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50 MINNESOTA STATUTES 2010 469.050 • Subd. 5. Marginal property. "Marginal property" means property that suffers from at least one of the conditions in this subdivision: (1) faulty planning causing deterioration, disuse, or economic dislocation; (2)the subdividing and sale of lots too small and irregular for good use and development; (3)lots laid out without regard to their physical characteristics and surrounding conditions; (4) inadequate streets, open spaces, and utilities; (5) areas that may flood; (6) lower values, damaged investments, and social and economic maladjustment reducing taxpaying capacity to the extent that tax receipts are too low to pay for the public services rendered; (7) lack of use or improper use of areas, resulting in stagnant or unproductive land that could contribute to the public health, safety and welfare; (8) lower population and reduction of proper use of areas causing more decline, and requiring more public money for new public facilities and public services elsewhere; (9)property valuation too low to establish a local improvement district to construct and install streets, walks, sewers, water and other utilities; (10) lands within an industrial area not used for industry but needed for industrial development of the area; and • (11) state-acquired tax-forfeited land. Subd. 6. City. "City" means a home rule charter or statutory city. History: 1987 c 291 s 49 469.049 ESTABLISHMENT; CHARACTERISTICS. Subdivision 1. Saint Paul,Duluth; establishment. The Port Authority of Saint Paul and the seaway port authority of Duluth are established. The Seaway Port Authority of Duluth may also be known as the Duluth Seaway Port Authority. Subd. 2. Public body characteristics.A port authority is a body politic and corporate with the right to sue and be sued in its own name. A port authority is a governmental subdivision under section 282.01. A port authority carries out an essential governmental function of the state when it exercises its power, but the authority is not immune from liability because of this. History: 1987 c 291 s 50; 1999 c 68 s 1 469.050 COMMISSIONERS; TERMS,VACANCIES,PAY,CONTINUITY. Subdivision 1. Saint Paul. The Port Authority of Saint Paul consists of seven commissioners,two of whom must be members of the city council. The mayor shall appoint the commissioners with the consent of the city council. • Subd. 2. Duluth. The Seaway Port Authority of Duluth consists of seven commissioners: three appointed by the Duluth city council; two by the St. Louis County board; and two by the governor. Copyright©2010 by the Office of the Revisor of Statutes,State of Minnesota.All Rights Reserved.