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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 Saint Paul Districts 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9.
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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 at different times the following properties, namely: 290 Bates Avenue, 1065 Desoto Street, 948 Duchess Street, 828 Cook Avenue East, 857 Jenks Avenue, 950 Jessamine Avenue East, 84 Hatch Avenue, 970 Concordia Avenue, 283 Forbes Avenue, and 310 Harrison Avenue (collectively the “Properties”), in Saint Paul, Minnesota, as described in the staff report submitted to the HRA Board with this resolution; and
WHEREAS, the legal description of 290 Bates Avenue is as follows: Lot 13, Block 37, Lyman Dayton’s Addition; and
WHEREAS, the legal description of 1065 Desoto Street is as follows: Lot 4, Godfrey’s Rearrangement, Ramsey County, Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, the legal des...
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