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8 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes • November 14, 2000 Page 8 1 4. Walgreens Update. At a prior Council meeting, Mornson noted that there had been a re- 2 quest for Tax Increment Financing ("TIF") for the new Walgreens Store. After conducting a 3 poll of the Councilmembers, it was determined to investigate the issue further. The TIF request 4 has been submitted to Ellers & Associates to analyze and return to the Council with a 5 recommendation. This recommendation be prepared by the November 28, 2000 Council meeting 6 Additionally,the request for a rezoning of the vacant lot (to commercial zoning) and will be on 7 the agenda for the December Planning Commission Meeting. 8 5. Custom Liquidators. The Council has been discussing for some time the idea of purchas- 9 ing the property. At the last meeting, Staff was given direction to pursue this possibility and 10 through negotiations, a price of$600,000 has been obtained. The details of the negotiations will 11 be presented at a later meeting for future discussion. 12 Hodson asked if the City acquired the Custom Liquidators building, is it something that could be 13 considered for intergenerational youth space? This would be on a short-term basis until the sur- 14 rounding area could be developed and other projects integrated into that site. 15 Cavanaugh asked Ms. Schultz from S.E.H. to review the building and provide a report to the •16. Council. Morrison agreed that some due diligence would be in order with the buildirig as well as 17 an environmental study. 18 Cavanaugh agreed that the building could be used for a community purpose depending upon the 19 outcome of the study. 20 6. Code Compliance Policy. Morrison reported that a written policy is being developed 21 about Code Compliance. Once the policy is written, it will be submitted to the Planning 22 Commission and ultimately the City Council. 23 7. Annual Christmas Luncheon. The Luncheon will be held on Thursday, December 14 24 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room. The Planning and Parks 25 Commissioners are invited. 26 8. Meeting Schedule. Morrison presented the meeting schedule for the rest of the year. The 27 November 28, 2000 City Council meeting will also be a joint meeting with the School Board. 28 Sparks reported that she has heard from the Boy Scouts Leader that there are some Eagle Scouts 29 looking for community service projects. 30 Sparks also reported that she went to the Healthy Community Conference. She attended a num- 4031 ber of seminars, particularly one regarding youth in government, and was impressed with the in- 32 formation presented. Additionally, she learned about the latest research regarding healthy youth.