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Council Member Capra said that she felt the Mayor was stepping over his authority by directing Staff to run an ad and spending money for notices. She further commented that a motion is needed by Council to expend funds for notices and that was not done. City Attorney Hoeft indicated that based on the discussions at the prior Council meeting, Staff took the direction to schedule a public input meeting. He then said that the costs for posting the public information meeting were within the spending limit of the City Administrator. Council Member Lee indicated he feels it is important to hear what the public has to say on this matter so that he knows how the residents want him to represent them. Ms. Moore-Sykes indicated there have been other residential TIF projects done within the City of Centerville in the past. Council Member Capra indicated she wanted to finish the hearing and take a vote on the Comprehensive Plan. City Attorney Hoeft indicated that this is a discussion item and there has been no request to amend the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Wilke indicated that the homes being added to Lino Lakes would begin paying taxes immediately but those within the TIF district would not be. Ms. Moore-Sykes clarified that schools are now funded by the state so TIF does not impact them the way it used to. City Attorney Hoeft indicated that a significant amount of funding of the schools is through the state. He then clarified that in order for a TIF district to be created there has to be some specific findings made as far as referencing the finding of substandard buildings and it also has to pass the "but for" test and that is that "but for" the TIF financing the development would not occur. He further commented that no additional taxes would be generated for the life of the TIF district for the school district but the idea is that the TIF financing ensures the City of increased taxes at the end of the life of the district. Council Member Broussard Vickers commented that development usually brings more development and it is her hope that taking out the unattractive buildings and redeveloping the area would then cause the other properties in the area to develop further increasing the taxes for the City. She then said that she does not think that the City would, in the near future, have all eight (8) parcels develop. Possibly one or two parcels but not all eight (8) at one time. Council Member Capra indicated she is opposed to this project because she does not want to give TIF for any portion of residential even if there is commercial involved. She said Page 10 of19