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Resolution approving and authorizing the sale and conveyance of 471 Wabasha Street North, District 17, Ward 2
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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.; 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 has duly adopted and there is now lawfully in effect in the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, a City Wide Comprehensive/Redevelopment Plan providing for the acquisition, clearance and resale of land for redevelopment; and the City Consolidated Five-Year Plan (collectively “Citywide Plans”); and
WHEREAS, the legal description of the property described in this Resolution (the “Property”) is as follows: The middle 1/3 of Lots 11 and 12, Block 8, Bazil and Guerin’s Addition to St. Paul also known as N 1/2 of South 2/3 of said lots being 50 feet front on Wabasha St. and 100 feet in depth at right angles to Wabasha St., and parallel with 9th Street, being more particularly described as follows: Commencing on Wabasha Street 50 feet North of 9th Street; thence North along Westerly line of Wabasha Street...
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