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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The assessments will have to increase next year and there is no way to avoid it because of the issue of the storm water mismanagement costs that have come due for the City.

There has been lots of promised development but none of it has panned out and the Council doesn't insist that developers actually have plans. In the past 10 years, developers have bailed on some pretty big projects that were all slated for nice, large redevelopment:

1 -Landmark 
2 - Garden apartments reno behind Landmark
3 - Seminary Hill area 
4 - Arlandria

and who can forget the languishing Victor Center building - vacant for 10+ years [/quote]

Assessments are based on the market, not revenue needs. If you think your assessment is inaccurate, you can appeal.

The storm water costs are coming out of water fees, not property tax revenues.

There has been plenty of development.  Right now a new office building is going up in Potomac Yard,  new apts in Carlyle area, new apts and THs off Picket, and a new apt building with a grocery store at Beauregard and King.  Also a couple of office to residential conversions.

It is disappointing that the Landmark development has been delayed, and its true, the Arlandria site seems off the table indefinitely. NOt sure what you mean by redevelopment in [b]Seminary Hill - do you mean the Beauregard small area plan? [/b][/quote]

Sure, it might have been wrapped up in that plan but it was specifically speaking of tearing down the Seminary Hills apts and replacing.  The developer had provided site renderings, etc and I followed it for a while but just like all other planned development that is not affordable housing nothing ever happened.

Landmark - they could have and should done far more to force the developers hand on progress.  
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Is Seminary Hills the one where the developer sold to a different developer, who decided to renovate the units (and increase rents) rather than tear down and rebuild?  Yeah that was another disappointment (but will still mean investment).   Meanwhile a development has been approved on the old office building site on the NW corner of Seminary and Beauregard.  And I believe one in the pipeline on the Southern Towers parking lots, so the Beauregard Small Area Plan is moving ahead.

As for Landmark, I really do not think trying to "force developers hands" is a good way to incent developers to take on projects in the City. [/quote]

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