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Mounds View EDA September 13, 2004 <br />Regular Meeting Page 6 <br /> <br /> He stated in term of potential exposure, they have to be concerned with possible taxpayer suits <br />as well. He stated he would push it to be done legislatively. <br /> <br />Commissioner Marty asked what would be the time line to get a legal opinion back from the <br />lawyers. He also asked whether if they get the legal opinion back, if that would potentially help <br />the cause as far as legislatively. <br /> <br />Economic Development Director Backman asked if he was referring to the legal views from the <br />Administration, and Commissioner Marty answered yes. <br /> <br />Economic Development Director Backman stated that it was his sense that they were going to <br />expedite things, but he didn’t know the timeframe yet, but the sooner they got a response, the <br />better. <br /> <br />Commissioner Marty stated if they got a legal response administratively, he felt that would <br />probably help carry more weight legislatively. <br /> <br />President Linke asked whether it would be better to have the Attorney General’s office look at it. <br />He stated he felt that would carry more weight than a partisan group. <br /> <br />Mr. Shirley agreed with that and felt that wasn’t a bad idea. <br /> <br />President Linke stated that that way they would have their bases covered, unless they came back <br />opposite each other. <br /> <br />Mr. Shirley stated that they would be inviting that by doing that. <br /> <br />President Linke stated that he would feel better with the Attorney General because he is outside <br />of the bickering between legislative and the Governor’s office. <br /> <br />Economic Development Director Backman stated the corrected updated map is the one that has <br />Parcel 2 with two different arrows. <br /> <br />Commissioner Stigney asked if it could be construed by increasing the tax base and lowering the <br />taxes for residents that it could be a public purpose. <br /> <br />Mr. Shirley stated absolutely, and he didn’t want them to get the impression that he was saying <br />this wasn’t a public purpose. He stated one option would be to go ahead and take the Governor’s <br />office word for it, and if push came to shove, they could litigate whether or not it was a public <br />purpose. He stated the judicial climate for what is a public purpose is very narrow and worsening <br />by the day. <br />