Residents of Sugar Grove and nearby communities showed up in large numbers at a public hearing on Tuesday to make their feelings known about a proposed TIF district related to The Grove project by …
Members of the public packed into the Waubonsee Community College Academic and Professional Center’s 10,000-square-foot Event Room on Tuesday for a public hearing about a controversial proposed TIF district in Sugar Grove. Residents of Sugar Grove and nearby communities showed up in large numbers at a public hearing on Tuesday to make their views known about a proposed TIF district that would help bring a 760-acre mixed-use development to the village.
During the public comment periods, residents voiced concerns about the area’s eligibility for a TIF district under state law and the impact a TIF district would have on nearby taxing bodies, such as school and fire districts. The idea, the consultants said, is that Crown will itself pay for improvements to the site, such as site preparation work and new infrastructure. If those improvements cause the area to develop, the taxes gained from that additional development would go back to Crown to pay back certain parts of its initial investment in improving the site, up to a maximum of $350 million across the TIF district’s 23-year duration, according to the consultants.
Blackberry Township Highway Commissioner Rodney Feece and Blackberry Township Supervisor Esther Steel spoke at the meeting against the proposed TIF district, echoing residents’ concerns about funding additional services created by the new development. Residents questioned Dickinson’s findings that the development is not financially viable without the TIF district, saying that Crown has enough money to build the development without the village’s help. Others questioned why the village and its taxpayers should help Crown make a return on its investment in the land.
Many residents said the report and an accompanying report from engineering firm EEI did not provide any data to back up their claims of runoff contributing to flooding. Others said that any elevated land contributes to flooding downstream, so that should not be an indicator of “blighted land.” “Nothing about this potential TIF district, which is comprised of farmland and woodlands, jeopardizes the health, safety, morals or welfare of the public,” said Carolyn Anderson, who lives near the proposed development and is a longtime advocate against the project.
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