Berliner Offers TIF Proposal

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Barnaby Zall

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One of the biggest issues facing the Montgomery County Council is how to fund the infrastructure needed to implement the ambitious White Flint Sector Plan. There is a general consensus on some type of development district, but as I will point out in another post, there is no consensus on how to fund that district, or even on what to fund through the district.

Roger Berliner, who was just re-elected to the District 1 seat on the Council (which includes White Flint), has now taken a strong position in favor of one type of funding mechanism: Tax Increment Financing.

Roger Berliner

TIF is used in various places around the country, including in Arlington County’s plans to redevelop Crystal City. Berliner has sent a memo to his colleagues on the Council explaining his position on the TIF. Among other things, the Berliner memo says “Like you, I have met with the County Executive’s staff and heard their strong objections to a TIF. After listening respectfully and seriously considering their objections, I, for one, do not find them persuasive.”

The Council will continue its meetings on White Flint financing next Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 9:30AM, in the seventh floor meeting room of the Council Building in Rockville.

Barnaby Zall

Just call it North White Flint and be done.
posted by Bob
Superb post, Dan! Yes, let's remember that not everyone drives, BUT *everyone* does need transportation. There is a percentage of people who do not own a car. Then there are children, teens, and older folks who don't drive. When you combine the zero-car folks with these others, the combination, while perhaps not a majority, *is* a significant portion of our population. Let's provide these people with a good means of getting around -- and while we're at it, I'm betting that some current "car commuters" will want to join the folks on the bus. (Frankly, I see my transit trips as chances to catch up on my reading or pulling together my thoughts & writing them down --- hard to do when you're stuck in traffic, feeling cranky & cussing!!) Bottom line is this --- as we are expanding, we need to preserve routes for transit.
posted by Tina Slater
(And there are polls on other sites, too. The subject comes up at the planning sessions and neighborhood association debriefings, meetings with the developers, even the walkabouts)
posted by Frank
Yes, i get the joke. Perhaps my comment best belongs on another , earlier post. It was intended to express my frustration over the fact that we keep getting bombarded with "suggestions" and polls by developers and the like, all hyping North Bethesda as the new name for the area currenty known as White Flint. Yet WF usually tops their poll results. So, they try again. There are many developers among the "Friends of White Flint"--- what do thy have to say?
posted by Frank
That's awesome! It sounds like some really great events. I'm going to have to actually get to one of them :)
posted by Mara

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Berliner Offers TIF Proposal

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Barnaby Zall

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