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City Council Study Session -10/18/04 Minutes - Page 30 through administrative costs charged to future Tax Increment Districts. Mr. Miller opined that while the administrative costs appeared significant, they were comparable to creation of similar TIF Districts. Mr. Miller further noted that, through a proposed redevelopment agreement, the City and developer would negotiate cost sharing options. Mr. Miller noted that, if the project does not proceed, the City will need to determine how to pay for those costs. Councilmember Ihlan opined that the project was at odds with the City's COlnprehensive Plan and actions were creating pressure for the City to authorize the development; questioned how the public interest was being protected; and how appropriate budget strategies were. Councilmember Ihlan further questioned what control or oversight the City Council had in authorizing the tax increment financing (TIF) analyses by Consult Casserly. Community Development Director Dennis Welsch clarified the services provided by Mr. Casserly; in that he was there to protect the City and ensure protections and basic financial and legal conformity issues with TIF, and was hired based on City Council direction on a project by project basis. Councilmember Maschka clarified that the expenditures for TIF analyses from 2002 - 2004 were not related to the Twin Lakes project, but were related to TIF law changes and pooling within a TIF District, requiring special legislation. Community Development Director Welsch advised that the City Council had originally hired Mr. Casserly with funds provided though a Metropolitan Council grant in the amount of $75,000 that came from an outside source to facilitate planning to clean up the Brownfield areas at Twin Lakes. Councilmember Ihlan further questioned why the developers were not provided their own financial analyses to the Council and why the City was bearing the brunt of the analyses. Councilmember Ihlan also questioned why a representative of Shardlow (Adam Arvidson) was working with the developers at the Planning Commission meeting, and who the firm actually represented, and who was paying for their services.