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1988; Tax Increment Financing District No. 5, which was created on April 24, 1990; or any other <br />TIF Districts established in the future in Development District No. 1; <br /> <br /> "Tax Increment Financing Act" or "TIF Act" means Minnesota Statutes {}469.174 through <br />§469.179, inclusive, as amended; <br /> <br /> "Tax Increment Financing Plan" or "Plan" means the TIF Plans, as modified, for TIF <br />District No. 1, TIF District No. 2, TtF District No. 4, TIF District No. 5, or the Plan or Plans that <br />may be adopted for TIF Districts located within Development District No. 1. <br /> <br />B. Statutory Authority. <br /> <br /> The City has determined that it is necessary, desirable, and in the public interest to <br />establish, designate, develop and 'administer a Development Program for Development District No. <br />I in the City, pursuant to the provisions of the Act. The City has also determined that the funding <br />of the necessary activities and improvements in Development District No. I shall be accomplished <br />in pan or in whole through tax increment financing in accordance with the TIF Act. <br /> <br />C. Statement of Public Purpose and Objectives. <br /> <br /> The City has found that there is a need for new development in a specific area of the City <br />and to encourage development, provide employment opportunities, improve the tax base and <br />improve the general economy of the City and the State. <br /> <br />The City seeks to achieve the following objectives through the Development Program: <br /> <br />Promote and secure the prompt development of property in Development Distr/ct <br />No. I in a manner consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and with minimal <br />adverse impact on the environment, which property is currently less productive <br />because of the lack of proper utilization and tack of investment; thus promoting and <br />securing the development of other land in the City; <br /> <br />Promote and secure additional employment opportunities within Development <br />District No. 1, and the City, for residents of the City and the surrounding area, <br />thereby, improving living standards and preventing unemployment and the loss of <br />skilled labor and other human resources in the City; <br /> <br />Secure the increase of property subject to taxation by the City, the County, Anoka- <br />Hennepin Independent School District No. 11, and other taxing jurisdictions in <br />order to better enable such entities to pay for public improvements and <br />governmental services and programs required to be provided by them; <br /> <br />Secure the construction and provide monies for the payment of the cost of public <br />activities or improvements in Development District No. 1, including site <br />improvements and installation of utilities, which are necessary for the orderly and <br />beneficial development of the Development District; <br /> <br />Promote the concentration of approphate development within Development District <br />No. 1 in order to maintain the area in a manner compatible with its accessibility and <br />prominence in the City; <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Encourage local business expansion, improvement, development and <br />redevelopment, when compatible with the Development Program; and <br /> <br />qO <br /> <br /> <br />