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(3) the estimated cost of the improvement; (4) the available public resources; (5) the level of overlapping debt in the municipality; (6) the relative benefits and costs of alternative uses of the funds; (7) operating costs of the proposed improvements; and (8) alternatives for providing services most efficiently through shared facilities with other municipalities or local government units. (b) The capital improvement plan and annual amendments to it must be approved by the governing body after public hearing. Subd. 4. Limitations on amount. A municipality may not issue bonds under this section if the maximum amount of principal and interest to become due in any year on all the outstanding bonds issued under this section, including the bonds to be issued, will equal or exceed 0.16 percent of the estimated market value of property in the municipality. Calculation of the limit must be made using the estimated market value for the taxes payable year in which the obligations are issued and sold. In the case of a municipality with a population of 2,500 or more, the bonds are subject to the net debt limits under section 475.53. In the case of a shared facility in which more than one municipality participates, upon compliance by each participating municipality with the requirements of subdivision 2, the limitations in this subdivision and the net debt represented by the bonds shall be allocated to each participating municipality in proportion to its required financial contribution to the financing of the shared facility, as set forth in the joint powers agreement relating to the shared facility. This section does not limit the authority to issue bonds under any other special or general law. Subd. 5. Application of this chapter. Bonds to finance capital improvements qualifying under this section must be issued under the issuance authority in this chapter and the provisions of this chapter apply, except as otherwise specifically provided in this section. History: 2003 c 127 art 12 s 16; 1Sp2003 c 21 art 10 s 11; 2005 c 152 art 1 s 27-30; 2013 c 143 art 12 s 15,16; art 14 s 99 Copyright © 2016 by the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved. 2MINNESOTA STATUTES 2016475.521