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06/15/00 15:48 FAX 6512233002 SPRINGSTED INC. MEMORANDUM i To:Paul Steinman,Planning and Community Development, Springsted Corp., From Tom Goodoier),Consulting Subject:Feasibility of Creating a Redevelopment District in the Area of the Westerly frontage of the intersection of County Road D and Silver Lake Road Located in the Municipal boundary lines of the City of St. Anthony,W. Proposed creation of a new Redevelopment and Tax Increment Financing District( Tom. ]Eligibility Analysis For Apache Plaza Shopping Center Development Project Pursuant to my reconnaissance of the Proposed decertified/re certified Redevelopment Project Area of the City of St. Anthony,Mn,generally described as follows: geographically along the westerly frontage of Silver lake Road and County Road D including the Apache.Plaza Shopping Center and the Taco Bell Fast food Store. The proposed project boundary could be classified as a blighted area in accordance with the statutory criteria for finding a Redevelopment Project area described as follows: • Essentially the subject property appears to conform with the statutory criteria for a Redevelopment Project in accordance with the Laws of Minnesota Section 469.002. Subdivision 11(The Housing Redevelopment Authorities Act)wherein blight is defined as"any area with buildings or improvements, which by reason of dilapidation,obsolescence,lack of sanitary 'facilities ,excess land coverage or vacant land,deleterious land use,or obsolete layout,or any combination of these or other factors,that are detrimental to the safety,health morals or welfare of the community". The property that may be treated,includes the above parameter of property described with reasonable specificity,and exhibits the deficiencies that warrant substantial renovation or clearance that were found and that could qualify the area for the proposed redevelopment activity in the Plan. The proposed project meets the area wide specific test in as much as the deficiencies found are reasonably distributed throughout the entire project area and after deliberate in depth analysis the Municipality could adopt a Redevelopment District after establishing a finding of structurally substandard for Redevelopment-Tax Increment Financing District(T1F) The additional documentation has been prepared in accordance with eligibility contained in the Redevelopment Act.(see below*) The conclusion reached is the approximately 1,500,000 square feet(35.5 acre) property site is structurally and environmentally blighted,effected by a major trafficked County Hwy.and the design defects inherent in distressed buildings(cantilevered hyperbolic inverted umbrella type supporting columns)and that these vacant uses are incompatible with fundamental land use patterns. (general commercial uses is the predominant land use identified on the City's Comprehensive Plan). • IAnnmp-Wa Canmunity OwdloP-ont Agency