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<br />Orqanizational Options <br /> <br />6. Organizational Options <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br />Minnesota Statutes Section 469.1082 Subdivision 4 identifies four <br />organizational options that may be recommended by a local committee fonned <br />to consider the need for a county EDA or a county HRA. operating with EDA <br />powers. These four options are listed below: <br />l. Establishing a county EDA operating under Minnesota Statutes Section <br />469.090 to 469.1081; <br />2. Allowing the existing county HRA. to operate as an EDA under <br />Minnesota Statutes Sections 469.090 to 469. 1 081; <br />3. Pursuing special legislation; or <br />4. Maintaining the existing structure. <br /> <br />Based on its findings and the results of the inven~oryand gap analysis, the <br />committee determined that Anoka County'~'\1'?}vement in economic <br />development was desirable. Reasons giv~ntr6r~; orting an economic <br />development role for the County included:<'ii:;~?' . <br />. Recognition that half o~,,~oka County's cominpnities have not <br />created an organization~, struc~e to admiriister economic <br />development, housing andE~ruuty development programs <br />. lnterest in promr~)t~;j.l~ efficiens~' and effectiveness by not <br />making it necess~,fOrCl;:eYeryA.ri!2ka County community to <br />create its 0 n EDA~ _- <br />. Theaoo'fa Coun~;ieconomlcdevelopment organization to <br />semi~:as a central infortkfl1ion clearinghouse. <br /> <br />.- <br /> <br />.-....-.,.................."..- ... <br />The commi~l;!:~~~",,;hdiscussioii<<5n two options: establishing a county <br />EDA or .~eridingt%i~.pow-er"to operate as an EDA to the Anoka County HRA. <br />The evai~!ion of the op~ions'~,be summarized as follows: <br /> <br />-- <br />.-,:..-.- ,....., <br />1. Authoti.~ng th~"~nokaCouDt)7 HR4. to operate as an EDA would <br />provide"a~~eclhinism for the County's involvement in economic <br />developmentWithout requiring the establishment of a new entity. <br />Certain economies could be realized by extending EDA operating authority to <br />the Anoka County HRA. Administration of a -si'ngle economic development <br />organization would promote greater administrative efficiency and effectiveness <br />whereas the creation of a separate County EDA would entail increased <br />administrative detail as well as coordination with the Anoka County HRlL <br /> <br />As required by MiJmesota Statutes 469.1082, the committee must specify the <br />distance that a city controls beyond its boundaries, if applicable. The committee <br />found that none of the County's general government subdivisions exercises <br />planning and development control beyond its boundaries and that this statutory <br />. provision is not applicable to AnokaCounty. <br /> <br />Report of the Anoka County Economic Development Exploratory Committee. <br /> <br />29 <br />