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infrastructure; these are typical eligible expenses for developments such as <br />this. There is no current proposal to use city funds to pay for any infrastructure. <br />5.fŏ϶ĩđŏđŵêňϽ϶Ƃİđ϶ąijƂƢЪŹ϶êŲŲŵŗêąİ϶Ƃŗ϶ċđƚđňŗŲŎđŏƂ϶ijŹ϶ƂİêƂ϶ijƂ϶ŹİŗƇňċ϶ЧŲêƢ϶Ĩŗŵ϶ijƂŹđňĨШϼ϶϶ňň <br />costs to the city for review of plans, preparation of agreements, etc., including the <br />use of our consulting engineer, planner and attorney are reimbursed by the <br />developer. The only direct costs to the city, for which will not have a corresponding <br />revenue source, would be the increased police and fire contract costs during the <br />term of the TIF district. So, if the city offers 10 years, of TIF, there would be 10 years <br />worth of those costs without an offsetting϶ŵđƚđŏƇđ϶ŹŗƇŵąđ϶Ƃŗ϶ŲêƢ϶Ĩŗŵ϶ƂİđŎϼ϶϶fƂЪŹ <br />important to note that TIF does NOT reimburse sewer, water and stormwater fees, <br />so the building will be a fully paying customer on all of those systems, so there are <br />no net costs to the city for those services. <br />A few other topics from your email that were not numbered: <br />1.ЭІŴƇêijŏƂϼňŗŗńϼŗĨϼŗƇŵϼŹŎêňňϼąijƂƢЂЮϼѐϼ ЧЀĨijŏċ϶ŏŗƂİijŏĩ϶ŹŲđąijêň϶êăŗƇƂ϶Ƃİđ϶đơƂđŵijŗŵ <br />êŵąİijƂđąƂƇŵđЀШ These, of course, are subjective coŏąđŵŏŹϽ϶Źŗ϶fЪňň϶ňđêƚđ϶ijƂ϶Ƃŗ϶ƢŗƇ϶Ƃŗ <br />ċđąijċđ϶ƜİêƂ϶ƢŗƇЪċ϶ňijńđ϶Ƃŗ϶Źđđ϶ijŏ϶ƢŗƇŵ϶ąŗŎŎƇŏijƂƢϼ϶϶†ăŁđąƂijƚđňƢϽ϶Ƃİđ϶ąijƂƢЪŹ϶Ƭŗŏijŏĩ϶ąŗċđ <br />does allow 3 story buildings in this zoniŏĩ϶ċijŹƂŵijąƂϼ϶϶ňŹŗϽ϶ƜđЪƚđ϶êŹńđċ϶êŏċ϶İđêŵċ <br />from multiple developers that they do not think that first floor retail would be an <br />option for this site. The world of retail is in turmoil and developers are finding it <br />st <br />harder and harder to fill 1 floor retail in mixed use settings. What we do hear <br />consistently is that in order for most retail establishments to consider locating in <br />any particular place, the first thing they need to see is traffic counts of at least <br />15,000 per day. Main Street is only about 11,000 per day right now. The next thing <br />they want to see is density; rooftops in half-mile, mile, and 5 mile radii. Commercial <br />real estate agents will all tell you, first you need the traffic and the rooftops, and <br />then you can get retail. It simply doesŏЪƂ϶Ɯŗŵń϶Ƃŗ϶ŲƇƂ϶Ƃİđ϶ŵđƂêijň϶Ƃİđŵđ϶ĨijŵŹƂϼ <br />2.ЭËİƢϼŏŗƂϼąŗŏŹijċđŵϼêϼŎđċijƇŎϼċđŏŹijƂƢϼŲŵŗŁđąƂϼƂİêƂϼijŏąňƇċđŹϼƂŗƜŏİŗŎđŹ <br />ijŏŹƂđêċЉЮ The city has entertained a number of medium density proposals <br />including row-style homes on what we call Block 7 (the vacant lot west of <br />Centerville Road between Sorel and Heritage Streets. Unfortunately, the market <br />conditions have not allowed this site to move forward, despite the city offering the <br />property for a dollar. <br />3.ЭІfϼêňŹŗϼƜŗŵŵƢϼƂİêƂϼƂİđϼêŲêŵƂŎđŏƂϼăƇijňċijng would meet the needs of prospective <br />ŵđŹijċđŏƂŹІЮ Prior to finalizing the mix of units within the building (1 to 3 bedrooms, <br />studio, etc.), the developer will conduct a market study to determine what will be <br />ŹƇŲŲŗŵƂđċ϶ăƢ϶Ƃİđ϶ąŗŎŎƇŏijƂƢЪŹ϶ŏđđċŹϼ <br />Thanks again for reaching out. Please stay in touch as you continue to monitor the public <br />ŲŵŗąđŹŹ϶Ĩŗŵ϶ƂİijŹ϶ŲŵŗŲŗŹêňϼШ϶ <br />Nbsl!Tubu{-!QF <br />Djuz!Benjojtusbups0Fohjoffs <br /> <br />