Title
Authorizing the appropriate City officials to enter into a Parkland Agreement for Snelling/Midway with MUSC Holdings, LLC. (Laid over from October 4)
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WHEREAS, MUSC Holdings, LLC intends to design and construct a professional soccer stadium and surrounding plaza areas and greenspaces; and
WHEREAS, the preliminary plat approval contained various conditions including a requirement that no less than 0.63 acres of land described in a final plat of the subject land be dedicated to the public for park purposes pursuant to Saint Paul Legislative Code §69.511(a); and
WHEREAS, MUSC informed the City that rather than dedicating that amount of land or paying the alternate dedication fee, it wished to fulfill the parkland dedication requirement by entering into a separate agreement with the City for the development and maintenance of private land for public purposes pursuant to Saint Paul Legislative Code§69.511(c); and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council has sole discretion in determining whether an alternate method of satisfying parkland dedication will be acceptable and pursuant to Saint Paul Legislative Code §69.511(c) may waive the dedication of land and enter into an agreement for the private development and maintenance of land for public use for “parks, playgrounds, recreation facilities, wetlands, trails, or open space” provided that:
1) The land area or value of the land and improvements privately developed and maintained for public use for parks, playgrounds, trails, open space, or conservation purposes must at least equal that required under this ordinance;
2) The land and improvements accepted under this provision shall be accessible to the public in a manner similar to public land;
3) The city council finds, after recommendation of the director of parks and recreation and the parks commission, that such land and improvements will serve the purposes listed in subdivision Sain...
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