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tbr placing t/lc pipe in the ground. They need to look at the financial implications for carrying those costs until people choose to tnook .up. City Ad~ninis/rator Nora-tan agreed, bm Felt that was something they could expand on and discuss h~rther once they m'u ready to movu fbrward with a project. That being said the Council should become Ihmiliz~r with the numbers What is before the Council is to get the planning process started. Councilmcmbcu Zimmermam stated th~tt one of the important things is that they need to make sure that the PIm-mi ng Corem ission !.~ets involved in the process. Case #4: I lin,sing and Redevelopment Authority City Administr~ttof Norman cxplai~ed that the topic of Housing and Redevelopment Authority (1 IRA) came tip al ~t strategic planning ~,cssion and the City Council discussed it further in a work session on April ].:;th. During the :\pril 13ti' meeting, Council directed staff to provide a better cxplanation of [he levy process and thc time frame that a levy authority can be transferred to the City (:ouncil. ~Vh-. Norman cxplainecl that EDA currently recommends an HRA levy amount to thc City (iouncih I.'{;r the Council t{; xct as an HRA, this attthority must be transferred to the City Council. In orctc~ to make this ]~appen the City Council would have to take action on an ordinance in Augus;t before the Sept;chiller 15tI' HRA levy deadline. Associate l'lanner ($cisler noted tidal, the City Council would also need to adopt a separate resolution crop,ling lbo liRA a:~ the (iity Council. Counci lmcmbcr I% ural,: inquirud if i~ thu future would another board serve as the HRA. City Administrutor Norman replied thai at ti'tis time he would recommend that the City Council serve as thc }ll4A fi)r alt least at coup:,e el'years. Councilmember Blvig stated that it September 15~1' to establish a levy, more levies on thc ~'csidents_ se<:n~s that the City is trying to get the process through by which seems to be self serving of the City Council to slap Councilmcmbcr St~'omrnen holed tl~at ~,;urrently the EDA has HRA authority and last year the EDA (Iici rcco~n~nc~xl thc }IRA levy City Admi~islr~tor Norm~m cxplai~ed that last year the City Council requested that the EDA authori×u an IqP, A I~vy, whhzh they ,lid. Councilmcmbur Slr~mmen inquired if they were to transfer the levy authority to the City Council would thc I'un(Is bc used R)r rusidenl ia! puq)oses rather than commercial. Cily Cmmcil Work Session/May 4, 2004 Page 11 of 14