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Pilot agreement on voluntary special-use payments tabled after legal concern
Summary
Alderman Scully presented a draft pilot-program agreement to allow voluntary business payments for special-use spaces; City Administrator Adam Jasinski warned the city cannot require payments or treat zoning as a revenue source, and the item was tabled pending legal advice.
Alderman Scully presented a draft agreement intended to give staff guidance on implementing a pilot program that would allow businesses to voluntarily make payments to the city to operate in special-use spaces. The draft was discussed as a framework for staff implementation rather than a mandated fee schedule.
City Administrator Adam Jasinski said, "businesses can voluntarily make payments to the city to operate in a special use space but the city cannot require a fee be paid by the business; zoning cannot be a revenue generator." After that clarification the committee tabled the item pending legal advice to confirm the city's authority and any zoning implications.
