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Exhibit 2 <br />MN Statute Sections 469.124 - 469,134 <br />== 469.124 <br />469.124 Purpose. <br />The legislature finds that there is a need for new <br />development in areas of a city that are already built up in <br />order to provide employment opportunities, to improve the tax <br />baser and to improve the general economy of the state. <br />Therefore, cities are authorized to develop a program for <br />improving a district of the city to provide impetus for <br />commercial. development; to increase employment; to protect <br />pedestrians from vehicle traffic and inclement weather; to <br />provide the necessary linkage between peripheral parking <br />facilities and places of employment and shopping; to provide <br />off- street parking to serve the shoppers and employees of the <br />district; to provide open space relief within the district; and <br />to provide other facilities as are outlined in the development <br />program adopted by the governing body. The legislature declares <br />that the actions required to assist the implementation of these <br />development programs are a public purpose and that the execution <br />and financing of these programs are a public purpose, <br />HIST : 15s7 c 291 s 125 <br />== 469.125 <br />469.125 Definitions. <br />Subdivision 1. Generally. Ire sections 469,124 to <br />469.134, the terms defined in this section have the meanings <br />given them herein unless the context indicates a different <br />meaning. <br />subd. 2. City. "City" means any home rule charter or <br />statutory city. <br />Subd. 3. Development program. A "development <br />program" is a statement of obi e c t ive s of the city for <br />improvement of a development district which contains a statement <br />as to the public facilities to be constructed within the <br />district, the open space to be created, the environmental <br />controls to be applied, the proposed reuse of private property, <br />and the proposed operations of the district after the capital <br />improvements within the district have been completed. <br />subd. 4. Pedestrian skyway system. "Pedestrian <br />skyway system" means any system of providing for pedestrian <br />traffic circulation, mechanical or otherwise, elevated <br />aboveground, within and without the public right-of-way, and <br />through or above private property and buildings, and includes <br />overpasses, bridges, passageways, walkways, concourses, <br />hallways, corridors, arcades, courts, plazas, malls, elevators, <br />