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City Council Meeting Minutes June 11 2019 Page 4 of 15 consistent with historic preservation goals and objectives, Page 4 - Shall instead of may - shall be referred at LRC expense Councilmember Maloney stated it needs to be clear what Council and LRC expectations are and what the framework for making decisions will be For the rebate consideration he likes the new language of 50% for five years and 90% for 10 years as it is about long-term economic development and increasing property and sales tax. He would like Council to consider the impact of a development and the impact over time He recommended being able to do an annual review to gauge the level of impact the project is having Councilmember Maloney asked what happens if the City is financially unable to rebate the funds, do we need language stating there have to be funds available for any rebates City Attorney Kelly noted the TIF funds would be LRC funds not a part of the City's General Fund The City could not use TIF funds to backfill any municipal services Councilmember Stolzmann stated the changes do improve the document but thinks the Council needs to establish principles showing what this is trying to accomplish She stated for many areas of Main Street you can no longer find blight so we should limit this funding for those areas to remedy that. She stated all government funds come from taxes or fees We need clear policies for when we give out government subsidies. When we give tax rebates we are subsidizing We need to clearly define the problem we are trying to solve, this is reactive not addressing goals we know we want to further We need to identify the shortcomings we want to address We need more foundational and goal setting first and then can discuss the tools we want to use to meet those goals Councilmember Leh suggested removing blight elimination as a criteria as that should already be the basis and these criteria are in addition It should not be a separate criteria We need to identify the particular items that need to be included and put specificity in the criteria without preventing the LRC from doing its job Councilmember Leh stated this policy should not be used to limit the scope of the blight determination If we need to do that we should do it formally Councilmember Stolzmann stated that was not what her comments were meant to do Councilmember Leh stated there could be more granular conversation but he was not sure if that is the work the LRC has been asked to do Councilmember Maloney stated the agreement between the Council and LRC has Council approving the LRC budget. If there are programmatic goals shared by Council, perhaps we need a budget discussion of what we value If we want to budget for infrastructure, we should be clear and show that is what the Council values