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Revitalization Commission Minutes November 9, 2015 Page 3 of 5 community desire to remove blight and restore vibrant retail use on the site. City Manager Fleming said it is a blighted area and has been vacant for 6 years. Commissioner Menaker said he does not believe the Small Area Plan will reveal a desire to change zoning. City Manager Fleming said the responses to RFP may inform the Small Area Plan process. Commissioner Tofte said he has not heard concerns regarding the area. Chair Becker asked if the LRC can use funding from the original Urban Renewal (UR) area for this item? City Attorney Light is not here but can answer that question. DeJong said state law intends for the TIF in an area be used to remove blighting conditions. There is not a nexus to use funds generated in the original UR Plan area and use it to remove blighting conditions present in another UR Plan area. Chair Becker asked when is Council going to signal they will fund this work. Fleming said Council said this area will not be funded by TIF. Some Commissioners suggested legal costs need to be incurred by the respondent. Are there incentives for anyone responding to the RFP to move forward? There should be a discussion with Council on possible incentives. Chair Becker said the timing for creation of RFP is moving forward, is there a parallel conversation taking place to move incentives forward? Fleming said the RFP could include discussion on the City's current incentive structure. Chair Becker asked if there is conversation in RFP to subsidize respondents to prepare preliminary proposals. Fleming said the LRC could consider such an option. Commissioner Menaker said we have not offered money to anyone else for design ideas. There was a review of questions in the packet for development of the RFP. Commissioner Menaker suggests an outline starting with situation analysis, reference of covenants, and discussion of legal costs. Talk about staff costs with Malcolm. List possible incentives and deadlines. Chair Becker said at a previous meeting the LRC had a conversation about a broader RFP, are we looking at that? Commissioner Menaker said he believes Council was clear that they do not want to go outside of current zoning. City Manager Fleming said he did not hear that Council wanted to strictly preclude all proposals outside of zoning. Mayor Muckle said the RFP should inform potential respondents of zoning in the RFP and let 4