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Authorization to designate Face to Face Health & Counseling Service, Inc., a Minnesota nonprofit corporation, as tentative developer of 1170 Arcade Street, District 5, Ward 6
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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 is empowered by law, including the Act, to adopt and enforce this Resolution in pursuit of its mandate to engage in appropriate housing, development, and redevelopment projects; to remove or prevent the spread of conditions of blight or deterioration; to bring substandard buildings and improvements into compliance with public standards; to dispose of HRA-owned land for private development; and to improve the tax base and the financial stability of the community; and
WHEREAS, the HRA owns approximately 0.22 acres of land located at 1170 Arcade Street (the “Property”); and
WHEREAS, the HRA issued a publicly announced Request for Proposals for the Purchase and Redevelopment of the Property (the “RFP”) on November 21, 2022, with a submission deadline of February 3, 2023, all in compliance with the HRA’s disposition policy; and
WHEREAS, by the deadline contained in the RFP, two proposals to purchase and redevelop the Property were submitted to the HRA; and
WHEREAS, after an extensive and formal review process of the two proposals, HRA staff recommends that the HRA Board of Commissioners accept the proposal submitted by Face to Face Health & Counseling Service, Inc., a Minnesota nonprofit corporation (“Face to Face”) to construct an approximately 20-unit affordable housing and mixed-use office development on the Property (the “Project”); and
WHEREAS, of the two proposals that were timely submitted, the Project proposed by Face to Face best accomplishes the objectives and goals outlined in the RFP, the HRA Land Disposition Pol...
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