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placing tile pipe in the ground. Tllcy need to look at the financial implications for carrying <br />those costs tu~til p¢ol¢le choose to h:~ol< up. <br /> <br />City Adminisiralo~ Norman agreed, b~l Felt that was something they could expand on and discuss <br />fi,'thcr once thc:y arc ready to mov,: lbrward with a project. That being said the Council should <br />become I'amilim' with thc mmqbers What is before the Council is to get the planning process <br />started. <br /> <br />('.ot~ncilmcmbcr Zimmcrman slate( that one of the irnportant things is that they need to make <br />stlrc thai lhc I'l~tn~i~tg Commission gets involved in the process. <br /> <br />(;asc//4: i lousing and Rede', elof)ment Authority <br /> <br />City Adminisl~':ttoi' Norman cxplai,~od that the topic of Housing and Redevelopment Authority <br />(I IRA) camo ui'~ a~ a strat%ic plant] ng session and the City Council discussed it further in a work <br />session o~ AN'il I g~h. DtH i~g the '\pall 13t~, meeting, Council directed staffto provide a better <br />cxplamtlion of Iht levy process ami ti~c time fi'amc that a levy authority can be transferred to the <br />City ('~ounci[. Mt'. Normm~ explail ecl that I~;DA currently recommends an HRA levy amount to <br />thc (;ity ('.otu~cil. ]:or the Cottncil l1 act as an HRA, this authority must be transferred to the City <br />Council. In (~-(_h.:~- to mal<c this lmppen the City Council would have to take action on an <br />ordimmcc in Attgtt:~t before the Sepiembcr 15th HRA levy deadline. <br /> <br />Associate I'h,~c~' Geisler noted lint the City Council would also need to adopt a separate <br />resolution crcatin.t_,, thc HRA as the { i:ir), Council. <br /> <br />Councilnlcmb¢:r l<~rak inquired ifil tine fi~ture xvould another board serve as the HRA. <br /> <br />City Administrato~ Norma~ replied theft at tiffs time he would recommend that the City Council <br />serve its thc I IRA /bt itt least :t couFle (',fyears. <br /> <br />Councilmcmbc:r lilvig stated that i acorns that the City is trying to get the process through by <br />,'qcplcml>,zr I?' to establish a icvy_ v,..'hich seems to be self serving of the City Council to slap <br />moro levies on iht t-csidcnts,. <br /> <br />Cou,lcilnlcmhcr Sirommcn noted !hat currently the EDA has HRA authority and last year the <br />EDA did recommend thc IqRA lev5. <br /> <br />City Administrato~' Norman explained that last year the City Council requested that the EDA <br />authori×c an I IRA levy, wi~ich lhey did. <br /> <br />(,_¢otlncJln~cnlbcJ' St rolnrnen inq trice( if they were to transfer the levy authority to the City Council <br />would thc I'ttmls; bc ttsed for rcsicleni ial purposes rather than commercial. <br /> <br />(:it), Cotm(:il Work Session/May 4, 2004 <br /> Page 11 of 14 <br /> <br /> <br />