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Today the House Commerce committee took testimony on HB 5856<\/a>, the legislation introduced by Rep. Kowall yesterday dealing with DDA transparency and spending. If you recall <\/a>it contains a number of transparency pieces as well as teeth to obtain compliance.<\/p>\n

Much of the testimony for the day, including that of the League\u2019s, centered not on the bill itself necessarily but what the bill does not have in it: opt outs or resetting of baselines, both of which are extremely problematic.\u00a0 There is a clear desire on Rep. Kowall\u2019s part and a push by the Michigan Association of Counties to add in some element of either or both of those concepts.\u00a0 It remains unclear which direction the bill sponsor is wanting to go in at this time.\u00a0 It is imperative that you contact your representative and tell them how detrimental an opt out or resetting of baselines would be for economic development in your community.<\/p>\n

\"Dana

Dana Foster, city manager, City of Brighton<\/p><\/div>\n

There were many members who testified or came to show their support providing a good representation of areas from across the state and I thank each and everyone one of them. The Michigan Downtown Association was in attendance as well and testified in support of the legislation.<\/p>\n

At this time, they intend on having a committee hearing again next week\u00a0Wednesday on this legislation and potentially voting it out of committee that same day.\u00a0 If you are interested in testifying, please let me know. \u00a0Again, please contact your representatives regarding this legislation and opt outs\/resetting of baselines.<\/p>\n

Nikki Brown is a legislative associate for the League handling economic development and land use issues.\u00a0 She can be reached at nbrown@mml.org or 517-908-0305.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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