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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,March 19,2012 Page 21 velopment, and appeared to attempt to make that scenario look as bad as possible. Councilmember Willmus noted the need to provide protection for a property owner as well. Mayor Roe opined that this provided a good point; and noted that there were two (2) impacts: 1) that in the market place; and 2) that in city services and the cost to provide them. Mayor Roe referenced a City policy, already in place, that if the City provided any assistance to a developer, the developer needed to provide such an analysis (impacts to city sevices and costs). Mayor Roe noted that this policy had been developed through efforts of former Councilmember Amy Ihlan, and provided such criteria for an analysis. City Manager Malinen clarified that the cost of services was not addressed, but a process was gone through relative to property taxes and aspects of a specific pro- ject. In response to Councilmember Willmus' comments, Councilmember McGehee advised that her concern was that such an analysis not be the responsibility or cost of the City,but at the cost of the developer, whether mandated or not. Mayor Roe noted that everything a developer is required to provide for study or analysis is based on specific criteria and needed to have some linkage to a need or rationale for the information. Discussion ensued, using the existing Target store in Roseville, on the value of the store compared to the amount of taxes received by the City, and portions to the School District, County and other taxing jurisdictions; how to determine if and how new businesses will serve to diversify the city tax base as listed as a goal of the city; limited opportunities for diversification as it relates to fiscal disparities based on uses; and objectives to achieve and/or avoid. City Manager Malinen noted a recent CURA study in which the City of Roseville was a participant with the City of St. Paul and Hennepin County on refinancing their fiscal impact analysis model; and pending results of that study and potential model serving the City of Roseville if it was considered one of their pilot projects. City Manager Malinen advised that he would follow up on the status of that study and report back to the City Council on his findings. For the benefit of the listening audience, Councilmember McGehee displayed the graphs previously referenced and discussed; with Mayor Roe providing additional clarification on the information represented by the graphs.