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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF ELK RIVER HELD AT THE ELK RIVER CITY HALL 411 July 21 , 1981 Members Present - Commissioners Busch , Duitsman , Hinkle , Schumacher and Toth Also Present - Bob Middaugh , City Administrator Call to Order - The meeting was called to order by Chairman Schumacher at 7 :40 p.m. Minutes - Minutes of the 5/12/81 meeting were approved as circulated . Financial Report - Bob Middaugh reported that in the current fiscal year a total of $2 , 348.40 was spent by the HRA through June , 1981 . Expenditures consisted primarily of legal charges related to organizing the HRA . Current invoices amounting to $132. 50 were approved for payment . Statements of Policies and Procedures - The statements of policies and procedures relative to review of economic development and redevelopment projects as drafted by city attorney Dave Sellergren were reviewed and adopted with minor revisions to each. The draft statements as revised are marked Exhibit A and attached hereto . Bob Middaugh will have the statements typed and made available to developers upon request. He will also request a sample pre-application form from Dave Sellergren and adapt to Elk River' s use . Redevelopment Plan - The Commissioners reviewed and discussed the Redevelopment Plan Outline prepared by Zack Johnson and dated March, 1981 . The following general conclusions were developed by consensus . - A major new retail facility is probably not feasible downtown . - Redevelopment projects downtown will tend to be relatively small and not involve tax increment financing . - Many of the downtown buildings are not structurally substandard to a degree requiring substantial renovation , and therefore probably do not meet the tax increment financing requirements for redevelopment . - The principal benefits of redevelopment planning downtown may well be ( 1 ) to provide a focal point for coordination of a variety of relatively small redevelopment projects and (2 ) to provide recommendations to the city regarding public improvements in areas such as lighting , parking , traffic flow, parks , etc . In other words , redevelopment planning should not attempt to identify tax increment financing projects .