Dear Friends and Neighbors,

The City and its engineers, Fleis & VandenBrink (F&V), held several public workshops in April/May 2022 to present the results of the downtown parking study and gather feedback from downtown businesses and other stakeholders. A consistent theme emerged that the reduction in parking spaces and switch to parallel parking on both sides would pose a hardship. The initial design concepts which eliminated the diagonal parking were...  (link below to learn more)

The following conceptual photos are only high-level renderings, not actual engineering design plans.

In light of legislative changes occurring since the last amendment, including the 2018 recodification of the underlying statutory authorization in a new legislative act (Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act, Public Act 57 of 2018) and some other changing content and compliance requirements, we concluded it appropriate to restate the existing development plan and tax increment financing plan in its entirety rather than amending individual sections of the existing plans, as previously amended, on a piecemeal basis.   

The 2023 Restated Plan will extend the duration of tax increment capture for 30 years and includes an updated list of anticipated development projects. The City’s Development Area Citizens Council has previously reviewed and recommended the approval and implementation of the development projects, which was followed by the DDA Board review and recommendation to City Council

Following the public hearing, the City Council will have the opportunity to approve or reject the 2023 Restated Plan, or approve it with modification. 

Engineering design plans will be developed later for use with bidding and construction.