the TIFF financing. So we do understand that it might be a little bit of an overestimate because we are going for that high amount. However, we want to uh make essentially as much uh available uh that the developer may want to utilize. Um, as far as the neighborhood information goes, um, we do have, um, the the developer was pretty mindful in putting this together. Um, it it meets the requirements of the NR2 zone. However, um, the town houses that will be located on the western side, um, those are, um, they'll have essentially a garage on the backside and then that'll step up into essentially a one-story building. um across the street from there is two stories and then it gets into the multif family. So, it's really a spectrum of um less intense to more intense housing to try to appease the neighbors. And we did have a neighborhood meeting a couple months ago where we did have um a good amount of attendees, about 30 attendees to understand what was going on on the property. Um currently going through the platting phase. also required a conditional use for the multifamily on the east side as well. Um and then one more thing I would like to highlight that uh director Bloom had noted was um we would like to add to relocate and construct the utilities as necessary. Um and with that we do have some representatives from the development team. I know uh Pat Rudd is online and would like to speak a little bit to the neighborhood um engagement, but before that is there any questions? >> Not at this time. Thank you. >> Thank you, Chair. >> Yeah. Okay. Matt, would you like to speak now? >> Yeah. Good afternoon. uh chair you chair uh through you to the board. Um first I just want to make sure everybody can can hear me clearly. Is that uh true? >> Yeah, we can hear you. >> Okay. Well, first off, thanks everybody for your time. Um appreciate you taking the time to review this um and uh the consideration for our project. Um Mr. Dugas, I know you had made made a a comment um and a question about some of the neighborhood feedback and Mr. Christensen just mentioned that um you know several weeks back before we submitted any of our applications to uh city planning and and development and engineering um for this project, we actually had a a town hall and we hosted that over at um the library here in town. We sent out postcards to all the neighbors within the area and we were sure to include all of the neighbors that um provided comments and feedback on the last time that this project kind of went through um a site site approval process and we know that there's been uh you know strong opinions and and and strong feelings for this area in particular. So we were we were making sure that we were cognizant of that and and hosting this o open house allowing those neighbors to provide feedback and ask questions and um in that session you know like Mark had mentioned um you know it it was great turnout. We had about between 30 35 folks from the neighborhood that came out and we went over the project in detail with them for about three hours. Um and you know kind of the perspective that we took you know obviously the the resistance that was received for the the multifamily higher density project before um you know we've taken taken that feedback into consideration and and we have reduced the density um into the project that you see before you. Um and we've also um kept in mind the comments that were made um about um traffic, about um drainage, about storm water, about engineering design, um all of those concerns. we made sure that you know as we partnered with our kind of our um professionals that we've hired on this project AVI being one of them um that all those things are being considered within the design um of the engineering and the site plan that's been submitted. We have received some comments back on that uh plan um approval process from the city already. Um and uh we are addressing those comments and they they were I guess minor in my opinion, but um nonetheless, we do plan to make sure that we're um addressing any concerns that the city has as well. So um if there are any like specifics about the project itself, any more details that you want to know, I'd be happy to elaborate anywhere that I can. Any other questions from us? Okay. Thank you, Mr. Rudd. Do you have any other comments you'd like to share? >> No, none at this time. >> Thank you. Jason from Bedrock, if you'd like to speak about the project. >> Uh, chairman board. Uh, through you, Mr. Chairman. Um Jason Steven with a Bedrock Development. Um just wanted to thank you for your time and reviewing this project and just kind of wanted to comment a little bit about the uh the last time that we tried to get the multifamily to go through. That was that protest petition happened at the um zoning phase of the project and that's really the only time where that protest petition comes into play. Um, this time we went ahead and got the zoning prior to doing all of this work. You know, last time we were trying to kind of do it all at the same time. This time we thought, you know, maybe we better get it zoned first and then get into the planning of it. And so we do have the zoning approved already. So that protest petition possibility goes away. Um, and Pat did a great job of explaining how we've, you know, really engaged with the community, the surrounding, you know, residents. And, um, as you know, not everybody's going to like what we're doing, but we are trying to take everything into consideration and all of their concerns. I will say that, um, some of the residents that back up to this property have had some pretty good um, standing water issues and drainage issues in their backyards. Um, so part of our plan with this is to ensure that we do some um, drainage work and some storm sewer work that will actually be put in underground, not just surface drainage that will take that water away from those backyards and put them into our and I do think that this does help the upstream in that case and then it will also help the downstream. We know that whole area has had its share of issues and this will just continue to ensure that you know we don't have those same kind of issues moving down the road. So, but if you