A 10-Year Tax Incentive Is Up for Final Vote at 941 Lee Street

The locally designated landmark could receive a decade-long historic rehabilitation incentive; its value and project terms are not stated in the agenda.

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A property at 941 Lee Street could receive a 10-year historic rehabilitation tax incentive under an ordinance scheduled for a second and final reading before New Braunfels City Council on Monday.

The agenda identifies the property as a locally designated historic landmark and names Pamela Johnson as the requester. Approval would settle whether the city grants the decade-long incentive.

The preserved meeting record does not state the incentive’s value, the rehabilitation work covered or the projected effect on city revenue. Those omissions leave residents without enough information to measure the public cost against the proposed preservation work.

When the Vote Is Scheduled

Council is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. Aug. 10 in the City Hall Council Chambers. The meeting page labels the agenda final, while minutes and action results remain unavailable.

The council’s vote record and any signed ordinance should show whether the incentive took effect and disclose the conditions attached to it.

From the source record

City Council agendaHistoric Rehabilitation Tax Incentive — 941 Lee Street
Approval of the second and final reading of an ordinance granting a historic rehabilitation tax incentive for a period of 10 years for the property at 941 Lee Street.
City of New Braunfels Legistar Calendar
The final agenda identifies a 10-year incentive and a second reading; it does not establish that the ordinance passed.

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