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City Council Study Session - 07/18/05 Minutes - Page 23 Councilmember, with or without an ordinance or policy in place, could change future decision-making through simple majority vote, and putting in place such legislation would be ineffective in the final policy decisions brought forward by individual council members now or in the future. Councilmember Kough opined that a newly-elected Council would change any policy or ordinance to be less effective, and was dependent on individual Councilmember philosophy. Councilmember Ihlan opined that, with the recent Supreme Court decision, the issue of ED was in the public eye, and now would be a prudent time for discussion. Mayor Klausing opened the discussion to public comment at this time. Al Sands, 2612 Aldine Mr. Sands opined that the public wanted to know the feelings of the City Council and how they would restrict ED; noting that the state legislature would also be discussing this issue. Dick Houck, 1131 Roselawn Mr. Houck opined that the decision of the Supreme Court was a mistake; and that the public wanted to know City Council opinions related to ED as their duty as elected local officials. John Kysylyczyn, 3083 N Victoria Street Mr. Kysylyczyn opined that this was an important issue, from the local to national levels; and addressed past Council action related to the CenterPointe development; and encouraged Councilmember to at a minimum discuss the issue with the City's legislative delegation on an annual basis; and provide their opinion on the two House bills that have been recently introduced in a constructive environment. Discussion included the mechanism used by individual staff members at the time, given by the City Council, for considering use of ED as a legal proceeding for use of property taken for public purpose WITH compensation.