Marshfield's Former KC Hall Might Get New Life
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 -- 9:06 AM
(WDLB) -The site of Marshfield's former K-C Hall might get new life.The Common Council voted last night to authorize staff to enter into an agreement with Redevelopment Resources of Madison for the creation of a tax-incremental financing district across the K-C Hall lot at the southwest corner of West Upham Street and North Fig Avenue. Development Services Director Josh Miller told the Council last night that Redevelopment Resources specializes in helping communities fund, predict and measure effective redevelopment and development projects.
"One of the services we would be asking them to provide would be to create the TIF District. The other service that we approached them about would be doing a Financial Analysis and Advisory Service for a specific development project. This would give us a good understanding of what type of incentive, if any, the city is willing to participate in, making sure that it is the best deal for the city and it'll have a good return on investment and we'll be able to fund for any improvements in the TIF District."
Miller said the city has been approached by a developer about a specific project. Also last night, the Council voted 8-to-2 to spend 12-thousand dollars to study the possible relocation of the police station that's currently at First-and-Chestnut near the Veteran Parkway Boulevard. Public Works Director Dan Knoeck told the aldermen the money would be used to hire a consultant to identify and evaluate other sites that could be possible locations for the police station, and to see whether those sites would be better in the long term than the current site.
"The consulting firm would look at six sites, including the existing site, using a matrix of selection criteria to rank those sites. And that criteria would be based on city needs and things that are important priorities to the city as well as industry standards. That fee would range from $9,600 to $11,600 depending on how many meetings we'd have the consultant attend."
Alderman Steve Mac Swain cast one of two "no" votes against the funding.
"I do not want to pay to go shopping for something I don't not want and cannot afford."
Rebecca Spiros joined Mac Swain in voting against the spending. Knoeck said the site evaluations would be completed by the end of January.
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