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The State of Minnesota is clear about the minimum threshold of code <br /> deficiencies that must be met in order to consider a building substandard. <br /> After meeting the minimum code deficiency threshold, the Statutes state <br /> that defects or deficiencies should be of sufficient total significance to <br /> justify substantial renovation or clearance." Based on this definition, we <br /> re-evaluated each of the 19 buildings that met the code deficiency <br /> threshold to determine if the total deficiencies warranted "substantial <br /> renovation or clearance". After this re-evaluation, we removed three of <br /> the buildings from the substandard list, lowering the percent of <br /> substandard buildings from 70 percent to 59.3 percent. These were <br /> typically buildings that had substantial code issues (not life threatening), <br /> but had solid structures and recent upgrades to finishes or exterior <br /> envelopes, making it economically possible to renovate. <br /> It should be noted that there were two buildings in the District which in <br /> our opinion,were substandard,but did not meet the minimum code <br /> deficiency threshold. An example of this is the City's Public Works cold <br /> storage facility(Figure 1). This building is a simple pole barn which <br /> would easily meet the definition of substandard(29.2 percent total <br /> deficiencies), except because of its simple nature and use,has only 4.8 <br /> percent in code deficiencies,making it ineligible to be defined as <br /> substandard. <br /> 5 � <br /> Figure 1 <br /> Finding: <br /> 16 of the 27 buildings (59.3 percent) are substandard according to the statutory criteria <br /> for Tax Increment Redevelopment Districts. <br /> Page 7 <br />