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<br />e <br /> <br />d.) To provide financing for public improvements within the <br />Development District as found by the City Council to be necessary or <br />appropriate to meet the purposes of the Development District. <br /> <br />The TIF Plans state that tax increment generated by the TIF Districts <br />will be used for public improvements and facilities determined by the City <br />Council to be necessary and appropriate to meet the purposes of the <br />Development Program. The City Council has determined that financing a <br />portion of the Public Library expansion with tax increment funds identified <br />in this Modification is necessary and appropriate to meet the purposes of the <br />Development District, because: <br /> <br />a.) The provision of adequate public facilities, including a library <br />facility, is a necessary and appropriate element in the overall <br />development of the City. <br /> <br />b.) The financing of a public facility (such as a public library) with <br />tax increment funds in consistent with the TIF Statute, which permits <br />such an expenditure on a facility used for social, recreational, or <br />conference purposes. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />2.) Property to be Acauired. No property is proposed to be acquired <br />by the City in the TIF Districts or within Development District No. 1 as a <br />result of this Modification. <br /> <br />3.) Development Activities - <br /> <br />a.) Private Development Activitv . No private development <br />activities within Development District No. 1 will occur as a result of <br />this Modification. <br /> <br />b.) Public Development Activities - Public development activities <br />will include the construction of an approximately 4,400 square foot <br />expansion to the Elk River Public Library, 413 Proctor Avenue NW. <br />The cost of the expansion and limited remodeling of the existing <br />building is estimated at $550,000, of which approximately $177,000 <br />will be paid by tax increment funds (expansion expenses only). In <br />addition, $51,000 of future tax increment will be pledged to pay debt <br />service on the $255,000 G.O. Tax Increment bond to be issued for this <br />project. <br /> <br />e <br />