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Resolution approving and authorizing the execution of easement agreement with Minnesota Public Radio for the Fitzgerald Theater at 475 Cedar St., District 17, Ward 2
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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 Minn Stat Section 469.002, Subd. 14; and
WHEREAS, the HRA owns a tract of land (“HRA Land”) running from Wabasha Street to the west and Cedar Street to the east that is adjacent to and north of the HRA owned World Trade Center parking ramp (“HRA Parking Ramp”) that is situated between Wabasha Street, Exchange Street, Cedar Street and Seventh Street in Saint Paul, Mn; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Public Radio (“MPR”) owns and operates a building known as the Fitzgerald Theatre (“MPR Parcel”) that abuts a portion of the northerly boundary line of the HRA Land; and
WHEREAS, in 1902 and 1909 private alley and right-of-way easements (the “Previous Easements”) were granted to a predecessor in title to the MPR Parcel that provided ingress and egress access from the MPR Parcel to a public street to the south of the MPR ...
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