Agenda - Council Work Session - 05/13/2014

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District, at least 100% of the tax increments must be used to pay outstanding bonds or make contractual payments obligated within the first ten years. When outstanding bonds have been defeased and sufficient money has been set aside to pay for such contractual obligations, the TIF District must be decertified. The Authority does not anticipate that tax increments will be spent outside of the TIF District, except for allowable administrative expenses, in accordance with subdivision (e). Section T Limitation on Administrative Expenses Administrative expenses are defined as all costs of the Authority other than: (1) amounts paid for the purchase of land; (2) amounts paid for materials and services, including architectural and engineering services directly connected with the physical development of the real property in the project; (3) (4) amounts used to pay principal or interest on, fund a reserve for, or sell at a discount bonds issued pursuant to section 469.178; or ( relocation benefits paid to, or services provided for, persons residing or businesses located in the project; amounts used to pay other financial obligations to the extent those obligations were used to finance costs described in clause (1) to (3). Administrative expenses include amounts paid for services provided by bond counsel, fiscal consultants, planning or economic development consultants, and actual costs incurred by the County in administering the TIF District. Tax increments may be used to pay administrative expenses of the TIF District up to the lesser of (a) 10% of the total estimated tax increment expenditures authorized by the TIF Plan or (b) 10% of the total tax increment for the project. Section U Limitation on Property Not Subject to Improvements- Four Year Rule If after four years from certification of the TIF District no demolition, rehabilitation, renovation, or qualified improvement of an adjacent street has commenced on a parcel located within the TIF District, then that parcel shall be excluded from the TIF District and the original net tax capacity shall be adjusted accordingly. Qualified improvements of a street are limited to construction or opening of a new street, relocation of a street, or substantial reconstruction or rebuilding of an existing street. The City must submit to the County Auditor, by February 1 of the fifth year, evidence that the required activity has taken place for each parcel in the TIF District. If a parcel is excluded from the TIF District and the Authority or owner of the parcel subsequently commences any of the above activities, the City shall certify to the County Auditor that such activity has commenced and the parcel shall once again be included in the TIF District. The County Auditor shall certify the net tax capacity of the parcel, as most recently certified by the Commissioner of Revenue, and add such amount to the original net tax capacity of the TIF District. The City proposes to seek special legislation to provide for an exemption from or redefinition of the requirements of Minnesota Statutes Chapter 469.176 Subdivision 6. City of Ramsey Modification to the Tax Increment Financing Plan for Tax Increment Financing District No. 14 15