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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 Payne Phalen, District 5, Ward 5.
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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: 655 Desoto Street and 0/668 Otsego Street (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 655 Desoto Street is as follows: North 35 feet of Lot 5 and the South 5 feet of East ½ of Lot 6, Block 10, Warren & Winslow’s Addition to the Town of Saint Paul; and
WHEREAS, the legal description of 0/668 Otsego Street is as follows: The South 29.2 feet of West 62 Feet of Lot 7, Block 10, Warren & Winslows Addition to the Town of St. Paul; and
WHEREAS, such descriptions may be amended to conform to a surve...
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