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Approval of Additional Funding for the Snelling-University Parking Improvement District and other Actions to Implement the Neighborhood Commercial Parking Pilot Program.
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WHEREAS: To mitigate the loss of 85% of the parking on University Avenue due to light rail development, on August 12, 2009, by Resolution 09-08/12, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota approved the Neighborhood Commercial Parking Pilot Program and allocated funding to improve off-street parking facilities; and
WHEREAS: On June 23, 2010, by Resolution 10-06/23 the HRA approved $1.325 million in funding from the Parking Program for 24 projects on University Avenue, including $250,000 to develop the Snelling-University Parking Improvement District; in the block behind the northwest corner of Snelling and University; and
WHEREAS: Developing the Snelling-University Parking Improvement District will require more than the $250,000 originally approved by the HRA and may entail improving two small areas the City is not leasing on adjacent private properties at 1601 and 1623 University Avenue; and
WHEREAS: It is more efficient to contract for professional services to administer the parking program for landscape architecture, civil engineering, surveying, testing, and waste management in one line item than to allocate those costs to more than two dozen separate projects:
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED; That the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul does hereby:
· Approve $100,000 of additional funding for the Snelling-University Parking Improvement District project, for a total approved project cost of up to $350,000.
· Approve staff making forgivable loans of up to $15,000 each to the owners of 1601 and 1623 University Avenue West for improvements to the safety and appearance of private properties adjacent to the Snelling-University Parking Improvement District.
· Approve up to $25,000 of additional funding for the shared parking project at 389-393 University Avenue, for a total approved project cost of up to $50,000.
· Approve paying for up to $160,000 in professional services out of one line item instead of allocating those costs among more than two dozen separate projects.