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MONDAY,DECEMBER 11.9 1.9.95 :� 'f` 4"�` -'" : f' ' .t+r'Sf�RTRiBUNE-PAGBA8
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<br /> The city's share of that would small portion of the$8.9 million
<br /> ;, amount to$680,000 to$850,000,'.* the'ttistr(ct will get from taxes this -
<br /> mall: tax=Vund�eases tie up' ' over the three-year period.: year, but other mall cases will
<br /> Bloomington schools'loss would probably increase that revenue
<br /> ' millions in city school funds be more than 2!4 times that loss. Plus, at a time when the
<br /> amount.. district's revenues are being re- r
<br /> Even the Metropolitan Mos- duced$2.5 million by the state.
<br /> The city of Roseville lost$1.1 narlo In which the value'of the .quito Control District hasn't es- 'any additional loss is rubbing salt
<br /> 'talllton from the Rosedale case, 'mail was reduced`10•percent a 'taped unscathed Into the wounds.
<br /> and Roseville schools lost$1.2 mll year for three.years,•that would `, The district,which covers the ,:. The Rosedale settlement alone i
<br /> Ilon "' translate Into S4'mllllon'to i5:;seven county metro area,stands would fund one of the district's
<br /> •'Obvloucly,$1.1'milllon is no...'million In total lost tax revenues, _to lose revenues on any and all of part-time summer."Inspectors.'
<br /> little:thing,''said Roseville-B said Lyle Olson,Bloomington dl the mall refund cases.' whose lob It Is to do the actual ^-•^
<br /> 'nance director lid Burrell:`•;':•'••'' . 'rector of finance and adminlstra- :" Its share of the Rosedale settle- ,mosquito control field work,said
<br /> %s,:No'clty.or school•district Is Live servtces.":< ,' '" '• ! entIs$7,395.Certainly,,that's a.cilstrictspokesmanllmStark
<br /> going to go broke from'contribut•
<br /> •Ing to mall tax refunds:But mon- r:• is.: -.
<br /> !.ey lost'or salted'away is money
<br /> that cities'and school districts
<br /> :would Justus soon put to other
<br /> uses—decreasing class sizes,Lm-
<br /> proving city streets and keeping
<br /> taxes In line,for instance
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<br /> In cofut for yews-f-
<br /> Rosedale .,.•-. r . n
<br /> 1? ' Rosedale and Southdale-are ; One•
<br /> .,e-still in court, seeking-more re-
<br /> .-,',funds for additional years.Plus, _ ,.. . .
<br /> the fact that most mall tax cases
<br /> are pending means that many.cit-' ,,- ::a'•-='
<br /> tes and school districts must set
<br /> aside hundreds of thousands of
<br /> :•dollars to cover possible future -
<br /> refunds.Such cases could stretch ,
<br /> ..out for years,with malls perenni-
<br /> ally'claLming they are overtaxed
<br /> •and filing petitions for refunds "`
<br /> with the Minnesota Tax Court.
<br /> 'Now we're being told that we
<br /> will have liability should Rosedale
<br /> :win its current case,'Burrell said
<br /> 'That could be another million
<br /> .dollars. We' don't have that i
<br /> money.' . •�'"
<br /> In addition,some mall anchor " f'
<br /> Mores'have gone to Tax Court '
<br /> :%independently to seek their own
<br /> refunds
<br /> Ironically,this comes at a time
<br /> :when the number of big tax-re-
<br /> fund cases from other businesses Ever sofa' .
<br /> :'is receding,and commercial and y.:
<br /> :-Industrial property values'are go- O
<br /> :I,gup' Every char
<br /> •�. The pending mall cases are es- •, •,-
<br /> pecially threatening to communi•
<br /> des where'a mall is the single ;. •!;v: O' ' Ever becdre
<br /> biggest taxpayer. ! 1 `+a' .'i "�
<br /> The only one we're'nervous °'• y'' " ` ��"
<br /> !about now Is'the Dale-[Brook- Every.
<br /> 'dalel:said Jim Dahle;Robbins- ice' �x3 f A. .
<br /> :dale schools senior associate for all n
<br /> Sci
<br /> 'businessserAces: off d n n Ir
<br /> Rlc �'f.,. ••� ±•• - r'�.,•,
<br /> �&;,6 ools;the'district will have to` it
<br /> 4botrowmoneyto make-tip.foithe� 1„ Jry,J�{�t ,t,ti, c •apt!:.;' A �-"r ..
<br /> i 519 million lost In the Southdale t i s<f 4 a� •1 ' r
<br /> .rcttutd,said tilstiictGnanee'dire't--'! T
<br /> Z•tor•Loren.'Hansen.To pay that: c . _ . r.. - -,_. �. _` n r'•.r '_
<br /> r��doan'off;�the;dlsWct would then
<br /> :Qhave'to raise taxes: r ' '
<br /> Edlna'has had to'stop
<br /> or
<br /> �t�itructlon of a road meant to sr
<br /> -as,part Af a'bus Ilse betwe
<br /> ::Centennial Lakes'devel
<br /> ..:� . •4and Fairview Soutlidal,
<br /> a'That's because morn
<br /> .`- a•llon of Edlna's stt�
<br /> W.
<br /> : :comes out of a"
<br /> .'trict set up
<br /> route.
<br /> Minn,
<br /> $700,
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