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cost of less than 15 percenC of the cost of constructing a new structure of the same <br />square footage and type or� the site. The municipality nnay �nd that a building is not <br />disqualified as struc#urally substandard under the preceding sen.te�ce on the basis of <br />reasonably available evidence, such as the size, type, and age of the building, the <br />a�erage cost of pluxnbing, electrical, or structural repairs, ar other simiiar reliable <br />evidence." <br />"Items of evidence tHat support such <br />disqualifed] include recent fire ar police <br />housing inspections, exterior e�idence � <br />evidence." <br />a conclusion �that the building is not <br />inspections, an-site property appraisals ar <br />f deterioration, or other similar reliable <br />LHB counts energy code def ciencies toward the 15 percent cade threshald required <br />by Minnesota Statutes, Seciion 469.174, Suhdivfsion 10(c)) for the t'ollawing reasons: <br />� The Minnesota energy code is one of ten building code ar�as highlighted by <br />the Minnesota Department of Labor and Indus�ry website where mininnum <br />constcuction standards are required by law. <br />• The index page of the 2007 Minnesota Building Code iists ih� Minnesota <br />Energy Code as a"Required Enforcement" area compared to an additional <br />Iist oi"Optional Enforcement" chapters. <br />• The Senior Building Code Representative for the Construciion Codes and <br />Licensing Division of the Minnesota Department of Labor and Ind�stry <br />conftrmed that the Minnesota Energy Code is being enforced throughaut the <br />State of Minnesota. <br />•�n a January 2002 repor� to tk�e Minnesota Legislature, the Manageratent <br />Analysis Division of the Mir�nesota Department of Administration confirmed <br />that the construction cosi of new buildings cam.plying with the Minnesota <br />Energy Code is higher than buildings built prior to the enactment of the code. <br />• Proper TIF analysis requires a comparison between the replacerr�ent value of <br />a new building built under current code standards wi#k� the repairs that would <br />be necessary to bring the existing building up to current code standards. In <br />order �or an equal comparison t� be made, all applicable code chapters should <br />be applied to botf� scenarios. Since current construction estirnating software <br />automatically applies the construction cast of co►nplying with the Minnesota <br />Energy Code, energy code deficiencies should also be identified i� the <br />existing structures. <br />PART 3 — PROCEDURES FOLLOWED <br />A. LHB was able to schedule interior a�d exterior inspections for ihree buildings in the <br />praposed TIF D'rstrict on October 29, 2010. After a cursary review of all three <br />buildings, it was determined that the McKnight buiIding would not be faund <br />substandard, so no furtt�er inspectio�as were conducted in that building. <br />Page b <br />