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<br />City Council Regular Meeting - 09/13/04 <br />Minutes - Page 2 <br /> <br />Avenue," be removed for clarification purposes. <br /> <br />There were no other changes to the agenda. <br /> <br />Public Comment about City Issues Public Comment <br />Mayor Klausing called for public comment by members of the <br />audience on any non-agenda items. <br /> <br />A. State Senator John Marty, 2478 Lydia Avenue W <br />Mayor Klausing introduced Senator John Marty. <br /> <br />Senator Marty recognized the new and remodeled City <br />campus facilities and congratulated the City on the <br />improvements. <br /> <br />Senator Marty spoke in opposition to the use of public <br />subsidies for the proposed Twin Lakes Redevelopment area <br />and similar projects. Senator Marty spoke to the <br />substantial amount of monies being requested by <br />developers in the Twin Lakes project, for clean up of <br />polluted land; opining that it was not the City's or <br />taxpayers' responsibility or obligation to clean up polluted <br />land. <br /> <br />Senator Marty encouraged the Council to be cautious and <br />consider the long-term overall impacts and ramifications of <br />this project to the City; and discouraged use of tax <br />increment financing (TIF) and questioned whether a clear <br />public purpose existed in the Twin Lakes situation, and <br />opined the need for every level of government to carefully <br />consider whether to invest public monies on public <br />projects. <br /> <br />B. Al Sands, 2612 Aldine <br />Mr. Sands opined that the City' disbursement process was <br />not in compliance with procedures outlined in State Statute. <br />Mr. Sands noted that he would be e-mailing his opinion in <br />more detail to City Councilmembers, along with <br />information outlining procedures available for <br />Councilmembers to better monitor the disbursement <br />procedures. <br />