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City of Elk River, Minnesota SPRINGSTED Page 2 "TIF District" means Tax Increment Financing (Redevelopment) District No. 24. "TIF Plan" means the tax increment financing plan for the TIF District (this document). Section B Statutory Authorization See the Development Program for the Development District. Section C Statement of Need and Public Purpose See the Development Program for the Development District. Section D Statement of Objectives See the Development Program for the Development District. Section E Designation of Tax Increment Financing District as a Redevelopment District Redevelopment districts are a type of tax increment financing district in which one or more of the following conditions exists and is reasonably distributed throughout the district: (1) parcels comprising at least 70% of the area of the district are occupied by buildings, streets, utilities, paved or gravel parking lots, or other similar structures and more than 50% of the buildings, not including outbuildings, are structurally substandard requiring substantial renovation or clearance. A parcel is deemed "occupied" if at least 15% of the area of the parcel contains buildings, streets, utilities, paved or gravel parking lots, or other similar structures. (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; or (3) tank facilities, or property whose immediately previous use was for tank facilities, as defined in section 115C.02, subdivision 15, if the tank facilities: (i) have or had a capacity of more than 1,000,000 gallons; (ii) are located adjacent to rail facilities; and (iii) have been removed or are unused, underused, inappropriately used, or infrequently used. 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. An analysis was completed by LHB to make this determination. "Structurally substandard" is defined as buildings containing defects or deficiencies in structural elements, essential utilities and facilities, light and ventilation, fire protection (including egress),