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Resolution approving and authorizing the sale and conveyance of a vacant lot under the Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority’s (HRA) Guidelines for Disposition of a Splinter Parcel for a parcel at 473 Hatch Avenue in North End, District 6, 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 Minnesota Statutes section 469.002, subdivision 14; and
WHEREAS, in 2005 the HRA acquired a property lot, namely: 473 Hatch Avenue (the “Property”), in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with the legal description of Lot 34, Block 1, Neuru and Wallraffs Addition to Saint Paul, Ramsey County, and as otherwise described in the staff report submitted to the HRA Board with this resolution; and
WHEREAS, the HRA proposes to sell and convey the Property, substantially as shown on the attached Map hereto, to the adjacent property owners Noor Ali Leghari and Hadisa Ali Leghari pursuant to the terms and requirements of the Disposition Policy and Procedures for the Sale of Splinter Parcels for Residential Side Yards that was duly adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the HRA under RES 13-1592 (the “Splinter Parcel Policy”), and Noor Ali Leghari and Hadisa Ali Leghari are willing to accept the conveyance on the terms described in the staff report (“Hatch Proposal”); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the HRA considered the Hatch Proposal for the sale of the Property: (1) pursuant to the requirements contained in the Splinter Parcel Policy that was duly adopted under the HRA Board’s RES 13-1592; (2) after the notice of sale and notice of public hearing was published in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press on September 18, 2022; and (3) after a public hearing held on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 2:00 pm on the third floor of City Hall, 15 West Kellogg Boulevard, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, by this resolution the Board of Commissioners of the HRA finds a public purpose for the conveyance of the Property; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota that:
1. The HRA Board of Commissioners hereby approves the “Hatch Proposal” for sale and conveyance of the vacant lot at 473 Hatch Avenue to Noor Ali Leghari and Hadisa Ali Laghari on the terms described in the accompanying staff report.
2. The HRA Executive Director is authorized and directed to finalize all documents and agreements necessary to effectuate the conveyance of the Property to the buyers named in the accompanying staff report.
3. The HRA Executive Director, staff and legal counsel for the HRA are further directed and authorized to take all actions necessary to implement this Resolution. The HRA’s Executive Director is authorized to execute any documents and instruments in connection with this Resolution, except that the HRA Chair/Commissioner shall also execute the deed of conveyance.