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Authorization to acquire a tax forfeited property at 0 Minnehaha Avenue East and subsequently convey same to Dayton’s Bluff Neighborhood Housing Services for development and use as a community solar garden in the area of the Rivoli Bluff Development in the Railroad Island area. 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 Minn Stat Section 469.002, Subd. 14; and
WHEREAS this resolution replaces and supersedes that certain resolution approved by the HRA Board of Commissionars as Res 17-166; and
WHEREAS, Dayton’s Bluff Neighborhood Housing Services (“DBNHS”) is in the process of housing development in the Rivoli Bluff area of the Railroad Island area; and
WHEREAS, there is a nearly 2 acre vacant parcel of tax forfeited land (“Land”) in the vicinity of Minnehaha Avenue East, in the Rivoli Bluff area of the Railroad Island area that is currently available; and
WHEREAS, due to poor soil conditions from past use, the Land cannot be used for housing development; and
WHERE...
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