The problem with TIF policy

Some things, require no explanation . . .

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April 16, 2007 – Cancelled

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May 14, 2007 – Cancelled

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Meeting held June 4– Absent Sanborn, Konkel

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June 18 – No quorum

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Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 8:42:29 AM
Subject: CANCELLED – TIF Policy Com mtg (July 2)

As we will not have a quorum for the July 2nd meeting (due to July 4th), the TIF Policy Committee Meeting that was scheduled for that day has been cancelled.

Call or e-mail with questions.

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July 16- cancelled due to quorum

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Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 10:54:22 AM
Subject: CANCELLED – TIF Policy Committee

Tonight’s meeting of the TIF Policy Committee has been cancelled due to a quorum problem. As of 11 AM, we had only 2 confirmed Committee members, along with 2 additional Committee members who could only attend for 1/2 hour. A quorum is 5 members of the Committee.

Upon discussing this with the Chair, he indicated that we should cancel the meeting.

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Meeting held August 20 Absent Sanborn, Konkel

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September 17 – cancelled due to quorum

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From: Rolfs, Daniel
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 12:05:39 PM
Subject: CANCELLED – TIF Policy Committee

The TIF Policy Committee meeting tonight has been cancelled due to a lack of quorum.

The next meeting date is Oct 15, 2007.

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Meeting held Oct 15– Absent None

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Meeting held Nov 5 – Absent Sanborn

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Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 3:22:23 PM
Subject: CANCELLED – TIF Policy Committee

Due to a lack of quorum, the TIF Policy Committee Meeting scheduled for tonight has been cancelled.

Have a good Thanksgiving.

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Meeting held December 3 – Absent Rummel, Sanborn

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Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 12:03:03 PM
Subject: CANCELLED – TIF Policy Committee mtg – 1/7/2008

The TIF Policy Committee Meeting for tonight (1/7/2008) has been cancelled due to a lack of quorum.

The next meeting is on February 4, 2008 at 4 PM.

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Meeting Held Feb 4 – Absent Sanborn, Brandon

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Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 10:43:23 AM
Subject: TIF Policy Com Mtgs – Future Dates

Both the Chair and Vice Chair will be unable to attend the March 3, 2008 mtg of the TIF Policy Committee. The Chair has asked to see if the four dates listed below would work for future meeting dates / times.

March 17, 2008 – 4 PM
April 7, 2008 – 4 PM
April 21, 2008 – 4 PM
May 5, 2008 – 4 PM

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Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 3:14:09 PM
Cc: CL Meetings
Subject: CANCELED – 3/3/08 TIF Policy Com mtg
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The TIF Policy Committee meeting scheduled for March 3, 2008 @ 4 PM has been canceled. Please update your calendars accordingly.

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Meeting held March 17 – Absent Rummel, Sanborn

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Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 10:00:37 AM
Cc: CL Meetings
Subject: CANCELED – TIF Policy Com

Today’s TIF Policy Committee meeting has been canceled due to staff oversight of the public notice and a lack of quorum.

The next meeting is scheduled for:

Date: April 21, 2008
Time: 4 PM
Location: MMB Room LL-130

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Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 3:53:08 PM
Subject: FW: City Meetings during Passover

Staff was just notified of the fact that the next TIF Policy Committee meeting was scheduled during Passover (see note from City Clerk below).

To facilitate a quorum while allowing maximum public input, this meeting will be rescheduled. The next meeting will be on May 5, 2008.

Call or e-mail with questions.
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Um, I have a question, can we just freaking have a meeting and get this over with!!!! We’ve managed to have 7 out of 20 meetings. And Sanborn missed 6 of the 7 meetings. A full 65% of our meetings have been cancelled in the last year.

I’m dedicating this post to Carole Schaeffer, from Smart Growth Madison, who is as frustrated as I am, or possible even more frustrated. Meanwhile, if you want to see drafts of where we are at, check out this agenda for one of the meetings we didn’t have . . . oh, wait . . . that won’t work.
Try this and this.

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