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Regular Council Meeting July 22, 2024 Page 7 Mr. Spaulding said the City would not take on any risk. He also said creating a FID would help developers to compete with existing house inventory. He reported that lots would be sold to home builders in bundles. Mr. Spaulding said the next step was to bring to a PID petition forward and they planned to present that on August 12. Mayor Pro -Tem Savage inquired about the risk to the City if they created a PID. Mr. Vine said there was no risk to the City, and they wanted to go slow with this process because it was new. Council Member Putnam asked the average price of the 293 homes. Mr. Spaulding said they would have to develop infrastructure and sell lots first to home builders and he did not know where the builder would land with prices. Mr. Vine said Council would want to form a team of the Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem and one other Council Member. Council Member Moore volunteered to serve on the team for this project. 19. Receive presentation from the City Attorney about the role and authority of the Governing Body (whole and individually) as written in the City Code and Charter. City Attorney Stephanie Harris said Mayor Pro -Tem Savage had requested this item. She began her presentation with explaining the Council Manager form of government and referenced the City Charter. Ms. Harris said Council was responsible for making policy, and the City Manager was responsible for carrying out that policy through the operations of the City. Next, Ms. Harris reviewed Article III and Section 19 of the Charter. She also covered Section 2, and referenced Section 21. Ms. Harris reviewed Section 15, municipal judge consideration, officers of the Council, duties of the Mayor, and Code of Ordinances Sec. 2.02.001/Article 2.02 which sets out the Council had the right to set out its own rules of procedure. Mayor Pro -Tem Savage expressed appreciation for the presentation and said it was helpful to City Council. 20. Discuss and possibly act on ORDINANCE NO. 2024-025: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2019-045 TO ENLARGE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NO. 1 FROM FIVE TO SEVEN DIRECTORS. Mr. Amo-Mensah said that the TIRZ Board thought it would be better to increase their board by two members. He said they recommended having seven board members. Council Member Moore asked why they thought it would be better. City Attorney Stephanie Harris replied to increase the talent pool in order to make important money making decisions. Mayor Pankaj said this was a fantastic opportunity to increase the talent pool. Mayor Pro -Tem Savage said he was against increasing to seven. He said this was a hot item and when it was not a hot item, there did not seem to be so many interested. Council Member Putnam said she agreed with the increase based on Ms. Harris' comments. Following additional discussion, a Motion to increase the board by two members was made by Council Member Putnam and seconded by Council Member Kessel. Motion carried, 5 ayes —1 nay, with Mayor Pro -Tem Savage casting the dissenting vote.