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Authorization to acquire a vacated portion of Bedford Avenue from City of Saint Paul and subsequently convey same to the owners of 535 Tedesco Street for use as a part of a parking lot. Payne-Phalen District 5, Ward 5
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WHEREAS, the St. Paul City Council (“City”) pursuant to RES PH 18-20 has approved the Petition of Morelli’s Discount Liquor, Meats and Italian Market, Inc. (“Buyer”) to vacate part of Bedford Avenue adjacent to 535 Tedesco Street (“Property”); and
WHEREAS, RES PH 18-20 also approved conveyance of Property to Buyer using the HRA as a conduit; and
WHEREAS, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (“HRA”) is empowered to accept conveyance of the Property and convey same under its Disposition Policy at the request of the City and now desires to accept conveyance of the Property from the City and subsequently convey the Property to the Buyer, all pursuant to the terms and conditions of a three party Real Property Sale and Purchase Agreement by and among the HRA, City and Buyer (“Purchase Agreement”), a copy of which is located in the office of the HRA Recording Secretary; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing on this acquisition and conveyance of the Property was held on March 28, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the HRA board finds a public purpose for the actions taken in this Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota,
1. That the HRA acquisition and subsequent conveyance of the Property by transfer from the City pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Disposition Policy and Purchase Agreement is approved. The Property is legally described as follows:
All those parts of Bedford Street originally platted as Main Street, and Tedesco Street originally platted as Collins Street, all in Irvine’s Addition of Outlots to the Town of St. Paul,
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all those parts of Bedford Street, and Payne Avenue originally platted as Decatur Street, and those parts of Lots 16 and 17 Block 6, all in Irvine’s Second Addition (1874) to St. Paul Ramsey County, Minnesota contained within the following described lines:
Beginning at the southeast corner of Lot 6 of Irvine’s Addition of Outlots to the Town of St. Paul Ramsey County, Minnesota, thence north 00 degrees 17 minutes 18 seconds east 150.00 feet along the east line of said Lot 6, thence south 89 degrees 19 minutes 23 seconds east 10.00 feet, thence south 56 degrees 38 minutes 56 seconds east 66.82 feet to a granite monument identified as City of St Paul Monument Number 4107, thence continuing south 56 degrees 38 minutes 56 seconds east 22.72 feet, thence south 31 degrees 58 minutes 57 seconds east 11.95 feet, thence south 22 degrees 48 minutes 26 seconds west 63.10 feet, thence south 15 degrees 39 minutes 02 seconds west 21.92 feet, thence south 31 degrees 21 minutes 52 seconds west 18.67 feet, thence south 23 degrees 19 minutes 19 seconds west 18.80 feet, thence north 63 degrees 39 minutes 10 seconds west 49.48 feet more or less to the point of beginning, and there said line terminates.
2. The Purchase Agreement is hereby approved and the HRA Executive Director and staff are authorized and directed to take all actions needed to implement this Resolution. The HRA Executive Director is authorized and directed to execute the Purchase Agreement and related documents and the HRA Chair is authorized and directed to execute the Quit Claim Deed conveying the Property to the Buyers.