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City Administrato~' Norman replie{J that initially he would anticipate using the levy to pay off <br />oommcrciat debts first bofbrc the funds would be used for residential purposes, but there are <br />definitely goi~g to bc residcnlial ne~:ds m the near future. <br /> <br />Councilnlemhc~' St~'()mmen qltestiol ~ecl if the idea is that the EDA will handle commercial and the <br />lIRA will handle housing issues. <br /> <br />City Administrator- Nommn rcpli<~d that part of the HRA responsibilities are to deal with <br />redevelopment isst~(:$, but he would like to see it move more towards residential. <br /> <br />CouncilnlCmbc~' St,'Oml'nen inquirecl as to what the responsibilities of the EDA would be. <br /> <br />City Administrato~' Norman ~'¢~'plie~l tl~at it was his proposal that the HRA focus on housing <br />redevelopment, bu~ State law ctocs a~[low for the HRA to deal with commercial redevelopment. <br /> <br />Cotmcilmcmbc~' Stmnmlen stated that site thought that having a separation of duties was very <br />important. <br /> <br />Counciltnembe~' [~lx, Jg stated tlnat it wa~ his understanding that the HRA has more tools to work <br />with thc County tllm~ thc I~DA cun'c:~ltl,/has. <br /> <br />City Ad.ninistrato~' No,'man replied that was correct. He explained that the HRA has a lot more <br />tools available to ~-c.ceive outside fm~di~g. <br /> <br />Councilmcmbc~ C(~ol4 inquired ifth[:y going through the process solely to add another levy. <br /> <br />City Adnlinislrato~' Norman replied that was a difficult question to answer because the City has <br />made commitments to pttt'chasc ]an~l amd thc City needs to have in place the funding abilities to <br />111001 CtlITC11( COIIqll)i[IBOlltS. <br /> <br />Councilmembo~- St,'ommeia stated lhat if part of the issue is that staff or the City Council is <br />worried that th(: I:,[)A might decide to ~ot honor commitments made then maybe they should be <br />addressing that issue first. <br /> <br />Councilmomhcr l(tlrak suggt:stcd li~at she and Councihnember Strommen address the concern <br />with tho [~[)A att their next regular' meeting since they are both members of the EDA. She <br />requested lhal~ slat't' add the item to tile ~ext EDA agenda. <br /> <br />Councihnembcr l'c:'a~son inquired it' th~7 were establishing the HRA to side step the EDA. <br /> <br />Councihnemb~' $1~'ommen stated tl~at she realizes that the HRA does allow the City to access <br />ethel' lools, but 1:o }~cr it makes mor~ sense to have a planning process and then bring on the tools <br />ncccssary to ~tc(:om[,lish those plam ii~a~ goals. She questioned if the goal was to get around the <br />EDA because they have prot'~lems with lhem or is it to deal with housing issues. <br /> <br />(;it3' Cm,ncil Work Session/May 4, 2004 <br /> Page 12 of 14 <br /> <br /> <br />