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MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL PAGE EIGHT MAY 31, 1990 school districts to avoid conflicts. Cities WiF] be the last of the three groups to schedule hearings and are required to do so between August 20 and September 1 on dates that are not in conflict with the county or school district's hearing dates. The requirement for newspaper advertisements has been eased somewhat in that the ads must appear in "...an official newspaper of general circulation in the taxing authority... of general interest and readership... published at least once per week... (and) must not be placed in the part of the newspaper where legal notices and classified ads appear." This will allow the City to publish an ad in the New Brighton Bulletin rather than the Minneapolis Star. The County will be required to mail generic property tax notices, see Attachment No. 2 to each property owner registered in the County. Beginning in 1991 for budget year 1992, Ramsey County will be required to send out specific notices. The Legislature had previously appropriated $1.4 million to reimburse counties for the notices sent out in 1990 for budget year 1991. If the County costs for the preparation and mailing of the notices exceeds the state funding distribution, the excess costs will be shared among all of the participating local governments. 2. Tax Increment Financing - Although many signficant changes were made to the Tax Increment Financing Law, most of them will not affect our current districts. As it relates to new districts, however, the Law is so prohibitive that it would be unlikely for the City to be able to create new districts or make any additional boundary changes to existing districts. Those changes which will affect the City's districts are as follows, County administrative and road costs - Counties are to be reimbursed for administrative costs and improvements to