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Authorizing the City to accept and record declarations related to certain grant agreements on the Hamline Midway and Hayden Heights libraries.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul (the “City”) through the Saint Paul Public Library Agency (“SPPL”) is in the process of reconstructing the Hamline Midway Library located at 1558 West Minnehaha Avenue in the City (“Hamline Midway”) and is in the process of planning for the reconstruction of the Hayden Heights Library located at 1456 White Bear Avenue in the City (“Hayden Heights” and, together with Hamline Midway, the “Library Properties”); and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Education (“MDE”) has appropriated two $500,000 grant awards to The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, a Minnesota nonprofit organization whose work supports SPPL, to support the reconstruction of the Hamline Midway and Hayden Heights Libraries respectively; and
WHEREAS, as part of the grant process, MDE requires that the City, as the owner of the Library Properties, record certain declarations against the Library Properties (the “Declarations”), attached hereto as Exhibits A and B; and
WHEREAS, the City’s Office of Financial Services Real Estate Section has reviewed title documents for the Library Properties and confirms that there are no covenants or restrictions on the Library Properties that would affect the City’s ability to record the Declarations; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Saint Paul, that the Declarations are hereby approved, and the proper city officials are directed to execute said document and record with the Ramsey County Recorder’s Office and/or Registrar of Titles.