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Show Opposition arises flo proposed Naples City Redevelopment plan f;l Ellis. I'intah School District nntendenl. ain.1 Brownie Tomlinson, iirnun of the Board of Trustees for V shley Valley Water and Sewer Im- 5 nonwnt District, voiced opposition to V proposed Naples Redevelopment ' i, Wednesday r"s expressed opposition to the pro- v -vsei redevelopment because of the 'rer.ue loss it will impose on the .vSvl District. To.T.Unson said he opposes redevelop--c-.t because, over a period of years, 'je loss to the Water and Sewer oet could be substantial. Redevelop- -tz may continue for up to 32 years. TV redevelopment plan would allow Ni:!es City to freeze the tax base on a leOjnof Naples City not to exceed 590 i.is All taxing entities w ithin the area - jes-CJtfd for redevelopment w ould eon- r.e to receive the same amount of :vyy they are now getting. Any taxes rs:r.i! from increased valuation vjj the area would go directly to Ni-! City for improvements within prescribed area. " 7s recent Sate Legislature drastical-N drastical-N changed the laws pertaining to soevopment. effective April 1, 1983. Si:: City is planning to initiate their .?ieve!epmeffl project before April 1. in r:e ;o be under the old law. A a?r deference between the old laws is the amount of land allow-be allow-be designated for redevelopment. !be.i -s sets no limitations on the sue ii redevelopment district. The new law Lvi redevelopment to 590 acres for all r:;e::s underway on April 1. 19S3. and .3 redevelopment to only KX) acres ix-o;ts instituted after April 1. 19S3. : S-p: City Slayor LawTence Kay said srsisoo they want to begin redevelop- nient prior to April 1 is there is just too much area needing improvements and 100 acres won t cover the need. Mayor Kay said Naples City has attempted to get money for the needed improvements from the Community Impact Board, but has been unable to do so. He said if Naples could receive Community Impact Im-pact money, perhaps redevelopment would not be necessary. The Community Communi-ty Impact Board has not be receptive to requests by Naples City, said Kay, partly part-ly due to resistence by the I'intah County Coun-ty Commission Kay said, "If the county coun-ty would help us there might be another way of getting the money, but the county coun-ty has actually fought us on this." Ellis voiced opposition to the timing of the Naples City proposed redevelopment action. He said, since the state legislature realized there were major problems w ith the redevelopment laws, Naples City should take that into consideration. con-sideration. This is especially true, said Ellis, since the public hearing, scheduled schedul-ed for March 25, is only five days prior to the effective date of the new law. Ellis said other school districts have been hurt drastically by redevelopment projects He said Park City is a prime example ex-ample of what can happen. Prior to the Park City redevelopment, the school district had instituted a bond for new schools After the redevelopment, the school district was unable to pay back the bond as they had intended. The school district ended up refinancing the bond tw ice because money was not available to pay it off. Tomlinson said the redevelopment area would leave a gap in revenue generation w ithin the area, but the Water and Sewer District would still be committed com-mitted to supply services and improvements im-provements within that area The Naples City Redevelopment Agency, Agen-cy, which encompasses the same members as the Naples City Council, assured those present at the meting they have no intention of implementing the redevelopment area to cut any entity's taxes. How ever, there are improvements necessary, and they have no other way of financing these projects without the proposed redevelopments. Naples City Councilman Dennis Judd asked Ellis how much the School District projected they would loose from the proposed pro-posed redevelopment. Ellis said, since the actual boundaries have not been set, and there is really no w ay to know w hat development w ill take place, there is no way of estimating possible losses. Mayor Kay suggested that perhaps all entities are getting excited over a very minor issue. It will be years before anyone realizes any significant loss of revenue, and then Naples proposed redevelopment area will be minor portion por-tion of most of the taxing entities involved It w as suggested total lass to the School District may only reach $10,000 to $20,000 a year. Ellis said that may be so, but he feels an obligation to protect all revenue to be received by the School District. This could easily cost the district another teacher or addtional sets of textbooks. All money is essential to the best possible possi-ble operation of the School District, he said. Ellis said the School District made reasonable projections in determining the payback figure for the recent school bond. If the redevelopment area is instituted, in-stituted, this could raise taxes to all taxpayers tax-payers He also said he has been advised advis-ed by Gayle McKeachnie that under the new law, a redvelopment agency may give back to the School District the amount of money lost to them by redevelopment. This is the only taxing entity payback which is allowed under the law, Tomlinson asked the Redevelopment Agency to take their situation into account, ac-count, and make some allowance to keep the Water and Sewer District financially financial-ly healthy. This might come in the form of projects being financed by the Redevelopment Agency rather than the Water and Sewer District. If some consideration con-sideration is not made, he suggested opposition op-position would be raised against the redevelopment proposal, including petitions, peti-tions, if necessary. In summary, Phil Ellis said he first asks there be no redevelopment. Second, he hopes if the redevelopment plan continues, con-tinues, reimbursement to the School District will be made. Third, he expressed express-ed his concern that the redevelopment is being pushed through prior to the April 1 deadline, he feels the new law is much more equitable. The Naples City Redevelopment Agency Agen-cy recessed after the reports from Ellis and Tomlinson, and reconvened later to discuss the position to be taken by the Redevelopment Agency. After the discussion, discus-sion, two motions were made. It was moved that an agreement be made with Ashley Valley Water and Sewer District that after $500,000 and increase in-crease in the redevelopment area has been realized above the present property proper-ty tax value in taxable revenue, the Agency will use not less than 70 percent of the money the Water and Sewer District would have realized had the redevelopment area not been instituted. The revenue would be used to make water and sew er improvement w ith the Continue on Page 2 Naples... Continued from Page 1 redevelopment area. It was also moved that after $1 million increased valuation has been realized over and above the current taxable revenue, that the Redevelopment Agency Agen-cy will negotiate with the School District to use not less than 70 percent of the money the School District would have realized, had the redevelopment area not been instituted for local projects to benefit schools. No final decisions have been made, and will not be made until after a public hearing, scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, March 25, 1983. |