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LAW OFFICES <br /> BRIGGS AND MORGAN <br /> IIIPROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION <br /> 2200 FIRST NATIONAL BANE BUILDING <br /> SAINT PAUL,MINNESOTA 55101 <br /> TELEPHONE (6121 223-8600 <br /> FACSIMILE (6121 223-6460 <br /> MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE <br /> February 9, 1996 2400 IDS CENTEB <br /> wRITER,S DIRECT DIAL NUMBER JIINNEAPOLIS.:iL�7NESOTA gg402 <br /> TELEPHONE 1612)334-8400 <br /> FACSIMILE(612)334-8660 <br /> (612) 223-6420 <br /> Catherine Bennett <br /> Economic Development Coordinator <br /> City of Mounds View <br /> Mounds View City Hall <br /> 2401 Highway 10 <br /> Mounds View, Minnesota 55112-1499 <br /> Re: Bei Rae Ballroom/Conversion to Community Center 1 <br /> . Dear Cathy: - <br /> You have asked for an opinion on whether the Mounds View Economic Development <br /> Authority could use available tax increment revenues from its "Mounds View Economic <br /> Development Project" to acquire the Bel Rae Ballroom and convert it into a community <br /> center. <br /> I understand that the anticipated uses would be youth and senior activities, possibly <br /> continuing education activities (perhaps including participation by local school districts), <br /> occasional rental availability to the public for various events, and general park and <br /> recreational uses. <br /> I also understand that this use or one similar to it is currently a part of the pending <br /> Highway 10 Redevelopment Plan. <br /> Assuming that the EDA Board is of the belief that this acquisition and use would be <br /> consistent with and in furtherance of the stated development and redevelopment goals, I <br /> believe that available tax increments could legally be used for those purposes, subject to the <br /> qualification mentioned below. I note also in this connection that one of the goals stated <br /> in the "Project Plan" adopted as of May 9, 1994, by both the Council and the EDA Board <br /> was the development of community and other public service centers. <br /> • I have only two caveats. The first, I suppose, is somewhat political in nature in that <br /> there seems to be at least some concern among State Legislators over what is sometimes <br /> perceived to be an indiscriminate use of tax increment revenues for special-purpose (and <br /> sometimes elaborate) recreational or similar facilities, particularly those that are seen to be <br /> more discretionary in nature or suitable for financing by more traditional means. I'm not <br />