VII.2. Resolution Approving the Proposed 2026 HRAEDA Tax Levy; Bishop
CITY OF HOPKINS
City Council Report 2025-139
To: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
Mike Mornson, City Manager
From: Nick Bishop, Finance Director
Date: September 16, 2025
Subject: Approve Proposed 2026 HRA/EDA Tax Levy
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
MOTION TO Approve Resolution 2025-053 Approving the Proposed 2026 HRA/EDA
Tax Levy
OVERVIEW
The City is required to certify a proposed HRA/EDA tax levy and submit it to Hennepin
County by September 30th. There are levy limits based on 0.1850% of the City’s
estimated market value. The market value used for the 2026 levy is $2,974,091,600,
resulting in a maximum tax levy of $551,750 which would be an increase of $40,104 or
7.84% from 2025.
Tax Year
Maximum
Allowable Levy
HRA/EDA
Levy $ Increase % Increase
2021 407,727 378,070 10,119 2.75%
2022 434,750 391,302 13,232 3.50%
2023 451,531 451,531 60,229 15.39%
2024 497,414 487,653 36,122 8.00%
2025 526,794 511,646 23,993 4.92%
2026-Proposed 551,750 551,750 40,104 7.84% The HRA/EDA Levy is the main revenue source for the City’s Economic Development
Fund and plays an important role in the City’s continued efforts for redevelopment. The
fund also supports Artstreet, the Arts Center, the Façade Improvement program,
marketing efforts and will support the ACE program beginning in 2026. The HRA/EDA
levy is a separate levy and appears on tax statements under Other Taxing Districts.
Staff is recommending that City Council set the levy at $551,750, which is an increase
of $40,104 or 7.84%. The percentage increase is less than the proposed increase to the
City of Hopkins Levy.
SUPPORTING INFORMATION
• Resolution 2025-053
Finance Department
CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2025-0053
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PROPOSED
2026 HRA/EDA TAX LEVY
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Hopkins
hereby approves that the following sum be levied for 2026 upon the taxable property in
the City of Hopkins, for the following purposes.
HRA/EDA Levy
Housing & Redevelopment Authority Levy $551,750
That the levy is less than the maximum allowable based on 0.01850% of market value
as allowed by law for the City’s Economic Development purposes.
BE FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby ordered and directed to
transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the County Auditor of Hennepin County,
Minnesota.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Hopkins this 16th day of September, 2025.
By:___________________________
Patrick Hanlon, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Amy Domeier, City Clerk