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ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES APRIL II, 2005 10 . Councilmember Holden stated it was her understanding when she voted for the framework plan that those costs were part ofthat vision. Mr. Clark stated in the framework plan, that plan had been changed to eliminate the recreational center and instead they put it in as a potential community civic use. He noted they might or might not have a recreational center on the plan, Councilmember Holden stated at the time she approved this, she believed this was in the framework plan and she wanted the residents to know that there might not be a reduction. Mr. Clark noted there was enough of a spread that there would be a positive result. Sid Inman, Ehlers & Associates, stated if they financed this with the general levy, this was not included in the analysis, but if they did not use the general levy to finance this, it was included in the analysis, Council member Grant asked for a clarification on page 4 of9 under C. Mr. Filla replied the proposal had to comply with very strict provisions ofthis policy before they would favorably consider this. He stated there was a legal difference between the two things. He noted this was not a legal commitment Councilmember Holden asked ifthe proposal came in with all of the terms, she would have to agree with it. Mr. Filla replied that was correct, but the Council still had some latitude. He . noted all they were doing was approving this document tonight and this was not obligating the City to any amounts. Councilmember Holden asked for clarification on Page 7 of9 6H regarding fees. She asked if fees could only be applied to certain areas ofthe City. Mr. Filla stated as he read it, there had to be some kind of a connection between fees and costs, He stated they could structure fees for the TCAAP area only. Councilmember Grant stated one ofthe goals was to minimize risk to the residents of Arden Hills. He stated he believed this was the one document that future Councils would look back to and he was not comfortable leaving the language on Page 4 of9 with reference to the bonding. He wanted this limited to general non-obligation bonds, Mr. Clark stated the intent was that the primary focus of this would be City assessment bonds and that this had been discussed at the February 22 meeting and they had a very general statement in there that the City might consider the issuance of general obligation bonds, Mr. Filla stated when proposals were made to the City for a certain kind of financing tool, the policy indicates that Council would not select one that puts the public at risk and this policy said they would chose the onc that would not affect the existing taxpayers, Councilmember Holden stated if the sole purpc.se of the policy was to not affect the existing taxpayers in the community, why would they leave the general obligation bonds in, She stated before they went forward with this she wanted to know if the bottom line would be that TCAAP was going to cost the current taxpayers money, Mayor Aplikowski stated the actual .