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RESOLUTION NO. 10223 <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />EXERCISING THE CITY'S AUTHORITY TO OPT -IN TO, AND SUPPORT, <br />THE RAMSEY COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("EDA") <br />WHEREAS, the Commissioners of Ramsey County ("County") and the Mounds <br />View City Council ("City") consider small businesses to be the backbone of stability and <br />growth for their respective local government and municipality; and <br />WHEREAS, the County and the City also consider continued investment in small <br />businesses as critical for sustaining stability and growth in their respective local <br />government and municipality; and <br />WHEREAS, the County sought special legislation from the State Legislature that <br />expanded the eligible uses of the County's Housing and Redevelopment Authority <br />(HRA); and <br />WHEREAS, the special legislation, often referred to as the EDA Bill (Bill), <br />expanded the use of HRA Levy funding to include entrepreneurship and business <br />programming and necessitated the creation of the Ramsey County Economic <br />Development Authority (EDA); and <br />WHEREAS, the EDA Bill was approved by the Legislature in 2025; and <br />WHEREAS, the EDA Bill contained two provisions, (1) the EDA would not have <br />tax levy authority, and (2) Cities within the County's HRA Area of Operation would be <br />required to `Opt In' to business programming by the EDA; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to state statute, projects funded with HRA levy will <br />continue to require consent by the City; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Ramsey County Board of Commissioners Resolution <br />B2025-229 dated December 2, 2025, and to filing with the Secretary of State a <br />Certificate of Approval of Special Law By Governing Body (pursuant to Minnesota <br />Statutes, 645.02 and 645.021) December 16, 2025, as Document No. 20254239, the <br />County has legally established an EDA through which the above -referenced funds and <br />programs supporting small business in the City may flow; and <br />WHEREAS, the City supports the County in promoting growth and sustainability <br />for small businesses within its jurisdiction and therefore supports, and wishes to avail <br />itself to, funding and programs made available by the County's EDA and deems it a <br />positive mechanism for doing so. <br />The Mounds View Vision <br />A Thriving Desirable Community <br />