Title
Authorizing the City to enter into Privately Owned Public Space Parkland Agreements with Snelling-Midway Redevelopment, LLC.
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WHEREAS, RES PH 23-227 approved the preliminary plat for UNITED VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT subject to several conditions including a requirement that parkland agreements for the two identified Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS) be approved by the City Council prior to approval of the final plat pursuant to Saint Paul Legislative Code §69.511(c); and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council has sole discretion in determining whether an alternative method of satisfying parkland dedication will be acceptable and pursuant to Saint Paul Legislative Code §69.511(c) may waive the dedication of land and enter into an agreement for the private development and maintenance of land for public use for “parks, playgrounds, recreation facilities, wetlands, trails, or open space” provided that:
1) The land area or value of the land and improvements privately developed and maintained for public use for parks, playgrounds, trails, open space, or conservation purposes must at least equal that required under this ordinance
2) Land, facilities, and improvements accepted under this provision shall be accessible to the public in a manner similar to public land
3) The city council finds, after recommendation of the director of parks and recreation and the parks commission, that such land and improvements will serve the purposes listed in Saint Paul Legislative Code § 69.511(a); and
4) The City and the owners, subdividers ,or developers of the land must have executed a parkland development agreement insuring that specified land shall be developed and maintained for the purposes listed in Saint Paul Legislative Code §69.511(a) and that a covenant i recorded, running with the specified land, indicating that the land will revert to the City if it is not developed and maintained for the purposes listed in Saint Paul Legislative Code §69.511(a).
WHEREAS, the P...
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