469.131 ADMINISTRATION.
The governing body of a city may create a department or designate an existing department,
office, or agency or city housing or redevelopment authority, to administer all districts authorized
under sections
469.124 to
469.134. The head of this department may, subject to rules and
limitations adopted by the governing body, be granted the following powers:
(1) to acquire property or easements through negotiation;
(2) to enter into operating contracts on behalf of the city for operation of any of the facilities
authorized to be constructed under the terms of sections
469.124 to
469.134;
(3) to lease space to private individuals or corporations within the buildings constructed
under the terms of sections
469.124 to
469.134;
(4) to lease or sell land and to lease or sell air rights over structures constructed under
the authority of sections
469.124 to
469.134;
(5) to enter into contracts for construction of the several facilities or portion thereof
authorized under sections
469.124 to
469.134;
(6) to contract with the housing and redevelopment authority of the city for the administration
of any or all of the provisions of sections
469.124 to
469.134;
(7) to certify to the governing body for acquisition through eminent domain property that
cannot be acquired by negotiation but is required for implementation of the development program;
(8) to certify to the governing body the amount of funds, if any, which must be raised through
sale of bonds to finance the program for development districts; and
(9) to apply for grants from the United States of America and from other sources.
History: 1987 c 291 s 132