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Authorization to Acquire a Vacated Portion of Johnson Parkway From City of Saint Paul and Subsequently Convey Same to the Owner of Hmong Village for use as a Parking Lot. Dayton’s Bluff District 4, Ward 6
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WHEREAS, the St. Paul City Council (“City”) pursuant to RES PH 17-111 has approved the disposition of parkway property (“Property”) for pass through by the City to the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (“HRA”); and
WHEREAS, RES PH 17-111 also approved conveyance of Property to Hmong Village (“Buyer”) for expansion of its parking lot; and
WHEREAS, the HRA is empowered to accept conveyance of the Property from the City and convey same under its Disposition Policy at the request of the City and now desires to accept conveyance of the Property from the City and subsequently convey the Property to the Buyer in accordance with a Real Property Sale and Purchase Agreement among the HRA, City and Buyer (“Purchase Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, a public hearing on this acquisition and conveyance of the Property was held on April 26, 2017, and
WHEREAS, the HRA Board of Commissioners finds a public purpose for the actions taken in this Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, as follows:
1. That the HRA acquisition and subsequent conveyance of the Property by transfer from the City pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Disposition Policy and Purchase Agreement is approved. The Property is legally described as follows:
Commencing at the intersection of the westerly line of said Corning Avenue and the westerly extension of the northerly line of Stillwater Avenue (now Ames Avenue) as delineated and dedicated in said Corning's Addition to the City of St. Paul Ramsey Co Minn; thence on an assumed bearing of North 13 degrees 50 minutes 09 seconds West along said westerly line of Corning Avenue, a distan...
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