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e. The project shall serve at least two of the following public purposes: • Creation of jobs with livable wages and benef Ls. • • Increase of tax base. COPY• Enhancement or diversification of the city's e • Industrial development that will spur additio ial pi i v ate investment in the area. • Fulfillment of the City's Strategic Plan for Economic Development. • Removal of blight or the rehabilitation of a high profile or priority site. V. SUBSIDY AGREEMENT & REPORTING REQUIRMENTS All developers/businesses receiving tax increment financing assistance from the City of Elk River shall be subject to the provisions and requirements set forth by state statute 116J.993 and summarized below. All developers/businesses receiving TIF assistance shall enter into a subsidy agreement with the City of Elk River that identifies: the reason for the subsidy, the public purpose served by the subsidy, and the goals for the subsidy, as well as other criteria set forth by statute 116J.993. The developer/business shall file a report annually for two years after the date the benefit is received or until all goals set forth in the application and performance agreement have been meet, whichever is later. Reports shall be completed using the format drafted by the State of Minnesota and shall be filed with the City of Elk River no later than March 1 of each year for the previous calendar year. Businesses fulfilling job creation requirements must file a report to that effect with the city within 30 days of meeting the requirements. The developer/business owner shall maintain and operate its facility at the site where TIF assistance is used for a period of five years after the benefit is received. In addition to attaining or exceeding the jobs and wages goals set forth in the Subsidy Agreement, the applicant shall meet the qualifications set forth in Section IV of this document. Developers /Businesses failing to comply with the above provisions will be subject to fines, repayment requirements, and be deemed ineligible by the State of Minnesota to receive any loans or grants from public entities for a period of five years. S 6