11-08-2018 Planning Commission Packet

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City of Little Canada Tax Increment Financing Plan for Tax Increment Financing District No. 7-2 2-2 capital improvements within Development District No. 7 have been completed. Subsection 2-5. Description of Property in the District and Property To Be Acquired The District encompasses all property and adjacent rights-of-way and abutting roadways identified by the parcels listed in Appendix C of this TIF Plan. Please also see the map in Appendix B for further information on the location of the District. Subsection 2-6. Classification of the District The City, in determining the need to create a tax increment financing district in accordance with M.S., Sections 469.174 to 469.1794, as amended, inclusive, finds that the District, to be established, is an economic development district pursuant to M.S., Section 469.174, Subd. 12 as defined below: "Economic development district" means a type of tax increment financing district which consists of any project, or portions of a project, which the authority finds to be in the public interest because: (1) it will discourage commerce, industry, or manufacturing from moving their operations to another state or municipality; or (2) it will result in increased employment in the state; or (3) it will result in preservation and enhancement of the tax base of the state; or (4) it satisfies the requirements of a workforce housing project under Section 469.176, Subdivision 4c, paragraph (d). The District is in the public interest because it will meet the statutory requirement from clauses 2 and 3. Pursuant to M.S., Section 469.176, Subd. 4c, revenue derived from tax increment from an economic development district may not be used to provide improvements, loans, subsidies, grants, interest rate subsidies, or assistance in any form to developments consisting of buildings and ancillary facilities, if more than 15 percent of the buildings and facilities (determined on the basis of square footage) are used for a purpose other than: (1) The manufacturing or production of tangible personal property, including processing resulting in the change in condition of the property; (2) Warehousing, storage, and distribution of tangible personal property, excluding retail sales; (3) Research and development related to the activities listed in items (1) or (2); (4) Telemarketing if that activity is the exclusive use of the property; or (5) Tourism facilities; (6) Space necessary for and related to the activities listed in items (1) to (5); or (7) A workforce housing project that satisfies the requirements of paragraph (d). In meeting the statutory criteria the City relies on the following facts and findings: Pursuant to M.S., Section 469.176, Subd. 7, the District does not contain any parcel or part of a parcel that qualified under the provisions of M.S., Sections 273.111, 273.112, or 273.114 or Chapter 473H for taxes payable in any of the five calendar years before the filing of the request for certification of the District. Subsection 2-7. Duration and First Year of Tax Increment of the District Pursuant to M.S., Section 469.175, Subd. 1, and M.S., Section 469.176, Subd. 1, the duration of the District must be indicated within the TIF Plan. Pursuant to M.S., Section 469.176, Subd. 1b., the duration of the