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City of Mounds View TIF Distric t No. 3 Modification 13 | P a g e or other site preparation on that parcel including improvement of a street adjacent to that parcel, in accordance with the tax increment financing plan, the authority shall certify to the county auditor in the annual disclosure report that the activity has commenced. The county auditor shall certify the assessed value thereof as most recently certified by the commissioner of revenue and add it to the original assessed value of the tax increment financing district. R. Limitation on the Use of Tax Increment All revenues derived from tax increment shall be used in accordance with the tax increment financing plan. The revenues shall be used to finance or otherwise pay public redevelopment costs pursuant Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 469. These revenues shall not be used to circumvent existing levy limit law. No revenues derived from tax increment shall be used for the construction or renovation of a municipal owned building used primarily and regularly for conducting the business of the municipality; this provisio n shall not prohibit the use of revenues derived from tax increments for the construction or renovation of a parking structure, a commons area used as a public park or a facility used for social, recreational or conference purposes and not primarily for co nducting the business of the municipality. S. Notification of Prior Planned Improvements Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 469.177, Subdivision 4, the City has reviewed and searched the properties to be included in the tax increment financing redevelopment district and found no properties for which building permits have been issued during the 18 months immediately preceding approval of the tax increment financing plan by the city. If the building permit had been issued within the 18 month period preceding approval of the tax increment financing plan by the city, the county auditor shall increase the original assessed value of the district by the assessed valuation of the improvements for which the building permit was issued, EXCLUDING THE ASSESSED VALUATION OF IMPROVEMENTS FOR WHICH A BUILDING PERMIT WAS ISSUED DURING THE THREE MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SAID APPROVAL OF THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PLAN BY THE CITY COUNCIL. T. Excess Tax Increments Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 469.176, Subdivision 2, in any year in which the tax increment exceeds the amount necessary to pay the costs authorized by the tax increment plan, including the amount necessary to cancel any tax levy as provided in Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.61, Subdivision 3, the City shall use the excess amount to: 1. Prepay the outstanding bonds; 2. Discharge the pledge of tax increment therefore; 3. Pay into an escrow account dedicated to the payment of such bond;