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<br />Executive Summary <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 ofthe County and a coordinated approach to "branding." <br /> <br />6. Feasibility study of fiber optics and other tecl1nological 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 />9. Ability to provide economic deveJopmen~~e&ices to communities that <br />do not have an EDA. "" <br /> <br />The committee detennined that. Anok, . ounty involvem~J)t in economic' <br />development was desirable, citing the ri~,.er of8~mmunitjesthat do not have <br />an organizational structure for economic'Gf:,\,~~'S'pment and the efficiency and <br />effectiveness of a regional appro~?i7.*Committ~c; members also recognized the <br />ability of a County economic de~'~loPm.~Ilt org~n,j7"ation to serve as a central <br />information c1earinghouse[or a]] A1i2ka C9~t)',fomJTIunities. <br /> <br />_n .~,_ <br /> <br /> <br />....-.. ,..... .'. <br /> <br />The committee reSO,;,'#nTIends ',', the 'AJ1,: oka County Housing Redevelopment <br />Authority (HRA)b.ej,auth()~~~,..to'ot?erate as an EDA, citing greater <br />administratiY~.,\~fPcienc)~,,:~d'effbct1y~~ess to administer a single economic <br />developrq..eptDrg~poncBf?pared to administering both a County BRA, and <br />EDA. ~':.'inaking this":'~co~~ndation, the committee noted that none of the <br />Anoka Cdill1,ty generai.'";"goveriunent subdivisions exercises extraterritorial <br />planning pow~~"beyond~ts boundaries. Minnesota Statutes Section 469.1082 <br />subdivision 3 specific~ty;requires the committee to identifY the distance that a <br />city controls beyohd~"'its boundaries, if applicable. This provision is not <br />applicable to Anoka County. <br /> <br />- --- <br /> <br />The committee also recommends tbat 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 detemline tbe <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 />information wi]] be important to each community's deliberations regarding <br />participation in the Anoka County HRA operating as an EDA. <br /> <br />Report of the Anoka County Economic Development Exploratory Committee, <br />17 <br />