Notice of Public Hearing to adopt a brownfield plan
On the adoption of a Brownfield Plan for the County of Macomb pursuant to and in accordance with Act 381 of the Public Acts of the State of Michigan of 1996, as amended.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT a Public Hearing shall be held before the Macomb County Board of Commissioners on the 13th day of August 2026, at 3:00 p.m. in the Board Room, located on the 9th Floor of the County Administration Building, 1 South Main Street, Mount Clemens, MI 48043 on the adoption of a Brownfield Plan for the County of Macomb. The Brownfield Redevelopment Authority shall exercise its powers pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act, being Act 381 of the Public Acts of the State of Michigan of 1996, as amended.
The SAPA Transmission Inc. Redevelopment Project (Project) consists of the redevelopment of the Eligible Property, which is located at 50770 Birch Drive in the Charter Township of Shelby. This Project will include the construction of a new approximately 202,500 square foot, two-story, state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing facility to be developed by SAPA Transmission Inc. The proposed facility will be fully air conditioned, and humidity controlled and is expected to significantly increase SAPA’s production capacity by expanding its machine cell operations. This Project will ultimately put one under-utilized property back to productive use and will radically improve the area of 23 Mile Road Commercial and Industrial Corridor.
In addition to the economic and environmental benefits of this development to Charter Township of Shelby and the surrounding 23 Mile Road Commercial and Industrial Corridor, the project is estimated to generate approximately 300 new jobs. The Project is seeking approval of Tax Increment Financing (TIF).
The Brownfield Plan can be viewed here or in-person at 1 S Main Street, 7th Floor, Mount Clemens, MI.
All aspects of the Brownfield Plan are open for discussion at the public hearing. If you have any questions or comments concerning the Brownfield Plan you may attend the meeting and express those concerns during the public comment period. You may also direct questions to the Macomb County Board of Commissioners office at 586-469-5125 or to Amanda Minaudo, Brownfield Coordinator at planning@macombgov.org
According to the U.S. EPA, a brownfield is a property, the expansion, redevelopment or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant. It is estimated that there are more than 450,000 brownfields in the U.S. Cleaning up and reinvesting in these properties increases local tax bases, facilitates job growth, utilizes existing infrastructure, takes development pressures off of undeveloped, open land and both improves and protects the environment.
The Amazon facility in Shelby Township is a great example of a Brownfield site here in Macomb County.
Macomb County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
The Macomb County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority promotes the revitalization of environmentally distressed areas, either by providing incentives for developers to clean up contaminated or functionally obsolete property, by receiving grants to perform the clean up before a development is involved, or a combination of the two. As stated in Public Act 381 (1996), an authority may: (1) capture increases in property tax revenues generated by the redevelopment of eligible properties to reimburse parties for costs of eligible development activities; (2) use captured revenues to finance a local remediation revolving fund to address other eligible sites; and (3) provide eligibility for single business tax credit to taxpayer for their investments on the eligible site. Brownfield authorities can qualify for Brownfield site assessment grants, redevelopment grants and the state revitalization loan fund.
The Brownfield Authority is comprised of nine members: one MISD representative and eight community leaders. It includes:
- David Scurto (Chair)
- Troy Jeschke (Vice Chair)
- Denise Pike (Secretary / Treasurer)
- Ian McCain
- Dennis E. Champine
- Erika DeLange
- Julijana Misich-Rasanehr
- Paul Bodiya (MISD)
- One Vacancy
Staff Contact: Amanda Minaudo, AICP, Program Director (amanda.minaudo@macombgov.org)
2026 Meeting schedule
- Wednesday, February 25, 2026
- Wednesday, March 25, 2026 - Canceled
- Wednesday, April 22, 2026
- Wednesday, May 27, 2026
- Wednesday, June 24, 2026
- Wednesday, July 22, 2026 - Canceled
- Monday, August 10, 2026 at 3 p.m.
Current incentives / funding opportunities
EPA revolving loan fund
Macomb County has available low-interest loan funds that are available for clean-up activities on eligible sites impacted by Hazardous and/or Petroleum substances. Sites eligible for hazardous funding are those sites with the presence or potential presence of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants, such as, but not limited to: heavy metals, volatile organic compounds, asbestos and sites contaminated with controlled substances.
For more on the Project Preliminary Application (Step One) and Property & Borrower/Subgrantee Eligibility Determination Form (Step Two) contact Macomb County Planning and Economic Development at 586-469-5285.
Brownfield tax increment financing
The Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act, mcl Act 381 of 1996, enables the Macomb County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority to authorize tax increment financing for the implementation of redevelopment projects.
The incremental increases to property tax revenues can be captured and used to finance eligible activities on a site, including baseline environmental assessments, due care activities and additional environmental response activities.