City Council Meeting Date: January 13, 2026
To: Mayor and Members of Council
From: Ben Martig, City Administrator
Title
Council Update on 5th & Washington Redevelopment Project.
Body
Action Requested:
Discussion only.
Summary Report:
The Northfield City Council will receive an update on the 5th and Washington Redevelopment project.
See attached presentation and materials. Additionally, the following prompts in the attached presentation are policy questions that would be helpful to give direction moving forward to staff. The following are the questions posed along with some added notes for clarity:
1. Confirmation from City Council:
Are we on the right track?
Note: In particular, feedback on the proposed use of senior housing cooperative would be helpful to hear if that particular use is supported. Additionally, feedback on the proposed public uses of bathrooms, public parking and public refuse management to be intended to be included. Please note there are no details at this time on the site plan (number of parking stalls or types, details on public bathrooms, detailed layouts or design). We would caution detailed feedback on site plan at this earlier stage. However, general feedback might be relevant about site conditions.
Streetfront Development/Good Neighbor Homes may speak to some challenges and conflicts related to trade-offs on site development considerations.
2. City contributions likely needed:
Request land contribution + TIF from City to make the project happen
Note: the presumption at this phase is that these tools would be used to address public benefits including structured public parking, public restrooms and public coordinated refuse storage (interior or exterior to be determined). A financial analysis (summarized in financial section below) would be completed in the future to justify and illustrate costs but has not yet been completed at this earlier stage of analysis.
3. Motion of supp...
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