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Resolution Approving and Authorizing Action Related to the Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority’s (HRA) Disposition Strategy and Work Plan: 1) Sale and Conveyance of the Parcel 499 Minnehaha Avenue East to Coa Murrell and Lynette Harris, 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 parcel at 499 Minnehaha Avenue East was acquired by the HRA on June 18, 2001 (the “Property”), as described in the staff report submitted to the HRA Board with this resolution; and
WHEREAS, the legal description of 499 Minnehaha Avenue East is as follows: The East 37 feet of Lots 27 and 30, Block 14, Stinson’s Addition to the City of Saint Paul; and
WHEREAS, the HRA proposes to sell and convey 499 Minnehaha Avenue East to Coa Murrell and Lynette Harris (the “Buyers”) and for nominal consideration and the Buyers are willing to accept the conveyance for such purposes on the terms described in the staff report (“Minnehaha Proposal”); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the HRA considered the Minnehaha Proposal pursuant to due notice thereof that was published in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press on June 11, 2016, after a public hearing held on Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 2:00 pm, central time, on the third floor of City Hall, 15 West Kellogg Boulevard, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, by this resolution the Board of Commissioners of the HRA finds a public purpose for the conveyance of the Property,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota that:
1. The HRA Board of Commissioners hereby approves the Minnehaha Proposal for sale and conveyance of 499 Minnehaha Avenue East to Coa Murrell and Lynette Harris on the terms described in the staff report.
2. The HRA Executive Director is authorized and directed to finalize all documents and agreements necessary to effectuate the conveyance of the Property to the Buyers.
3. The HRA Executive Director, staff and legal counsel for the HRA are further directed and authorized to take all actions necessary to implement this Resolution. The HRA’s Executive Director is authorized to execute any documents and instruments in connection with this Resolution except that the HRA Chair/Commissioner shall execute the deed of conveyance.