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File #: RES PH 18-235    Version: 1
Type: Resolution-Public Hearing Status: Passed
In control: Housing & Redevelopment Authority
Final action: 8/8/2018
Title: Resolution approving and authorizing the sale and conveyance of property at 47 Douglas Street, authorization to enter into a development agreement, and authorization of expenditures for redevelopment, District 9, Ward 2
Sponsors: Rebecca Noecker
Attachments: 1. Board Report, 2. Comprehensive Plan Conformance, 3. Public Purpose, 4. District 9 profile, 5. Map
Related files: RES 13-1592, RES 13-1097, RES PH 21-141
Title

Resolution approving and authorizing the sale and conveyance of property at 47 Douglas Street, authorization to enter into a development agreement, and authorization of expenditures for redevelopment, District 9, Ward 2

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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, the HRA has duly adopted and there is now lawfully in effect in the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, a City Wide Comprehensive/Redevelopment Plan providing for the acquisition, clearance and resale of land for redevelopment and a City Consolidated Five-Year Plan; and

WHEREAS, the HRA received parcel 47 Douglas Street as a donation in 2010 (the “Property”); and

WHEREAS, the legal description of the Parcel is as follows: The north 46.2 feet of Lot 96, Whitacre, Brisbine & Mullen’s Subdivision of Lots 1 and 2 of Leech’s Addition of Outlots to the Town of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; and

WHEREAS, on October 9, 2013, by Resolution 13-1592 the HRA Board accepted and approved key terms of the I...

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