Title
Resolution approving and authorizing the sale and conveyance of a vacant lot under the Disposition Policy for the sale of splinter parcels for residential side yard by the Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority for a parcel at 126 Winnipeg Avenue in North End, District 6, Ward 1
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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 2010, the HRA acquired by donation, a vacant lot, namely: 126 Winnipeg Avenue (the “Property”), in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with the legal description of Lot 9, Block 6, Lewis’ Addition to St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, the HRA proposes to sell and convey the Property, substantially as shown on the attached Map hereto, to the adjacent property owner Area 651, LLC pursuant to the terms and requirements of the Disposition Policy and Procedures for the Sale of Splinter Parcels for Residential Side Yards that was duly adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the HRA under RES 13-1592 (the “Splinter Parcel Policy”), and Ar...
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