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City of Elk River, Minnesota Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors, LLC Page 8 (5) return excess tax increments to the County Auditor for redistribution to the City, County and School District. Tax increment from property located in one county must be expended for the direct and primary benefit of a project located within that county, unless the county board involved waives this requirement. Tax increment shall not be used to circumvent levy limitations applicable to the City. Tax increment derived from the TIF District must be used solely to finance the cost of housing projects (including administrative expenses and public improvement costs) as defined in Section 469.174, Subdivision 11 of the TIF Act and subject to the requirements set forth in Section 469.1761 of the TIF Act. Tax increment shall not be used to finance the acquisition, construction, renovation, operation, or maintenance of a building to be used primarily and regularly for conducting the business of a municipality, county, school district, or any other local unit of government or the State or federal government. Further, tax increment may not be used to finance: a commons area used as a public park; facilities used for social or recreational purposes (whether public or private); or publicly-owned facilities used for conference purposes; provided that tax increment may be used for a privately owned conference facility, and for parking structures whether public or privately owned and whether or not they are ancillary to one of the otherwise prohibited uses described above. If there exists any type of agreement or arrangement providing for the developer, or other beneficiary of assistance, to repay all or a portion of the assistance that was paid or financed with tax increments, such payments shall be subject to all of the restrictions imposed on the use of tax increments. Assistance includes sale of property at less than the cost of acquisition or fair market value, grants, ground or other leases at less then fair market rent, interest rate subsidies, utility service connections, roads, or other similar assistance that would otherwise be paid for by the developer or beneficiary. Section R Excess Tax Increment Beginning with the sixth year after certification of the TIF District, any year in which the tax increments from the TIF District exceed the amount necessary to pay the estimated public costs authorized by the TIF Plan, the City shall use the excess tax increments to: (1) prepay any outstanding tax increment bonds; (2) discharge the pledge of tax increments thereof; (3) pay amounts into an escrow account dedicated to the payment of the tax increment bonds; or (4) return excess tax increments to the County Auditor for redistribution to the City, County and School District. The County Auditor must report to the Commissioner of Education the amount of any excess tax increment redistributed to the School District within 30 days of such redistribution. Section S Tax Increment Pooling and the Five-Year Rule As permitted under Minnesota Statutes section 469.1763, subd. 2(b) and subd. 3(a)(5), any expenditures of increment from the TIF District to pay the cost of a “housing project” as defined in Minnesota Statutes section 469.174, subd. 11 will be treated as an expenditure within the