have any questions, I'd be happy happy to answer them. And do you have any? Okay. I just I have one quick comment. Um I think what I recall from some of the protests before was really the multif family was more of the height. It seemed to be really the situation, but it looks like you've taken that into consideration by having the single level town homes um to the west and then the higher I guess the forplexes which still not as high as what the original multif family was. >> Correct. >> So just another quick comment on that how you're appeasing what you saw before which was part of the protest of the actual elevation of the project. >> Right. And when we lose that much density, it does have a pretty big impact on what we're able to do and a big focus of what especially now and as you all know, affordability is a real issue. Um, and so by being able to keep those costs under control within the development part of it, which is where a lot of those increases that we've seen in house prices is coming from, the development side of it, not just the vertical construction. And so, um, you know, us being able to utilize this opportunity and the TIFF financing, um, would help us keep that cost down and make this, you know, a much more affordable option for people. >> Any other questions from the board? And thank you, Mr. Stevens. If you have any other comments, >> at this point, do we open up for public comment, Charles? >> Chair. Yes, you may. >> Anybody online or on the phone that would like to address any public comment? Now is your time with none. I don't hear any, I guess. So, next step is just any more comments out there or from us as the board. Mr. Dugas, >> I have one other question and it just concerned the time frame that we're going to be looking at. Um I'm guessing that the final approval of this will be by the new city council >> and chair members of the board. Uh three to um commission a board member Dugas. Um no this should actually be complete this year. Um it'll go to the I believe the way our notice provisions are going to work for the planning commission. It will be going to the first meeting in December on the 7th introduced shortly thereafter to the governing body as a resolution and then it will wrap up uh right before the holidays there this year. >> I just have one quick comment too or question. And you did mention that the zoning did pass, correct, for the R2. And then I would imagine that I guess chicken before the egg, but the annexation that happened as well, right, with the with the city chair, members of the board, that is correct. The zoning is in place. The annexation has been completed for a little while now. Uh the only thing they have left uh through the processes are the conditional use um approval by the board of adjustment for the multifamily element and the subdivision plan by the planning commission and governing body which I believe um Mark could probably provide additional detail onto that timeline. But I think it's running pretty parallel to the the schedule to be concluded that last council meeting of December. Is that correct? Oh, it'll be um introduced to it'll be ahead. It'll be slightly ahead. >> And one more final question on Holland Court, correct? That's the northern boundary of the property and that's currently dirt now. Is are the homes to the north that still county pocket and would they benefit I guess Holland Court itself? Will that be paved? Chair three to members of the board. It is not a county pocket anymore. We recently did annex uh those properties as part of the county pocket annexation regarding um Mahaland Court. Yes, it would be a paved improved street. >> Thank you. I have no other questions. If we >> got a question shared through you just a question about ownership uh after completion of the project will these be rentals will be for sale will be a combination of both Mr. Stevens >> chair through you. Uh Jason Steven again to answer your question. These will all be open for sale. So each town home individual living town, you know, unit will be up will be for sale and then each forplex is anticipated to be on its own lot. So each forplex would be sold individually. >> That's what I thought. Thank you. Appreciate that clarification. >> Thank you. One more followup, Charles. Chair through you. Charles, with ownership transferring after completion of the project, does that have any effect on the TIFF financing? Um, do those loans become paid in full by the developer as they sell the properties? Do those does the TIFF financing or the loans associated with that transfer to individual owners as they buy these town homes? and chair um board member Harrison Halverson sorry um Herson um no it should not have any effect because what what will occur is that three-party uh tiff development agreement will be between the city the developer and their lender who's financing the project. So, it will essentially be another stream of revenue that the lender can can rely upon, the developer can rely upon in addition to whatever is occurring from their private sales to help be a revenue to pay off those debts. >> Okay, that makes sense. Thank you. >> Any other questions or comments on with that? Do we have a motion? Charles, could you please put the motion on the screen? >> Uh, yes. I will move to recommend approval of the plan and project to the planning commission subject to staff's recommended modifications. >> Second. >> Any further discussion, >> Mr. Bloom? And chair, if I I might add real quick, I would um note that uh we had discussed or staff recommends amending the authorized activities to include installation of new utilities. And if you wish, you may uh remove the requirement to do the analysis based on what would happen if prop one were to have passed. So those are two items that you could amend the motion to reflect. >> Okay. Do we have an amendment? Would you can amend the motion to those specific? >> Yes, I will amend my motion to remove the analysis based upon the prop one um vote not passing. And secondly to um amend the uh study for the help me Charles you're looking at the chair, members of the board, I think you're you were looking to amend uh the authorized activities for utility