3. HRA ELECTRONIC MEETING NOTICE 05-04-2020Larry Toth Statement and Determination, as Chair of the Housing and Redevelopment
Authority in and for the City of Elk River, Minnesota Regarding Conducting Meetings by
Telephone or Other Electronic Means
As Chair of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Elk River, Minnesota
(the "HRA"), Minnesota, I fmd as follows:
a. The spread of COVID-19 in the United States and Minnesota has raised serious public health
concerns and resulted in a great deal of uncertainty. Much remains unknown about the virus
and how it spreads.
b.On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization determined that the COVID-19 outbreak
constitutes a pandemic. On March 13, 2020, President Trump declared a national state of
emergency as a result of the pandemic.
c.On March 13, 2020, Governor Tim Walz issued Emergency Executive Order 20-01 declaring
a state of peacetime emergency to address the COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota. The
Governor's Executive Order triggered activation of the County's emergency management plan
and enabled the County to exercise its emergency powers.
d.Mayor John Dietz of the City of Elk River, Minnesota declared a local emergency due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota.
e.On March 26, 2020, City Administrator Cal Portner declared that until further notice, or
until such time as the State of Minnesota determines to no longer be in a state of
emergency, all meetings of the HRA governed by Minnesota Statute, Section 13D shall be
conducted by telephone or other electronic means.
f.Minnesota Statutes, Section 13D.021 authorizes cities and other public bodies to meet by
telephone or other electronic means if the presiding officer, chief legal counsel, or chief
administrative officer determines that meeting in person or by interactive television is not
practical or prudent because of a health pandemic or an emergency has been declared. I
have consulted with the HRA's chieflegal counsel and chief administrative officer.
Based on the above findings, I determine as follows:
1.In accordance with the declarations of the Mayor and the City Administrator, until further
notice, all meetings of the HRA may be conducted by telephone or other electronic means in a
manner satisfying the requirements in Minnesota Statutes, Section 13D.021 and the
declarations of the Mayor and the City Administrator.
2.As is practical and feasible, the HRA will provide notice of how the public may listen to or
view meetings as they are being conducted, and the HRA will continue to make recordings of
its meetings available to the public.
3.All votes occurring at meetings in which all or some of the members are participating by
telephone or electronic means will be conducted by roll call.
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Dated: April 3, 2020.
Chair, Larry Toth
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