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Resolution approving and authorizing (i) the expansion of the Saint Paul Neighborhood Redevelopment Project Area and (ii) an amendment to the Redevelopment Plan therefor, District 2, Ward 6
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WHEREAS, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (the “HRA”) has heretofore established the Saint Paul Neighborhood Redevelopment Project Area (as expanded, the “Project Area”) and has adopted a redevelopment plan therefor (as previously amended, the “Redevelopment Plan”) pursuant to Minnesota Statutes sections 469.001 to 469.047, as amended (the “HRA Act”); and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Plan contains an identification of need and a statement of purpose and objectives, land uses and standards for development for carrying out a redevelopment project, including property to be acquired, public improvements to be provided, development and redevelopment to occur, and sources of revenue to pay redevelopment costs within the Project Area; and
WHEREAS, the HRA has determined that it is necessary to amend the Redevelopment Plan to expand the Project Area; and
WHEREAS, the HRA has investigated the facts and has caused to be prepared an Eighth Amendment to Redevelopment Plan for the Saint Paul Neighborhood Redevelopment Project Area (the “8th Amendment to Redevelopment Plan”); and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Planning Commission, on November 17, 2023, reviewed the 8th Amendment to Redevelopment Plan and adopted Resolution Number 23-32 approving the same as being in conformity with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and the general plan for the development and redevelopment of the City as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the HRA has performed all actions required by law to be performed prior to approving the 8th Amendment to Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council (the “Council”) of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (the “City”) at its meeting on December 20, 2023 (a) will conduct a public hearing following duly published notice thereof on (i) the expansion of the Project Area and (ii) adoption of the 8th Amendment to Redevelopment Plan, (b) consider the findings required by the HRA Act, and (c) consider approving the expansion of the Project Area and the adoption of the 8th Amendment to Redevelopment Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (the “Board”) as follows:
Section 1. Findings for the Approval of the 8th Amendment to Redevelopment Plan.
1.01 The Board hereby finds that the 8th Amendment to Redevelopment Plan is intended and, in the judgment of the Board, its effect will be to carry out the objectives of the Redevelopment Plan, as amended, and to provide an impetus for development and redevelopment activities in the City, and to otherwise promote certain public purposes and accomplish certain objectives as specified in the Redevelopment Plan.
1.02 The Board hereby finds that:
(a) for the reasons set forth in the Redevelopment Plan, as amended by the 8th Amendment to Redevelopment Plan, the land in the Project Area, as amended pursuant to the 8th Amendment to Redevelopment Plan, would not be made available for redevelopment without the financial aid to be sought;
(b) the Redevelopment Plan, as amended by the 8th Amendment to Redevelopment Plan, will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the needs of the City as a whole, for the redevelopment of the Project Area by private enterprise; and
(c) the Redevelopment Plan, as amended by the 8th Amendment to Redevelopment Plan, conforms to the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and the general plan for the development of the City as a whole.
Section 2. Approval of the 8th Amendment to Redevelopment Plan. Subject to approval by the City Council following a public hearing, the Redevelopment Plan is hereby amended to expand the Project Area and the 8th Amendment to Redevelopment Plan is hereby approved.