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City of Elk River, Minnesota (2) the property consists of vacant, unused, underused, inappropriately used, or infrequently used railyards, rail storage facilities, or excessive or vacated railroad right- of-ways. For districts consisting of two more noncontiguous areas, each area must individually qualify under the provisions listed above, as well as the entire area must also qualify as a whole. The TIF District qualifies as a redevelopment district in that it meets all of the criteria listed in (1) above. The supporting facts and documentation for this determination will be retained by the City for the life of the TIF District and are available to the public upon request. "Structurally substandard" is defined as buildings containing defects or deficiencies in structural elements, essential utilities and facilities, light and ventilation, fire protection (including egress), layout and condition of interior partitions, or similar factors. A building is not structurally substandard if it is in compliance with the building code applicable to a new building, or could be modified to satisfy the existing code at a cost of less than 15% of the cost of constructing a new structure of the same size and type. A city may not find that a building is structurally substandard without an interior inspection, unless it can not gain access to the property and there exists evidence which supports the structurally substandard finding. Such evidence includes recent fire or police inspections, on- site property tax appraisals or housing inspections, exterior evidence of deterioration, or other similar reliable evidence. A parcel is deemed to be occupied by a structurally substandard building if the following conditions are met: (1) the parcel was occupied by a substandard building within a three-year period prior to the parcels inclusion in the district; and (2) if the substandard building was demolished or removed within the three year period, such demolition or removal was performed or financed by the City, or was performed by a developer under a development agreement with the City. In addition, the City must have found by resolution before such demolition or removal occurred that the building was structurally substandard and that the City intended to include the parcel in the TIF District. In the case of (2) above, the County Auditor shall certify the original net tax capacity of the parcel to be the greater of (a) the current tax capacity of the parcel, or (b) a computed' tax capacity of the parcel using the estimated market value of the parcel for the year in which the demolition or removal occurred, and the appropriate classification rate(s) for the current year. At least 90 percent of the tax increment from a redevelopment district must be used to finance the cost of correcting conditions that allow designation as a redevelopment district. These costs include, but are not limited to, acquiring properties containing structurally substandard buildings or improvements or hazardous substances, acquiring adjacent parcels necessary to provide a site of sufficient size to permit development, demolition and rehabilitation of structures, clearing of land, removal of hazardous substances, and installation of utilities, roads, sidewalks, and parking facilities for the site. The allocated administrative expenses of the authority may be included in the qualifying costs. • SPRINGSTED Page 2