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Resolution Approving And Authorizing The Sale And Conveyance Of Property Under The Saint Paul Housing And Redevelopment Authority’s (HRA) Disposition Strategy And Work Plan In North End, District 6, 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. (the “Act”); and
WHEREAS, the HRA has the power to engage in development or redevelopment activities under Minnesota law and the HRA 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, and to engage in the aforementioned activities 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, subdivision 14; and
WHEREAS, the HRA acquired the following property in 1978, namely: 615 Topping Street (the “Property”), in Saint Paul, Minnesota, as described in the staff report submitted to the HRA Board with this resolution; and
WHEREAS, the legal description of 615 Topping Street is as follows: Lot 17, Block 7, Foundry Addition, which lies Easterly of a line drawn 58 feet Easterly of, and parallel to, the West line of said Block 7, according to the recorded plat thereof, and situate in Ramsey County, Minnesota.; and
WHEREAS, the HRA proposes to sell and convey the Property 615 Topping Street, substantially as shown on the map in Attachment B hereto, to Rebecca and Eric Taylor Hollenbeck for nominal consideration and Reb...
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