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Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zone application

Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zone for the Cairns area. The council adopted an interlocal agreement with the Redevelopment Agency on Jan. 20, 2026 creating the Sandy Cairns Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zone and paying tax increment to the agency under the state HTRZ Act.

Where it stands
Approved
Type
Area or general plan
Location
Not stated in the minutes notes
Applicant
Sandy City Economic Development

Every hearing and vote

  1. March 15, 2022 · City Council

    Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zone application

    Approved

    Interim Economic Development Director Kasey Dunlavy presented the proposal, and the council voted to direct staff to move forward with the application to the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity. Members expressed support and thanked Economic Development Director Nick Duerksen, who is leaving after 28 years. The minutes notes do not record a tally or the zone's location.

    Moved by Council Member Marci Houseman, seconded by Council Member Ryan Mecham

  2. January 20, 2026 · City Council

    Resolution 26-04C: interlocal agreement with the RDA on tax increment for the Cairns Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zone

    Approved

    Dunlavy presented creation of the Sandy Cairns Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zone and payment of tax increment to the agency under state law. No one spoke. Adopted; tally not recorded.

    Moved by Council Member Marci Houseman, seconded by Council Member Aaron Dekeyzer