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Exhibit V11 REDEVELOPMENT QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE DISTRICT Narrative of Substandard Buildings Test MN Statutues 469.174 Subd. 10. The City made multiple attempts to receive permission to gain access into 96 buildings (excluding out-buildings) in the proposed Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district. The City sent out letters three separate times to every property owner asking for permission to access their property for an inspection of general and code deficiencies. A percentage of the property owners sent back post cards stating that they would accept the exterior/interior inspection. The property owners that did not respond were contacted by phone and verbally asked for permission to allow the inspection. Those that responded with a post card stating that they would not accept the,interior inspection were also contacted by phone to verbally request permission to inspect. This was done to provide more information to the property owner on why the City would like permission to conduct the inspections. The overall inspection process for the substandard buildings test wasdone by the City's Building Department Inspectors. Detailed information, including pictures,was gathered on each and every building that was inspected in the proposed district. Each parcel within the proposed district was designated its overt ,file, and each,119 contains detailed information about the buildings on that parcel and information related to the process of getting permission to inspect and the actual inspection, if it took place. Also included in the file are photographs of each building that was.either internally or externally inspected. The Building Inspectors gained access to the int6fior of 50 buildings (52%);out of the total 96 buildings (excluding out- buildings)in the district.They also completed exterior irspections of 23 of the remaining 46 buildings that they could not gain access to internally. Of the 96 buildings in the district, the City,determined that 57 met'the substandard buildings test. Therefore 59.38%of the buildings qualify as substandard as per'MW Statutes 469.174,Subd. 10. Of the buikfings that met the substandard test, 31 buildings(54%)had both an internal and external inspection. All of the buildings discussed herein as having met the qualifications of the substandard test, met both the general deficiency AND the 15%code deficiency test.The code deficiencies were calculated in a table by gathering cost data from RS Means, a resource used to estimate the cost of "various construction components. All general deficiencies were outlined in the building inspection reports for each building. SPRINGSTED