Minnesota Statutes Local Economic Development (Ch. 466A-470) § 469.202. Designation of targeted communities

(a) The area had an unemployment rate that was twice the unemployment rate for the Minneapolis and Saint Paul standard metropolitan statistical area as determined by the most recent federal decennial census.

(b) The median household income in the area was no more than 80 percent of the median household income for the Minneapolis and Saint Paul standard metropolitan statistical area as determined by the most recent federal decennial census.

(c) The area is characterized by residential dwelling units in need of substantial rehabilitation. An area qualifies under this paragraph if 25 percent or more of the residential dwelling units are in substandard condition as determined by the city, or if 70 percent or more of the residential dwelling units in the area were built before 1960 as determined by the most recent federal decennial census.

(d) The area is characterized by having a disproportionate number of vacant residential buildings and mortgage foreclosures. An area qualifies under this paragraph if it has either:

Subd. 3. Additional area eligible for inclusion in targeted community. (a) A city may add to the area designated as a targeted community under subdivision 2 additional area extending up to four contiguous city blocks in all directions from the designated targeted community. For the purpose of this subdivision, “city block” has the meaning determined by the city.

(b) The city may enlarge the targeted community to include portions of a census tract that is contiguous to a targeted community, provided that the city council first determines the additional area satisfies three of the four criteria in subdivision 2.