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or more types of TIF Districts may be designated. At the present time the City exercises its municipal and port authority powers within its Development District No. 1, which includes the City’s existing TIF Districts, and is governed by a Development Program. For the HRA to exercise its powers for development and redevelopment, it must first identify and designate a geographic area, to be identified as Redevelopment Project No. 1, and adopt a Redevelopment Plan before it can proceed with creating its TIF Districts. The City’s activities within its Development District No. 1 and the HRA’s activities within its Redevelopment Project No. 1 are legally separate. 3. A TIF District is a more specific geographic area in which the economic development, redevelopment, housing or pollution abatement activity is actually undertaken. Similar to the adoption of the Redevelopment Plan when Redevelopment Project No. 1 is established, a TIF Plan must be adopted when a TIF District is created. A TIF District may also (i) be coterminous with the Project Area; (ii) consist of a single parcel of land; or, (iii) consist of several contiguous or non-contiguous parcels of land. The different types of TIF Districts that may be established include: (i) housing; (ii) redevelopment; (iii) economic development; (iv) renewal and renovation; (v) soils condition; and, (vi) hazardous substance subdistrict. Although the notice requirements and TIF District qualifications and findings for each type of district differ, we will focus on creating a redevelopment TIF District. The following is an itemization of proceedings required by Minnesota Statutes, and assumes that the Project Area, the Redevelopment Plan, the TIF District and the TIF Plan are established and approved at the same time. The HRA identifies the geographic area to be created as Redevelopment Project No. 1. The HRA prepares a Redevelopment Plan for proposed Redevelopment Project No. 1. Although the HRA has adopted a Housing Plan, a more technical Redevelopment Plan as prescribed by Minnesota Statutes needs to be prepared if the HRA wishes to use tax increment financing. The HRA identifies the geographic area to be created as the TIF District. The HRA qualifies the proposed TIF District as redevelopment, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, and documents its findings. The HRA prepares a TIF Plan for the proposed TIF District. The HRA submits the Redevelopment Plan to the City and the City’s Planning Commission for review and comment. Page 2