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Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Sale and Conveyance of a Vacant Lot at 77 Congress Street East, to Iglesia Ni Christo Church, in West Side, District 3, Ward 2
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WHEREAS, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (“HRA”) is a public body corporate and politic organized, existing, and operating under the laws of the State of Minnesota, Minn. Stat. Sec. 469.001, et seq. (the “Act”); and
WHEREAS, the HRA has the power to engage in development and redevelopment activities under the Act, and is authorized to create redevelopment projects as defined in the Act, and said activities include but are not limited to: (a) providing adequate, safe and sanitary dwellings, remedying housing shortages for low and moderate income residents, and providing housing for persons of all incomes through housing projects and development, (b) removing and preventing blight or deterioration, (c) bringing substandard buildings and improvements into compliance with public standards, (d) performing duties according to the comprehensive plan, (e) disposing of land for private redevelopment, and (f) improving the tax base and the financial stability of the community; and
WHEREAS, in 2015, the HRA acquired property located at 77 Congress Street East (the “Property”), in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with the legal description of: that part of Lots 3 and 4, Block 53, West St. Paul, described as follows: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Lot 4; thence Northwesterly along the Southwesterly line of Concord Street 100 feet; thence Southerly to a point on the South line of Lot 4, 100 feet West of the Southeast corner thereof; thence East along said South line of said Lot 4, 100 feet to beginning, excepting that part thereof taken for opening of Livingston Avenue; and
WHEREAS, there has been no public interest, inquires, or applications to purchase or develop the Property, it has been available online for public purchase, it is unlikely to be...
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