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CHAPTER 17 <br />Minn. Stat. $ 469.01 I, subs. a. 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. Star. § 469.012, subd. 1. ~ glZA is primarily responsible for the planning and implementation of <br />redevelopment andlor 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 /> <br />• repair of any project or part of a project; <br />T <br />ll <br />b <br />d l <br />b <br />i <br /> • o se <br />, <br />uy, own, an <br />ease property <br />y any means necessary, <br />ncluding <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 />B <br />