Agenda - Council Work Session - 02/27/2018

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Housing & Economic Development time a property is vacant; • Expedition of the tax forfeiture process; • Increasing financial tools for neighborhood recovery efforts, including tax increment financing; and • Year-round notification by utility companies of properties not receiving utility service. 3-J Housing Ordinance Enforcement A Minnesota State Supreme Court ruling, Morris v. Sax, stated that provisions of the city of Morris' rental housing code were invalid because there were subjects dealt with under the state building code and the city was attempting to regulate these areas "differently from the state building code." M.S. 16B.6s subdivision 1 states: "The state building code applies statewide and supersedes the building code of any municipality. A municipality must not by ordinance or through development agreement require building code provisions regulating components or systems of any residential structure that are different from any provision of the state building code." Metro Cities supports the ability of cities to enforce all housing codes passed by a local municipality to maintain its housing stock. 3-K Economic Development, Redevelopment and Workforce Readiness The economic viability of the metro area is enhanced by a broad array of economic development tools that create infrastructure, revitalize previously developed property, provide incentives for business development, support technological advances, support a trained workforce, and address disparities in economic development and workforce development. It should be the goal of the state to champion development and redevelopment by providing enough sustainable funding to assure competitiveness in a global marketplace. Economic development and redevelopment are not mutually exclusive — some projects require a boost on both counts. The State of Minnesota should recognize cities as the primary unit of government responsible for the implementation of economic development, redevelopment policies and land use controls. 3-K (1) Economic Development For purposes of this section, economic development is defined as a form of development that can contain direct business assistance, infrastructure development, technical assistance and policy support with the goal of sustainable job creation, job retention, appropriate state regulation or classification, or to nurture new or retain existing industry in the state. The measure of return on investment of public business subsidies should include the impact (positive or negative) of "spin- off development" or business development that is ancillary and supportive of the primary business. 2018 Legislative Policies 27