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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY, MINNESOTA <br />NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS <br />December 31, 2016 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Note 17 LEGAL DEBT MARGIN <br /> <br />The City is subject to a statutory limitation by the State of Minnesota for bonded indebtedness payable <br />principally from property taxes. The City’s legal debt margin for 2016 and 2015 is computed as follows: <br /> <br />December 31, December 31, <br />2016 2015 <br />Market value: <br />Ramsey County $289,820,400 $255,155,300 <br />Hennepin County 531,886,837 461,515,606 <br />Total market value 821,707,237 716,670,906 <br />Debt limit percentage 3.00% 3.00% <br />Debt limit 24,651,217 21,500,127 <br />Amount of debt applicable to debt limit: <br />Total bonded debt 32,775,000 32,610,000 <br />Less nonapplicable debt: <br />Revenue bonds (water, sewer) (1,100,000) (1,215,000) <br />Tax abatement bonds (2,395,000) (1,090,000) <br />Improvement bonds (17,835,000) (18,010,000) <br />Tax increment bonds (7,450,000) (7,865,000) <br />Cash and investments in applicable debt <br />service funds (818,202) (819,672) <br />Total amount of debt applicable to debt limit 3,176,798 3,610,328 <br />Legal debt margin $21,474,419 $17,889,799 <br /> <br /> <br />Note 18 RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS <br /> <br />The Governmental Accounting Standards Boards (GASB) recently approved the following statements which <br />were not implemented for these financial statements: <br /> <br />Statement No. 73 Accounting and Financial Reporting for Pensions and Related Assets That Are Not <br />within the Scope of GASB Statement 68, and Amendments to Certain Provisions of GASB Statements 67 <br />and 68. The provisions in Statement 73 are effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2015 – except <br />those provisions that address employers and governmental nonemployer contributing entities for pensions <br />that are not within the scope of Statement 68, which are effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, <br />2016. <br /> <br />Statement No. 74 Financial Reporting for Postemployment Benefit Plans Other Than Pension Plans. The <br />provisions in Statement 74 are effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2016. <br /> <br />Statement No. 75 Accounting and Financial Reporting for Postemployment Benefits Other Than Pensions. <br />The provisions in Statement 75 are effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2017. <br /> <br />Statement No. 80 Blending Requirements for Certain Component Units. The provisions of this Statement <br />are effective for reporting periods beginning after June 15, 2016. <br />86