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Resolution Approving a Budget Amendment in Order to Execute a $1,000,000 CDBG Loan to Twin Cities Housing Development Corporation for the Acquisition of Jamestown Homes, Summit-University, District 8, Ward 1.
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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; 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, 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, subd. 14; and
WHEREAS, Twin Cities Housing Development Corporation (the "Developer") has asked the HRA to provide up to $1,000,000 in financing to assist in the acquisition of Jamestown Homes (aka Malcolm Shabazz Apartments) consisting of seventy-three (73) units of affordable rental housing (the "Project"), located at 564 Central Avenue, by the Developer (or a related entity formed by the Developer for the Project); and
WHEREAS, on May 14, 2014, by Resolution 14-846, the Board of Commissioners of the HRA determined that there is a proper public purpose to providing the requested financial assistance for the Project, and approved such assistance in the form of a loan, deferred for a period of up to 30 years, in the amount of up to $1,000,000, consisting of $250,000 of federal Community Devel...
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