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<br />Executive Summary <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />4. Organizational structure for sharing infonnation and coordinating <br />communications among Anoka County and its cities and townships. <br /> <br />5. Better image of the County and a coordinated approach to "branding." <br /> <br />6. Feasibility study of fiber optics and other tec!fnological infrastructure. <br /> <br />7. Availability of up-to-date demographic data and projections. <br /> <br />8. Central point of contact for businesses considering locating or <br />expanding in Anoka County; better understanding of relationship <br />between economic development and redevelopment subsidies and job <br />gains and losses. <br /> <br /> <br />9. Ability to provide economic development <br />do not have an EDA. <br /> <br />s to communities that <br /> <br />The committee detennined that Anok <br />development was desirable, citing the n <br />an organizational structure for economic <br />effectiveness of a regional appr Com <br />ability of a County economic d t <br />infonnation clearinghouse for all A <br /> <br />economIc <br /> <br />ka County Housing Redevelopment <br />Authority (HRA) , rate as an EDA, citing greater <br />administrative s to administer a single economic <br />developm .' ared to administering both a County HRA and <br />EDA. m]illIi~l~dation, the committee noted that none of the <br />Anoka 'I1:ty overnment subdivisions exercises extraterritorial <br />planning pow" boundaries. Minnesota Statutes Section 469.1082 <br />subdivision 3 s ''requires the committee to identifY the distance that a <br />city controls beyonqjfiits boundaries, if applicable. This provision is not <br />applicable to Anoka County. <br /> <br />The committee also recommends that the County authorize legal research to <br />clarifY questions regarding the levy authority that can be exercised by the <br />Anoka County HRA operating with statutory EDA powers to detennine the <br />maximum rate that can be levied and the manner in which the levy can be <br />allocated for HRA and EDA purposes. Committee members advise that this <br />infonnation will be important to each community's deliberations regarding <br />partic.ipation in the Anoka County HRA operating as an EDA. <br /> <br />Report of the Anoka County Economic Development Exploratory Committee. <br />