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Resolution approving and authorizing a temporary parking license agreement with Hope Community Academy to use a portion of a parking lot on HRA-owned property located at 694 Minnehaha Avenue E., District 4, Ward 7
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WHEREAS, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (the “HRA”) is a public body corporate and politic established pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Section 469.001, et seq. (the “Act”); and
WHEREAS, the HRA has the power to engage in development or redevelopment activities under Minnesota law and the HRA is authorized to engage in activities relating to (a) housing projects and development, (b) removal and prevention of the spread of conditions of blight or deterioration, (c) bringing substandard buildings and improvements into compliance with public standards, (d) disposition of land for private redevelopment, and (e) improving the tax base and the financial stability of the community, and to engage in the aforementioned activities when these needs cannot be met through reliance solely upon private initiative and which can also be undertaken in targeted neighborhoods; and is authorized to create redevelopment projects as defined in Minnesota Statutes, Section 469.002, Subdivision 14; and
WHEREAS, the HRA presently owns land located at 694 Minnehaha Avenue E. (the Hamm’s Site”) which it acquired in 2004 to protect and expand Swede Hollow Park and in the anticipation of future development, which site includes an underutilized parking area along Minnehaha Avenue; and
WHEREAS, Hope Community Academy (“Hope Community Academy”), which operates a school on property immediately adjacent to the Hamm’s Site, has requested a license to use a portion of the parking lot on the Hamm’s Site located at 694 Minnehaha Avenue East (the “Licensed Area”) to provide temporary overflow parking for its teachers and staff for the 2022-2023 school year, ending on June 6, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the HRA’s B...
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