<div class="gmail_quote">Monday, March 25, 8 P.M., Work Session<div>Riverdale Park Town Hall</div><div>5008 Queensbury Road</div><div><br></div><div>Come to Monday's meeting to ask for a clear explanation of the TIF--tax increment financing--that the town is proposing. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I am not a budget expert. But as I understand it, a TIF takes expected future tax revenues to pay for current development, such as Riverdale Park's share of the cost of a bridge over the CSX tracks. </div>
<div><br></div><div>So far, no one has said how much the bridge will cost or how much the developer will pay toward that cost after buying the land. So we don't actually have any indication yet of how much of the town's tax base will go to pay for the bridge to the development.</div>
<div><br></div><div>We also don't know who will pay the up-front cost until the tax revenues start to flow into the town's coffers or how long that will take.</div><div><br></div><div>Please attend the meeting and ask for a complete and understandable explanation.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks again,</div><div>Kate and Joe Kelly</div><div>Tuckerman Street</div><div><br></div>
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