installation to include installation of new utilities in addition to relocation. >> Right. Thank you. So uh further amendment will be to uh include the um addition of installing new utility um in the project >> again. Second. >> Okay. Any further discussion on that amendment? We have none. Uh all in favor? I >> I. >> Any oppose? None. It um motion carries and it passes. Thank you. >> All right. Can you put the agenda back up, I guess, just to make sure we Okay. Any other business that we would like to look at now while we're up here? With none, I'll propose a motion for a German. >> Chair. Um, >> oh yeah, go ahead. >> Sorry. I guess members of the board, just a couple of quick updates. Um, I wanted to note that uh number one, we are presently um we've just closed or we're doing our first review of applications for deputy director. um deputy director. Their goal is to primarily um be the steward of the urban renewal authority to guide projects through also uh manage um our brownfield program um and those type of similar items, historic preservation board, a variety of those other things that are keeping me very occupied right now um and take the lead on a lot of our uh text amendments regarding our code. So, we're hoping to have that uh process all ironed out in the next um upcoming weeks. So, hopefully we can have someone uh starting in that position in the next um few weeks or couple of months. Um secondly, I wanted to note that two of our urban renewal projects have recently passed a pretty significant milestone. Um, one of those being very visible nearby that is the West End Flats uh development that was an urban renewal tax increment financing award. Um, there is actually going to be a a celebration. It's essentially a a tour, a celebration. The developer will be there, the agents will be there. Um, that will be occurring on Thursday, November 12th. Um it will have food, um drink, and all sorts of fun activities. That'll be Thursday, November 12th from 4 to 7:00 p.m. Uh we'll go ahead and send this invite out to uh you all if you haven't received it yet. >> Um in addition, there is a similar event for the air, which is the project located at US30 and Whitney Road. That is also [clears throat] another um project that received urb renewal funding. Um, Mr. Christensen, do you have the exact dates on that one? Um, I believe that one is it's right around the same time, not the exact same time. We'll send that one out, but there is another tour and similar grand opening that will be occurring there. So, we'll get you that information so you all are aware. Um, they're being highly publicized by the developer and through the city. There'll be some press releases um on that as well. Um secondly, I would like to note at the next meeting, we will be having a uh consideration of a tax increment financing award. Um so that will be moving forward. Um I would like to also give an update on a previous tax increment financing um agreement award. Um, I believe we should have the uh financing agreement put in place for MHP very very soon. Um, the document is I'm awaiting my submitt to the city attorney's office for one final review. Um but and I still need to contact the developers um rep uh shortly to share with them what I believe will be taken as good news regarding um that so we can make sure that they're aware um that they'll be put in a position for um essentially receiving the entirety of what they've requested to the amount that the uh tax increment financing um award and the productivity of that TIFF um has. So that's that's moving forward. Um I would like to provide a little bit more of an update regarding some of our existing planning projects and TIFF award projects too. For example, the hitching post. Um, right now we're um working with the uh county assessor and the county treasur's office because we're essentially uh working to navigate a very uh clear path to make sure we have all of the information necessary to be able to identify what specific increment is linked to what specific parcel. Um what we've received historically from the county treasurer is essentially a one check that is grouped into it's the sum of all the different um urban renewal districts and there is essentially a handwritten note on the side that says this one had x,000, this one had x,000. um it's been very problematic for us to figure out well how does that relate to each individual parcel because all of our development agreements those are linked um to the performance of that new development based on that parent parcel. So for example for the hitching post um the initial plan and project was for a large area and then the actual tiff development agreement was for the hitching post proper site which was two individual lots that have been replatted over time into five lots. So the um increment due on that would be for those five lots what they've generated. So, uh, Todd Ernst and I have a meeting that is occurring, uh, next Thursday to discuss that. Um, we've had a lot of communication with the lender related to that project. Um, and we're I'm just continuing to navigate to navigate that. Um, it should be an interesting time over the last quarter of this year. Um, because we do have a treasurer who is on the way out and we'll have a new treasurer coming in. Um, not to say anything bad or anything there, but I I don't know if policies could change during the next couple of months. Um, but we'll just have to make sure we figure out the best way to navigate forward, you know, as new leadership comes in. Um, I am um I I was recently informed that there is uh essentially one one person in the treasur's office that is everything TIFF. Um, so there will be some continuity in that office on how things are calculated. So hopefully in the next couple of months um we should be able to get everything ironed out and make sure everyone is um being reimbursed um appropriately. So those are all the updates that I have regarding urban renewal and our our tiff distribution. >> Thank you. Okay. Now any other business that would you like to discuss? Okay. Do we have a motion for adjournment? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> I Great. Have a great day. I'm going to make