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Jay T. Squires Direct Fax: (612) 225-6834 jts@ratwiklaw.com Mayor Craig Klausing City of Roseville, Dept. of Administration 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville,l~1N 5 5113-1899 Councilman Tom Kough Roseville City Council 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, MN 55113 Councilman Dan Roe Roseville City Council 2660 Civic Center Drive August 20, 2007 Councilwoman Amy Ihlan Roseville City Council 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, MN 55113 Councilwoman Tammy Pust Roseville City Council 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, MN 5 5113 Mr. Bill Malinen Roseville City Manager 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, MN 5 5113 Roseville, MN 5 5113-1899 RE: General Miscellaneous Our File No. 4002(1)-0001 Dear Mayor, Council Members and City Manager: You have requested that we prepare a summary of the law as it pertains to the ability of the City to impose upon or condition land use approvals for Northwestern College on the establishment of a payment in lieu of taxes ("PILOT") agreement. While this is an area that we can and will spend more time looking into, we can give you this preliminary information. Under the PILOT agreement, the College would be obligated to remit a certain amount of money each year to the City to assist the City in providing general government services. The theory or justification of PILOT agreements is that entities that are exempt from ad valorem property taxes (such as Northwestern College as an institute of higher education) consume such services, but do not fund them as other taxable individuals and entities do.