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<br />additional follow-up email was also sent to community development directors in the <br />municipalities that did not rcspond. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The municipalities were asked to rank the five purposes outlined in the statute for use of <br />the ERF. The cities that responded to the survey ranked them as follows: <br />]. Paying for the costs of remediating the acquired land or property. <br />2. Paying the costs associated with remediating lands or property, which are polluted or <br />contaminated with hazardous substances. <br />3. Paying for the costs associated with improving the property for economic <br />development, recreational, housing, transportation or rail traffic. <br />4. Acquisition through purchase or condemnation of lands or property which are <br />polluted or contaminated with hazardous substances. <br />5. Paying the costs associated with indemnifying or holding hann]ess the entity taking <br />title to lands or property from any liability arising out of the ownership, remediation, <br />or use of the land or property. <br /> <br />(Additional information on the survey results is attached to this Board Action.) <br /> <br />3. How should policy direction and oversight of the ERF be handled? <br /> <br />If an ERF is established, Statute 383A.81, subd.l, states that "the board of county <br />commissioners shall administer the fund either as a county board, a housing and <br />redevelopment authority, or a regional rail authority." Currently, all three entities exist <br />in Ramsey County with corresponding administrative structures. The priorities and <br />criteria established by the Board, however, will determine whether or not there is <br />capacity in these areas to administrate the ERF. Consideration should be given to <br />keeping the ERF easy to administrate, so that the cost of administration is reasonable in <br />relation to collection and distribution of the funds (approximately ]0%). <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1- <br />