City Council Vote on Property Tax Waiver Angers Neighbors

Although many of the neighbors received very short notice that the City Council would be voting to approve an ordinance to give downtown developers of multi-family, mixed-use housing complexes of 30 or more units a property-tax waiver of eight years, several were able to Tuesday evenings City Council meeting.

Unfortunately, no one was allowed to speak before the vote leaving most of the neighbors angry that not only were they not allowed to speak at this meeting but that they also had not received information about being allowed to give input on this topic at previous Planning and Economic Development Committee meetings.

On June 12, the Kent Reporter reported that the Council would be voting on the ordinance.

* Photo by Charles Cortes, Kent Reporter