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EDC Minutes July 18, 2007 Page 2 of5 The Mayor indicated when reading other city policies, he appreciates brevity, scoring mechanisms, and that the Council can deviate from the policy in the future and not make it restrictive and binding to the Council. In reviewing the TCAAP policy for the group, Community Development Director Barton suggested keeping the General Policy Statement, City Objectives (with some additions to paragraph F on sustainable building practices), Section 3, Section 4. The Mayor asked why Section 4 is important because it seems like a "here's examples" section. Karen indicated she thought it was trying to layout minimum qualifications as opposed to examples. The Mayor then suggested to change the title then of Section 4. Nancy noted that tax increment qualifications are listed. She noted after this listing, there is a "catch-all" section and asked for the reason for this section. Community Development Director Barton indicated the "catch-all" allows for flexibility. The Mayor asked how this city-wide policy would be used and if it was going to help solicit developers or is it a message to developers that this is our policy. Ed Von Holtum thought developers are sophisticated enough to understand these types of policies. Rob Davidson said a policy is set in place to discourage certain uses and this policy may be a way to reframe that. Chair Kunkel said he would like to see the policy as a motivator. Ray McGraw said he said thought the group should make sure it is a guideline and not a directive. Rob indicated he thought the real question is what is the real policy of the community or overture of the community. The Mayor said the community will already be anxious because of TCAAP. He advised bringing the community along with the group as this policy is being developed. Community Development Director Barton stated that particular issues with the policy can be addressed at the next EDC meeting - after a draft is formulated from today's meeting. Community Development Director Barton continued her review of the TCAAP policy indicating Section 4 will continue to be the minimum qualifications sections and indicated a list of desired qualifications would be a good addition to our policy. She indicated it could be included as Section 4E or a Section 5. Ray pointed out that "shall" is used once and "must" is used more often through the policy. Chair Kunkel reminded the group that at the next meeting, the group can "wordsmith" the document. Community Development Director Barton said Section 5 of the TCAAP policy is specific to TCAAP and can be removed from the overall City-wide policy. Section 6A.1-7 could be left in place, but Sections 6B, 6C, 6D, and the paragraph on 6E that talks about economic development could be deleted. She thought Section 3 should be discussed; Section 4 can be deleted; Keep Section G and H; discuss Section I; keeping Section J and K; delete Section 7. Chair Kunkel asked the group to review the sections that Karen indicated are being kept. The Mayor asked if