Farmington’s Grand River Corridor Improvement Authority will consider a capital planning appointment and review proposed criteria for private investment projects when it meets Thursday, Nov. 12.
The meeting begins at 8 a.m. in Conference Room A at City Hall, 23600 Liberty St., according to the agenda packet.
The board is scheduled to appoint one of its members to the city’s Capital Improvement Plan Steering Committee, which helps prepare the city’s capital project priorities. Members were also asked to review the 2026–2031 Capital Improvement Program and identify projects to add, remove or reprioritize.
The investment scoring matrix returns for discussion after an initial review. The staff report proposes no motion on the item.
According to consultant Kristen Hatfield’s report, OHM Advisors’ Justin Sprague questioned the matrix’s stated aim of freezing taxable values for redeveloped commercial properties. He said the authority lacks that power and that a freeze would reduce its tax-increment revenue.
Sprague instead advised the authority to consider amending its tax increment financing plan to permit project-specific gap funding. The Downtown Development Authority’s plan already allows future tax-increment revenue to support private projects that otherwise would not be financially feasible. No such amendment is proposed for approval Thursday.
The agenda also includes an update on the Farmington Hills corridor authority and consideration of a 2027 meeting calendar. The proposed schedule retains meetings at 8 a.m. on the second Thursday of each month.
Residents needing accommodations should contact the City Clerk at 248-474-5500, ext. 2218, at least two working days before the meeting.
