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• CHAPTER 17 <br /> Minn.Stat.§469.011,subd.4. Commissioners may accept compensation of up to$75 for each meeting <br /> they attend. Commissioners who are elected officials may receive daily <br /> payment for a particular day only if they do not receive any other daily <br /> payment for public service on that day. Commissioners who are public <br /> employees may not receive daily payment,but may not suffer loss in <br /> compensation or benefits as a result of their service. <br /> 4. Powers <br /> Minn.Stat.§469.012,subd. 1. An HRA is primarily responsible for the planning and implementation of <br /> redevelopment and/or low-rent housing assistance programs within its area <br /> of operation.An HRA has all the powers necessary to carry out the state <br /> HRA Act,but does not have the power to levy and collect taxes or special <br /> assessments except with respect to certain redevelopment projects <br /> including,but not limited to,the following powers: <br /> • To sue and be sued; <br /> • To employ staff and an executive director; <br /> • To undertake projects within its area of operation and to provide for the <br /> construction,reconstruction,improvement, extension, alteration, or <br /> repair of any project or part of a project; <br /> • To sell,buy, own,and lease property by any means necessary,including <br /> the power of eminent domain; <br /> • To cooperate with and use state and federal financial assistance <br /> programs; <br /> • To develop rehabilitation and code enforcement techniques; <br /> • To issue bonds for any of its corporate purposes backed by the pledge of <br /> revenues, grants,or other contributions; <br /> • To implement renewal or redevelopment programs using tax increment <br /> financing; <br /> • To own,hold, improve, lease, sell,or dispose of real or personal <br /> property; <br /> • To designate substandard, slum, or deteriorating areas needing <br /> redevelopment, and unsafe,unsanitary, and overcrowded housing; <br /> • To make necessary expenditures to carry out the purposes of the HRA <br /> law; and, <br /> • To develop and administer an interest reduction program to assist the <br /> financing of the construction,rehabilitation, or purchase of low or <br /> moderate-income housing. <br /> • 17-4 HANDBOOK FOR MINNESOTA CITIES <br />