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Resolution Approving and Authorizing the Sale and Conveyance of HRA-Owned Parcels Located In Phalen Village, and Extending Tentative Developer Status, Greater East Side, District 2, Ward 6
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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, on July 24, 2013, by Resolution 13-1097 the HRA Board accepted and approved the HRA Disposition Strategy Work Plan and Budget (“Plan”) to address the disposition of certain parcels of real property owned by the HRA, located along Phalen Avenue in Saint Paul (“Phalen Village”) at the following addresses: 1150 Prosperity Avenue, 0 Phalen Boulevard, and 0 Phalen Boulevard, as more fully described in the attached Legal Description; and
WHEREAS, on April 22, 2015, by Resolution 15-735, the HRA Board designated Phalen Village, LLC (“Developer”) as Tentative Developer for Phalen Village; and
WHEREAS, the Developer has met the requirements set forth in the resolution granting Tentative Developer status relative to the southern p...
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