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QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: The properties were surveyed and evaluated to ascertain whether the qualification tests for Tax Increment eligibility for a Renewal and Renovation District required under the following Minnesota Statutes, could be met. Minnesota Statue Section 469.174, Subdivision 10a, Clause (1) requires three (3) tests for occupied parcels. Coverage Test — "Parcels consisting of 70% percent of the area of the district are occupied by buildings, streets, utilities, paved or gravel parking lots, or other similar structures. Note: The coverable required by the parcel to be considered occupied is defined under Minnesota Statue 469.174, Subdivision 10, Clause (c) which states — "For purposes of this subdivision, a parcel which is not occupied by buildings, streets, utilities, paved or gravel parking lots, or other similar structures unless 15 percent of the area of the parcel contains buildings, streets, utilities, paved or gravel parking lots, or other similar structures." Condition of Buildings Test — "20 percent of the buildings are structurally substandard and 30 percent of the other buildings require substantial renovation or clearance to remove existing conditions such as: inadequate street layout, incompatible uses or land use relationships, overcrowding of buildings on the land, excessive dwelling unit density, obsolete buildings not suitable for improvement or conversion, or other identified hazards to the health, safety, and general well -being of the community." Note: Structurally substandard is defined under Minnesota Statue Section 469.174, Subdivision 10, Clause (b) which states: "For purposes of this subdivision "Structurally Substandard" shall mean containing defects in structural elements or a combination of deficiencies in essential utilities and facilities, light and ventilation, fire protection including adequate egress, layout and condition of interior partitions, or similar factors, which defects or deficiencies are of significant total significance to justify substantial renovation or clearance." Structurally substandard is further defined in the statue under Subdivision 10, Clause (c) which states: "A building is not structurally substandard if it is in compliance with building code applicable to new buildings or could be modified to satisfy the building code at a cost of less than 15 percent of the cost of constructing a new structure of the same square footage and type on the site. The municipality may find that a building is not disqualified as structurally substandard under the preceding sentence on the basis of reasonably available evidence, such as the size, type, and age of the building, the average cost of the plumbing, electrical, or structural repairs, or other similar reliable evidence." "Items of evidence that support such a conclusion (that the building is structurally substandard) include recent fire or police inspections. On -site property appraisals or housing inspections, or other similar reliable evidence." 9