Agenda - Council Work Session - 07/31/2007

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Organizational Options 6. Organizational Options 14 Minnesota Statutes Section 469.1082 Subdivision 4 identifies four organizational options that may be recommended by a local committee formed to consider the need for a county EDA or a county HRA operating with EDA powers. These four options are listed below: I. Establishing a county EDA operating under Minnesota Statutes Section 469.090 to 469.1081; 2. Allowing the existing county HRA to operate as an EDA under Minnesota Statutes Sections 469.090 to 469.1081; 3. Pursuing special legislation; or 4. Maintaining the existing structure. and gap analysis, the ement in economic orting an economic . ities have not . . two options: establishing a county ;~:lO operate as an EDA to the Anoka County HRA. s'can be summarized as follows: 1. Auth~ng th noka County HRA to operate as an EDA would provide'. ~.Iianism for the County's involvement in economic development ithout requiring the establishment of a new entity. Certain economies could be realized by extending EDA operating authority to the Anoka County HRA. Administration of a sIngle economic development organization would promote greater administrative efficiency and effectiveness whereas the creation of a separate County EDA would entail increased administrative detail as well as coordination with the Anoka County HRA. As required by Minnesota Statutes 469.1082, the committee must specify the distance that a city controls beyond its boundaries, if applicable. The committee found that none of the County's general government subdivisions exercises planning and development control beyond its boundaries and that this statutory . provision is not applicable to AnokaCounty. Report of the Anoka County Economic Development Exploratory Committee.