HomeMy WebLinkAboutIV. b. Resolution - Confirming Jurisdiction and Operation of Washington County HRAHASTINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
CITY OF HASTINGS
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2011-06
CONFIRMING JURISDICTION AND AREA OF OPERATION OF
WASHINGTON COUNTY HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY IN THE CITY OF HASTINGS
WHEREAS, the Washington County Housing and Redevelopment Authority (“County
Authority”) was established in 1981 and seeks to promote community and economic
development, and provides and maintains affordable, decent and safe housing opportunities in
Washington County; and
WHEREAS, in 1971, the City of Hastings (the “City”) established the Hastings Housing
and Redevelopment Authority (“HRA”);
WHEREAS, in 2009,the City established the Hastings Economic Development and
Redevelopment Authority (“HEDRA”)and assigned all HRA duties and responsibilities to
HEDRA;
WHEREAS, the jurisdiction and area of operation of the County Authority prior to, and
continuously following the creation of HEDRA, has included and extended throughout that
portion of the City lying within Washington County; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners (this
“Board”) of the Hastings Economic Development and Redevelopment Authority as follows:
1.HEDRAfinds and determines that continuously for over 30 years to the present,
the jurisdiction and area of operation of the County Authority has extended into
and has included
that portion of the City lying within Washington County
approximately twenty parcels within the territorial boundaries of the City.
2.This Board further finds and determines that it is in the public interest and to the
benefit of HEDRA, the City and its residents and businesses, that the County
Authority continue to exercise its jurisdiction throughout, and include within its
area of operation, that portion of the City of Hastings lying within Washington
County and certain affected parcels within the territorial boundaries of City.
3.This Board hereby confirms and by this resolution memorializes that the County
Authority’s area of operation and jurisdiction extends through that portion of the
City of Hastings lying within Washington County and includes approximately
twenty parcels within the territorial boundaries of City; subject, however, to
Section 3 of Laws 1974, Chapter 475.
4.This Board hereby authorizes the County Authority to continue to operate and
exercise jurisdiction within the limits of the City of Hastingslying within
Washington County.
This Resolution was declared duly passed and adopted and was signed by the President of
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HEDRAand attested to by the ExecutiveDirector this 11 day of August, 2011.
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Ron Toppin, President
ATTEST:
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John Hinzman, Executive Director