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Resolution approving and authorizing a land swap with a conveyance of an HRA-owned splinter parcel at the Hamm’s Brewery site to 11 Wells for business operational purposes in exchange for the acquisition by the HRA of a replacement splinter parcel at the Hamm’s Brewery site to use as a fire lane, District 4, Ward 7
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WHEREAS, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (“HRA”) is a public body corporate and politic organized, existing, and operating under the laws of the State of Minnesota, Minn. Stat. Sec. 469.001, et seq. (the “Act”); and
WHEREAS, the HRA has the power to engage in development and redevelopment activities under the Act, and is authorized to create redevelopment projects as defined in the Act, and said activities include but are not limited to: (a) providing adequate, safe and sanitary dwellings, remedying housing shortages for low and moderate income residents, and providing housing for persons of all incomes through housing projects and development, (b) removing and preventing blight or deterioration, (c) bringing substandard buildings and improvements into compliance with public standards, (d) performing duties according to the comprehensive plan, (e) disposing of land for private redevelopment, and (f) improving the tax base and the financial stability of the community; and
WHEREAS, the HRA owns two parcels of land located at 694 and 680 Minnehaha Avenue containing approximately 4.89 acres (“the Hamm’s Site”) that was publicly offered for sale under a properly noticed and public RFP process (the “Hamm’s RFP”) and that is currently under a tentative development designation pursuant to HRA Board RES 23-71; and
WHEREAS, 11 W REALCO, LLC (“11 Wells”) owns land, improved with a commercial building, that is surrounded by the Hamm’s Site and 11 Wells has requested to acquire a splinter parcel within the Hamm’s Site that is immediately adjacent to 11 Wells’ commercial building, as legally descr...
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