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Resolution approving and authorizing the execution of Ford Site Master Legal Services Agreement with Kennedy and Graven, Chartered, District 15, Ward 3
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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, currently the law firm of Kennedy & Graven, Chartered is providing bond counsel and related public finance legal services (“Legal Services”) for the HRA in its development and redevelopment activities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul is beginning the process for redevelopment of the Ford Site which is made up of a 122-acre parcel main redevelopment site, and may include the 13-acre Canadian Pacific Railway parcel to the south and a river parcel across Mississippi River Boulevard also owned by Ford; and
WHEREAS, the HRA is in need of a law firm to provide legal services related to the redevelopment of the Ford Site; and
WHEREAS, the CAO has conducted a search of law firms to provide legal services to the City and the HRA related to the Ford Site redevelop...
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