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Approval of the February 12, 2014 HRA Meeting Minutes.
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ROLL CALL
Present: Commissioner Brendmoen, Lantry, Stark, Thao, and Tolbert
*Absent: Commissioner Bostrom and Commissioner Thune
CONSENT
1. Approval of the January 22, 2014 HRA Meeting Minutes.
Commissioner Stark moved approval. The HRA meeting minutes were approved.
VOTE: Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
2. Resolution Approving and Authorizing Acceptance of $840,000 From the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency and $200,000 from the Metropolitan Council and Amending the Budget of the HRA Disposition Work Plan.
Commissioner Stark moved approval. Approved as set forth in RES PH 14-295.
VOTE: Yeas - 5 Nays - 0
PUBLIC HEARING
*Commissioner Bostrom and Commissioner Thune arrived.
3. Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Sale and Conveyance of Four Properties under the Inspiring Communities Program; Authorization to Enter into Development Agreements; and Authorization of Expenditures for Redevelopment under the Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority’s Disposition Strategy, Citywide.
Ms. Cecile Bedor, HRA Executive Director, stated that the HRA Disposition Work Plan & Budget, approved by the HRA board in July of 2013, was designed to address 240 parcels owned by the HRA which are categorized as: parcels with obligations, cluster area parcels, splinter parcels, and buildable lots. The plan prioritizes subsidy to address cluster area parcels and parcels with obligations.
The HRA issued an RFP for 29 properties in October 2013 and last month the HRA board approved the sale of, and value gap for, 27 of those properties. Four of those properties were awarded to Urban Homeworks, however, Urban Homeworks has determined they do not have the capacity to complete all four properties and thus is no longer seeking the purchase of 515 and 675 Lafond Avenue. Staff is recommending those two properties be sold to Habitat for Humanity, which was the RFP respondent with the second highest score. Habitat has anoth...
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