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File #: RES 25-25    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Archived
In control: Housing & Redevelopment Authority
Final action: 1/8/2025
Title: Hamm’s resolution of surplus property, District 4, Ward 7 
Sponsors: Cheniqua Johnson
Attachments: 1. Board Report, 2. Map Hamms - Subject Property, 3. Neighborhood Profile
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Hamm’s resolution of surplus property, District 4, Ward 7 

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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, existing, and operating under the laws of the State of Minnesota pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Section 469.001, et seq. (the “Act”); and

 WHEREAS, the HRA is empowered by law, including the Act, to adopt and enforce this Resolution in pursuit of its mandate to engage in appropriate housing, development, and redevelopment projects; to remove or prevent the spread of conditions of blight or deterioration; to bring substandard buildings and improvements into compliance with public standards; to dispose of HRA-owned land for private development; and to improve the tax base and the financial stability of the community; and

WHEREAS, the HRA owns approximately 4.8 acres of land that is improved with eight vacant and deteriorated buildings, and other paved and unpaved areas, all located at 694 and 680 Minnehaha Avenue East (the “Hamm’s Site”); and

WHEREAS, portions of vacant land on the Hamm’s Site (the “Subject Land”) are encumbered by general obligation bond restrictions because the HRA received State of Minnesota general obligation bond funds of $403,0000 to construct certain improvements on the Hamm’s Site under a Grant Agreement made with the State of Minnesota dated December 4, 2012 (the “GO Bond Grant”); and 

WHEREAS, the legal description of the Subject Land is set forth in that certain Declaration in favor of the State of Minnesota signed by the HRA on April 22, 2014 and recorded with the Ramsey County Recorder on April 25, 2014 as Doc. No. A04544282, which Declaration must be satisfied and released when the HRA transfers title to the selected tentative developer; and

WHEREAS, the HRA has determined that the Hamm’s Site, including the Subject Land, is no longer needed by the HRA for the purposes for whi...

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