Relating to local governmentARTICLE 1Creating the Koochiching county economic development commission, specifying membership and duties, authorizing closed meetings under certain conditions, requiring tape recording of the proceedings and classifying certain data, providing for the apportionment of a certain portion of occupation taxes formerly allocated to the small business development center economic development office at the Rainy River community college to the commission; authorizing and providing for the Yellow Medicine county board to establish an economic development authority, specifying powers and duties, authorizing the creation of economic development districts; authorizing counties outside the metropolitan area to form county economic development authorities or to grant housing and redevelopment authorities the powers of economic development authorities under certain conditions; authorizing counties by resolution to create local committees to recommend options for county economic development service providers, specifying certain membership and reporting requirements and recommendation restrictions; specifying the area of operation of the service providers and providing for cities adoption of resolutions to participate in or withdraw from participation in the area; providing for continued operation and functioning of existing city economic development authorities and county and multicounty HRAS ARTICLE 2Establishing a legislative advisory commission on Minnesota-Ontario matters to meet with a like commission of Ontario citizens to make recommendations relating to Minnesota-Ontario issues of mutual interest, specifying membership requirements (Ch. 484, 2000)