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Resolution (i) approving the establishment of the Wilson II Redevelopment Project Area and the Tax Increment Financing District (Wilson II Housing Project), (ii) approving a Housing Development and Redevelopment Plan and Tax Increment Financing Plan, respectively, therefor, (iii) authorizing execution of a tax increment development agreement; and (iv) approving a HRA budget amendment, District 4, Ward 7
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WHEREAS, there has been submitted to and considered at this meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (the “HRA”) a Redevelopment Plan (the “Redevelopment Plan”) for the Wilson II Housing Project area (the “Project Area”) pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 469.001 to 469.047, as amended (the “HRA Act”); and
WHEREAS, the proposed Redevelopment Plan contains an identification of need and a statement of purpose and objectives, land uses and standards for development for carrying out a redevelopment project, including property to be acquired, public improvements to be provided, development and redevelopment to occur, and sources of revenue to pay redevelopment costs within the Project Area; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Planning Commission, on April 29, 2016, reviewed said Redevelopment Plan, and adopted resolution #16-19 approving the same as being in conformity with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and the general plan for the development and redevelopment of the City as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Plan will preserve and enhance the tax base available to finance municipal services and will provide affordable housing opportunities, thereby achieving the purposes and objectives of the HRA Act; and
WHEREAS, it has been proposed that within the Project Area, the HRA create the Tax Increment Financing District (Wilson II Housing Project) as a housing tax increment financing district under Minnesota Statutes, Section 469.174, Subdivision 11 (the “TIF District”) and adop...
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