Warner Robins yet to talk tax allocation district with BOE, commission | Politics | Macon.com

WARNER ROBINS — The same roadblock as last year may derail a redevelopment tool city officials want to employ to help rejuvenate the east end of Watson Boulevard.

With just over three months left in the year, the city’s Redevelopment Agency has yet to meet with the Houston County Board of Education or the Houston County Commission to explain why the city needs them to agree to a tax allocation district.

“If they are going to present it to us, I would think they would have to come forward pretty soon,” said Marianne Melnick, chairwoman of the board of education. “We only have three meetings before the end of the calendar year.”

A tax allocation district, popular throughout the state, allows the use of property tax revenue from increased property values to subsidize redevelopment within the district. Experts have said TADs are only viable if the school district and county also agree to give up their share of the increased taxes.

Last year, plans to establish the first TAD in Warner Robins derailed when the school board and commission said they hadn’t been given enough time to consider the project. Both received presentations in December.

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