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File #: RES 23-1278    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Archived
In control: Housing & Redevelopment Authority
Final action: 8/23/2023
Title: Resolution approving and authorizing a temporary license agreement with Kaleidoscope Brewing, LLC dba Saint Paul Brewing until December 31, 2023, to use a portion of HRA-owned property located at 694 Minnehaha Avenue E., District 4, Ward 7
Sponsors: Jane L. Prince
Attachments: 1. Board Report, 2. Map
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Resolution approving and authorizing a temporary license agreement with Kaleidoscope Brewing, LLC dba Saint Paul Brewing until December 31, 2023, to use a portion of 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 Minnnehaha Avenue E. (“the Hamm’s Site”) which it acquired in 2004; and

WHEREAS, Kaleidoscope Brewing, LLC dba Saint Paul Brewing (“Saint Paul Brewing”) has requested a license until December 31, 2023, for the use of a portion of the Hamm’s Site located between the 688 Minnehaha Avenue parcel and the HRA-owned bluff slope and retaining wall (the “Licensed Property”) to expand Saint Paul Brewing’s patio and customer seating area; and

WHEREAS, the HRA Board supports Saint Paul Brewing’s use of the Licensed Property and supports a license agreement terminating December 31, 2023, and an annual renewal option through 2026...

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