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2. Consideration of establishment of separate Redevelopment Agency Report: City Manager 3/9/87 In answer to question regarding expertise of the Council and staff, City Manager Smith responded that staff and the board of directors are generally novices who have been learning as they go along and have depended a great deal upon outside consultants; that up to this time they have been dealing mostly with procedural kinds of things; however the deeper the involvement the more complex the negotiations will be and outside expertise will be relied on to a much greater degree. He noted further that establishing the agency and the project areas has been a substantial achievement and the negotiations worked out with the County in terms of a split on tax increment has been extremely benefi ci a 1. Discussion followed on the advantages of Council retaining its redevelopment powers, that knowledge has been gained and projects have been put together; that it is Council's responsibility; that tt is a particularly sensitive area of community development; and that a separate agency would add another layer of people. In response to question regarding the possibility of the Planning Commission being designated the Redevelopment Commission, City Attorney Schricker explained that the Planning Commission has a specific but very narrow, limited function in the redevelopment process. Except where the Planning Commission makes recommendation in that narrow concept, they are really not that involved in redevelopment. He explained further that the agency is an arm of the State and when a council is sitting as the redevelopment agency, it is no longer acting in a city capacity. CONSENSUS: Mayor Claire determined it to be the consensus of the Agency Directors that the Agency remain the way it is. (memo 3/10/97) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADJOURNMENT M/S: Chandler/Stangel to adjourn Carried unanimously by voice vote and Redevelopment Agency adjourned at 9:23. Connie Anderson Recording Secretary Redev.Agency 3 9 fJ1 Page 2 MINUTE BOOK NO. 47 Page No. 70 ---- -- -- -----,-- --.-- - --- - - - ----.