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Authorization to Acquire Property Owned by the City of Saint Paul at Seventh Street East and Kittson Street and Subsequently Convey Same to Jay Montpetit for Use as a Parking Lot, Dayton's Bluff District 4, Ward 2 (Public Hearing)
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WHEREAS, Jay Montpetit ("Buyer") negotiated with the City for Sale of the property to him for a parking lot; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul ("City") has authorized disposal of a Parcel of land at Seventh Street East and Kittson Street ("the Property") to the buyer with HRA acting as conduit pursuant to RES PH 14-56; and
WHEREAS, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota ("HRA") is empowered to and now desires to, under its disposition policy and at the request of the City, enter into the Acquisition Agreement to accept conveyance of the Property from the City and subsequently to convey the Property to the Buyer; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota,
1. That the public acquisition by transfer from the City pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Disposition Policy of the Property, legally described as follows, is hereby approved:
Parcel B:
That part of Block 91, KITTSON'S ADDITION, Ramsey County, Minnesota lying southwesterly of Line "B" described below,
Together with the northeasterly half of vacated Brook Street lying southeasterly of the north line of said Block 91, KITTSON'S ADDITION, extended westerly and lying northwesterly of the northwesterly line of Seventh Street.
Also together with that part of the southwesterly half of vacated Brook Street lying northwesterly of the northwesterly line of East Seventh Street and southeasterly of the northwesterly line of Lot 8, Block 21, said KITTSON'S ADDITION, extended northeasterly.
Line "B"
A line described as commencing at the point of beginning of Line "A" described below; thence South 54 degrees 46 minutes 08 seconds West, along said northwesterly line of Seventh Street, a distance of 98.43 feet to the point of beginning of line "B"; thence North 33 degrees 55 minutes 56 seconds West, a distance of 176.60 feet to the north line of said Block 91 and said line "B" there terminating.
Line "A"
A line 90.00 feet southwesterly of and parallel with a spur track of the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company described as commencing at the West Quarter Corner of Section 32, Township 29, Range 22, Ramsey County, Minnesota; thence North 89 degrees 26 minutes 43 seconds East, assumed bearing, along the south line of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 32 a distance of 1599.01 feet; thence South 44 degrees 41 minutes 52 seconds East a distance of 73.56 feet; thence southeasterly a distance of 97.50 feet along a tangential curve concave to the southwest having a radius of 1901.60 feet and a central angle of 2 degrees 56 minutes 16 seconds to the northwesterly line of Seventh Street, being the point of beginning of the line to be described; thence northwesterly along the last described curve a distance of 97.50 feet; thence North 44 degrees 41 minutes 52 seconds West a distance of 1415.46 feet to the easterly line of SOO LINE PLAT NO. 8, according to the recorded plat thereof, Ramsey County, Minnesota, and said line there terminating.
2. That the conveyance of the Property to the Buyer is approved and that a Deed of Conveyance to Jay Montpetit is authorized by the Board of Commissioners to be executed on its behalf by the Chairperson or his or her designated Commissioner of the HRA.
3. The Acquisition Agreement among the City, HRA and Buyer, attached to this resolution, is hereby approved and the Chair/Commissioner and Director, Office of Financial Services are authorized and directed to execute such agreement on behalf of the HRA in the form submitted.
4. The HRA Executive Director and staff are authorized and directed to take all actions needed to implement this Resolution.