I still do not have a clear answer to this question. Can anyone clarify for me how Hauser and Central schools can be put into the TIF district? Stuff on this seems spread around this forum. Feel free to provide links - as long it answers my question.
thanks
The boundaries can be re-drawn to include the Schools. The EDC suggested that the Village Board look into this and it appears that it is now being requested by District 96 and the School Board as a means to make TIF funds available to the schools.
Mike S -
I find it hard to believe that District 96 and the School Board are requesting the inclusion of Hauser and Central in the proposed TIF District. On what, specifically, are you basing this assertion?
I THINK I heard one of the 7 points that School Board Jenson enumerated on Saturday's wkshop was to have Hauser and Central schools included in a redrawn and expanded TIF district. I am not sure if she said, or if she meant, 'We'd rather not have a tif, but IF a TIF would be enacted, we want to be in it', or 'please put us in this fine idea', or 'this is a fine idea, this tif'. about as transparent as the kremlin.
I heard various points on this forum that there is a contiguity requirement in a tif district. So this would mean more properities would need to be included in the TIF district. I would like to know exactly which properties would be included.
EDC members, since your group has proposed this alternative, can you please give us the details on which properties would be included? Also, include the EAV numbers. Has Mckenna ever run a redrawn map as an option?
aberdeen, ask someone you might know who was at the wkshop what his understanding was of the points.
We have not even got real solid numbers and the district is apparently giving quatlified support for this idea. Is it based on the experience of some other district that probably was a lot different than Riverside? That is not sound thinking to draw conclusions that are not based on similar starting points.
a tif is not a tif is not a tif.
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and Riverside is in a class by itself.
I got a gut feeling that most of the forum people and most of the towns folk here know this. MAybe the current 96 super, who is new to the job and does not live here, does not know the specialness of Riverside.
I was actually asking Mike S: Are you basing your assertion on anything other than your perception of what Jenson stated during Saturday's presentation? Please advise.
Aberdeen - I am not basing it on anything other than what she stated. It appears MikeT and I heard the same thing, so I am pretty comfortable that is what she said. I can't recall if she said "consider" or "must" or "maybe", but it was definitely one of her 6-7 points.
I am not aware of any planning or analysis on what the impact of including Central and Hauser would be. It is simply an idea. I certainly think it should involve a lot more discussion with District 96 before the Village spends more money on consultants revising the Redevelopment Plan.
Aberdeen,
I am HIGHLY confident that the end result of the negotiations between the Village and Distrcit 96 will include a redrawn boundary to include the Central and Hauser buildings within the TIF boundaries.
Is that the same as HIGH? How about "supremely confident." Or "totally confident" Or perhaps, "It's a Walk in the Park." At least this TIF thing is democratic (small "d"). It's all things to all men. And isn't that a nice reflection on all of us.
If Central and Hauser were put into the TIF, how would the lines be drawn? Can it include properties that may not satisfy the eligibility?
It seems a stretch to include those two. I have heard they need to take both sides of a street, which would be a row of houses on Woodside, and a couple of those run through to Kimbark so I don't know what happens then, and there are two churches adjacent, etc. Probably, if they want it they will do it, but I haven't seen any map past the November one on the Village web site, and they have talked about other changes - eliminating a large part of the Swan Pond, the riverbank past the Swinging Bridge, etc. So who knows what they have in mind. Just have to wait and see.
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