The Blaine City Council, during its April 15 meeting, approved a plan to provide $12.5 million in property tax abatements to fund the construction of new turf fields at the National Sports Center; in return for approving the funding, the owners of NSC will lease 16 acres of land for development to create a central Blaine Business District.
Six Blaine City Council members and the mayor voted in support of several resolutions related to the tax abatement and a proposed bond sale project while Council Member Lori Saroya voted no on all the related resolutions.
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