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<br />4200 Gem Lake Road <br />Gem Lake, MN 55110 <br />(651) 747-2790 <br />city@gemlakemn.org <br /> <br />CITY OF GEM LAKE <br />RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2026-12 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION EXERCISING THE CITY’S AUTHORITY TO OPT-IN, AND SUPPORT, <br />THE RAMSEY COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (“EDA”) <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Commissioners of Ramsey County (“County”) and the City of Gem Lake City <br />Council (“City”) consider small businesses to the be backbone of stability and growth for their <br />respective local government and municipality; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the County and City also consider continued investment in small businesses as <br />critical for sustaining stability and growth in their respective local government and municipality; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the County sough special legislation from the State Legislature that expanded the <br />eligible uses of the County’s Housing and Redevelopment Authority (“HRA”); and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the special legislation, often referred to as the EDA Bill (“Bill”), expanded the use <br />of HRA levy funding to include entrepreneurship and business programming and necessitated the <br />creation of the Ramsey County Economic Development Authority; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the EDA Bill was approved by the legislature in 2025; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the EDA Bill contained two provisions, (1) the EDA would not have tax levy <br />authority and (2) Cities within the County’s HRA are of operation would be required to “Opt-In” <br />to business programming by the EDA; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Ramsey County Board of Commissioners Resolution B2025-229 dated <br />December 2, 2025, and to filing with the Secretary of State a Certificate of Approval of Special <br />Law by Governing Body (pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, 645.02 and 645.021) December 16, <br />2025, as Document No. 201254239, the County has legally established an EDA through which <br />the above-referenced funds and programs supporting small business in the City may flow; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the city supports the County in promoting growth and sustainability for small <br />businesses within its jurisdiction and therefore supports, and wishes to avail itself to, funding and <br />programs made available by the County’s EDA and deems it a positive mechanism for doing so; <br />and <br />