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<br />whether this means additional police, fire, public works or streets, his belief is that now is a <br />good time to establish a Task Force of residents who have a vested interest in the success of <br />their community and the use of its resources. Mr. Crow stated that in his opinion Wash U <br />should also be a part of the process, because there is the likelihood of further expansion <br />within UCity, and Wash U has been an asset. He stated that any City that has a flat-revenue <br />needs to be looking at revenue sources, and needs to be looking at how they are allocating <br />their expenses. As more residents are brought into this City you cannot help but notice that it <br />is going to be a greater burden on all of the City’s departments. Mr. Crow stated that while <br />he recognizes the contributions that are made by the City’s partners, he believes that we <br />have to begin to ask whether these contributions are at the level that they need to be. More <br />importantly, we need to start having these conversations. Mr. Crow stated that this type of an <br />issue deserves many voices, many views, and therefore we need to take the time to look at it. <br />He stated that an ad hoc example would be the issue of the noise coming from students <br />when they walked through Ames Place. The neighbors got involved. The City got involved <br />and a long dialogue was started between the City, the students and Wash U. And those <br />dialogues continue to this day. Mr. Crow stated that he was in agreement that the Mayor had <br />provided the City with a pathway when she set up a conversational panel on economic <br />development. He stated that in his opinion, economic development-wise, the partnership with <br />Wash U, and its impact on the citizens of UCity, their resources and their school districts, is <br />an important partnership that begs for a conversation amongst a much larger group than the <br />seven members of Council. <br /> <br />Mr. Kraft stated that number one, Wash U has no property that he is aware of that is tax <br />abated at zero. He stated that they may have some that are tax exempt, but tax abatement is <br />very different. Number two, he stated that their tax exemption, in his opinion, is a matter for <br />the legislature. Mr. Kraft stated that there are a number of reasons they are looking at high <br />density and one of them is because more population means that the City gets more tax <br />money. He stated that UCity is a pooled City of the sales tax and as the City’s population <br />goes up it generates more sales tax revenue. Mr. Kraft stated that just because more people <br />move into a building, whether it is one-story or six-stories, you still have the same number of <br />streets that have to be maintained. So the idea would be that by having more people you <br />would bring in more revenue. Mr. Kraft stated that he is always up for a conversation and <br />thinks that setting up a committee sounds like a good idea, but his concern is that while he <br />does see a very nice Resolution from 2005 that is well thought out, there is no established <br />committee for Council to vote on tonight. So while his assumption is that every member will <br />go along with setting up a committee, he thinks that it needs to be a little bit more flushed out, <br />because to try and go over two pages and fill in all the details tonight would take a long time. <br />Mr. Kraft stated that his suggestion would be that several members agree to sit down on their <br />own, flush it out and then bring it back to Council in a couple of weeks so that there is <br />something to actually vote on. <br /> <br />Mr. Glickert stated that although this is the first time that several members of Council have <br />seen this or had any discussions about it, he is in full accord with all three of his colleagues. <br />He stated that as the City moves forward with trying to craft this his preference is to have a <br />task force that includes Wash U. Mr. Glickert stated that he is sure that most people have <br />heard the term town and gown and this is possibly the first time that we might be able to bring <br />this to fruition. He stated that he sees no reason to believe that Wash U would not want to <br />engage with the City to discuss its needs and any questions that its citizens might have. <br /> <br />Ms. Carr stated that several months ago she had lunch with two representatives from <br />Washington University and was told that under no certain terms that PILOT would not be <br />considered, possibly because they were in three Cities. She stated that she certainly does <br />not object to having Wash U at the table, but what she is most concerned about is UCity <br />having a conversation about how it would like to handle the difficulties with respect to its <br />7 <br /> <br /> <br />