OREM -- The Orem City Council accepted by
resolution Tuesday the percentage of participation the Orem Metropolitan Water
District and the Central Utah Water Conservancy District will have in the Commercial
Development Area at University Place.
The
council, acting as the redevelopment agency, voted on two individual
resolutions and entered into interlocal cooperation agreements with the
districts. The Metropolitan Water District has agreed to pay $200,000 over 20
years at 75 percent, and the Central Utah Water Conservancy District will pay
$2.29 million over 20 years at 75 percent.
The RDA
vote was 6-1, with Councilman Hans Andersen casting the only nay vote.
Andersen
and his TransparencyOrem group had sought by petition to get a referendum on
the CDA for residents to vote on the matter in the next election. The petitions
were not turned in by Friday's deadline.
According
to Ryan Clark, Orem's economic development director, both agencies voted on the
CDA post-performance subsidy in October with the Metropolitan Water District
voting 5-0 in favor, and the CUWCD voting 15-0 in favor.
Clark was
asked about the percentages, because there have been some negotiations.
"They
agreed to the 75 percent and would not go back," he said.
The 75
percent tax increments may be used to pay for public infrastructure
improvements, agency-requested improvements and upgrades, both off-site and
on-site improvements, land incentives, desirable project area improvements and
other items as approved by either agency.
Clark
told the redevelopment agency the CUWCD documents had already been executed on
the project.
As soon
as the redevelopment agency portion of the meeting was done, Mayor Richard
Brunst, City Manager Jamie Davidson and Councilman Mark Seastrand were excused
to attend the Alpine School District Board of Education meeting in American
Fork, where the district was scheduled to discuss its involvement in the CDA.
Recent negotiations between the district and the Woodbury Corporation, owners
of University Mall and the University Place redevelopment, have lowered the
number to 65 percent from the school district.
Alpine
School District is expected to vote on the CDA at its next meeting. The Utah
County Commission is the final taxing entity to vote and is expected to do so
before the end of the year.
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