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City Council Study Session - 05/16/05 Minutes - Page 15 not to young families and restrictions to property owners; and not addressing issues to assist young families toward home ownership. Mayor Klausing spoke against expansion of multi-unit facilities for those reasons identified and outlined by Mr. Miller in the staff report dated May 16,2005. Councilmember Maschka concurred with Mayor Klausing's comments. Councilmember Schroeder concurred; and opined his preference for elimination of the program completely. Councilmember Ihlan spoke in support of expanding the program to multi-family units ifit was left in place; opining she would not support cutting any benefits to citizens or eliminating the program at this point no matter how minimal a $36 annual credit appeared, with the Council considering providing $40 Million in TIF to a private developer as part of the proposed Twin Lakes Redevelopment project. Councilmember Kough spoke in support of the program continuing as an advantage forresident senior citizens. Mr. Miller was directed to report the Council's majority opinion to representatives of the Applewood Pointe Senior Cooperative, of not supporting provision of the discount to multi-family units. The Council chose to not discuss further the public policy implications of continuing the discount program. John Abeler Mr. Abeler requested time to restate his comments regarding elimination of the program, but Mayor Klausing did not entertain public comment at this time, noting that Mr. Abeler had spoken to this issue at the recent Community Town Hall meeting at the National Guard Armory. 8. Purchasing Cards Purchasing Cards At the request of Councilmember Kough, staff had prepared a summary of the informative points previously shared with