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Resolution to Dissolve the Brownfields Plan Review Committee
Memorandum
In 2003, the City Council first established the Brownfields Plan Review Committee, a subcommittee of the City Council, to provide recommendations to the full City Council on proposed Brownfield Plans. Pursuant to the process established by state legislation, the adoption of Brownfield Plans by the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners requires approval by the local unit. This review committee has had the role of considering aspects of a proposed development project, and whether the City should be supportive of the proposed plan to provide tax increment financing assistance to environmental and/or nonenvironmental brownfield activities.
Since the establishment of the Committee, the City Council adopted (in 2019) the Brownfield Redevelopment Policy that provides a specific framework by which City staff can evaluate, measure, and make recommendations on a proposed Brownfield Plan. This policy can be amended or modified as desired by Council. Elimination of the Brownfields Plan Review Committee would remove a step in the review process, without sacrifice to the priorities established by the City Council. At their January 6, 2023 meeting, the Brownfields Plan Review Committee unanimously recommended this action.
...Staff
Prepared by: Brett Lenart, Planning Manager
Reviewed by: Derek Delacourt, Community Services Area Administrator
Approved by: Milton Dohoney Jr., City Administrator
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Whereas, The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners established the Washtenaw County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (WCBRA), which facilitates the implementation of plans relating to the identification and treatment of environmentally- distressed areas within the County of Washtenaw, pursuant and in accordance with provisions of the Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act, being Act 381 of the 1996 of the Public Acts of Michigan, as amended (the "ACT");
Whereas, The ACT requires explicit consent o...
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