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SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY OF LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA. 1.1 Economic Development Authority Established. The Economic Development Authority for the City of Little Canada, Minnesota, is hereby established. The EDA shall have all the powers, duties, and responsibilities set forth in Minnesota Statutes §§ 469.090 to 469.1081, as may be amended from time to time, and all other applicable laws, except as limited by this Amended and Restated Enabling Resolution (“Resolution”). 1.2 Purpose. The appointment of the EDA, pursuant to the provisions, restrictions, and regulations contained in this Resolution, is intended to provide the City with a board comprised of representatives from the City Council. The EDA shall be the chief economic development agency for the City. 1.3 Characteristics. The EDA is a public body corporate and politic and a political subdivision of the State of Minnesota with the right to sue and be sued in its own name. The EDA carries out an essential governmental function when it exercises its power, but the EDA is not immune from liability because of this. 1.4 Future Amendments. Nothing shall prevent the City Council from amending this Resolution to impose limits on the powers of the EDA or for providing for other matters as authorized by Minnesota Statutes §§ 469.090 to 469.1081, or any other applicable law. SECTION 2. COMPOSITION OF THE EDA. 2.1 Composition. The EDA shall be governed by a Board of Commissioners (the “EDA Board”) consisting of five persons who shall be the members of the City Council (each one, a “Commissioner”). 2.2 Terms. Commissioners shall serve a term that coincides with, and does not extend beyond, their term in office on the City Council. 2.3 Removal for Cause. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes § 469.095, subd. 5, following a hearing by the City Council, a Commissioner may be removed for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office as a Commissioner. A copy of the charges must be given to the Commissioner at least ten days before the hearing before the City Council. The Commissioner must be given an opportunity to be heard in person or by legal counsel at the hearing. When written charges have been submitted against a Commissioner, the City Council may temporarily suspend the Commissioner. If the City Council finds that those charges have not been substantiated, the Commissioner shall be immediately reinstated. If a Commissioner is removed, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings, shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk. 2.4 Vacancies. A vacancy is created on the EDA Board when a City Councilmember is no longer in office on the Little Canada City Council, or when a Commissioner is removed for cause. A vacancy for this or any other reason must be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the manner in which the original appointment was made. 2.5 Compensation and Reimbursement. A Commissioner, including the president, shall be paid for attending each regular or special meeting of the EDA, in an amount to be