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Resolution approving and authorizing various condemnation matters and related documents for 1) Metropolitan Council Gold Line condemnation of properties located at 0 Conway Street, 652 Conway Street, and 1256 Wilson Avenue; and for 2) MnDOT Highway 5 Improvement condemnation of property located at 975 Minnehaha Avenue E, District 4, Ward 7
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WHEREAS, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (“HRA”) is a public body corporate and politic organized, existing, and operating under the laws of the State of Minnesota, Minn. Stat. Sec. 469.001, et seq. (the “Act”); and
WHEREAS, the HRA has the power to engage in development and redevelopment activities under the Act and when needs cannot be met through reliance solely upon private initiative, which can also be undertaken in targeted neighborhoods, and is authorized to create redevelopment projects as defined in the Act, and said activities include but are not limited to: (a) providing adequate, safe and sanitary dwellings, remedying housing shortages for low and moderate income residents, and providing housing for persons of all incomes through housing projects and development, (b) removing and preventing blight or deterioration, (c) bringing substandard buildings and improvements into compliance with public standards, (d) performing duties according to the comprehensive plan, (e) disposing of land for private redevelopment, and (f) improving the tax base and the financial stability of the community; and
WHEREAS, the HRA owns a 20 foot wide remnant parcel located at 0 Conway (PID: 32-29-22-41-0169) between existing right-of-way and an abutting residential lot; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council initiated eminent domain proceedings for the total taking of 0 Conway by offering to purchase the parcel for $2,000, based on its valuation of the non-buildable remnant parcel; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council is requesting the HRA enter into a purchase agreement for its ...
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