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RESOLUTION
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I RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDED REDEVELOPMENT
�I PLAN FOR SAINT PAUL NEIGHBORHOOD REDEVELOPMENT
' PROJECT AREA SUPPLEMENT TO THE CITY WIDE
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND AMENDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT TAX INCREM�NT PLAN AND
TAX INCREI`'fENT FINANCING DISTRICT AND APPROVING
A HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUBDISTRICT FOR THE SAINT
PAUL NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPr�NT PROGRAM
WHER�EAS , the Council of the City of Saint Paul (the "Council")
has the tatutory responsibility under Minnesota Statutes Section
469 . 028 �o approve redevelopment plans and projects of the Housing
and Rede elopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul , Minnesota
(the "H ") , and under Psinnesota Statutes Section 469 . 175 , Subd. 3
to appro e tax increment financing plans and districts proposed by
the housi;ng and redevelopment authorities within a city, in each
case afteir a public hearing thereon; and
WHEI�EAS , the Council of the City of Saint Paul has approved the
redevelo ment plan for the Saint Paul Neighborhood Redevelopment
Project "Project") as a supplement to the City Wide Redevelopment
Plan, a edevelopment �roject pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 1987
Sections 469 . 001 to 469 . 048 by its Resolution Council File No .
87-348 adopted March 17 , 1987 ;
j�Tf?E . EAS , the City Council has approved an amendment to the
Redevelo�ment Plan for �the Project addin� eleven areas to the
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Project b� its Resolution Council File No . 88-846 adopted May 26 ,
1988 ; and
WHER�AS , the HR.A proposes a second amendment to the Redevel-
opment Pl�.n for the Project, a proposed Tax Increment Financing
Plan for �the Snelling/University Tax Increment Financing District
and Hazar�lous Substance Subdistrict, dated December , 1989 ("Tax
Increment, Financing Plan" and "District") ; and
WHER�AS , the proposed amendment to the Redevelopment Plan
would ame d the Project Areas by expanding the boundaries of the
Snelling/ niversi�y Area as described in the said Redevelopment
Plan and y adding a new redevelopment area known as the Phalen
Shopping enter to the Project ; and
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WHER�AS , the Tax Increment Financing Plan proposed by the HRA
contains �.n identification of need and statement of objectives
for the i�iprovement of the District ; a list of the development
activitie� ; estimates of project cost , includin� administrative
expenses , �, amount of bonded indebtedness , sources of revenue ,
most recemt gross tax capacity of the District at completion
and duration of the District; statements of alternative estimates
of impact ! on all af�ected taxing jurisdictions , recites that studies
and analy�is which indicate the proposed development would not
reasonabl� be expected to occur in the reasonably foreseeable
future so�.ely through private investment , and identification of
all prope�'ty in,cluded inthe District; and
WHER�AS , HRA has submitted to the Council its Resolution No .
89-12/I3-7� approving an amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for,
and adopt�.on of a Tax Increment Financing Plan within and for,
the Saint �Paul Neighborhood Redevelopment Project and Snelling/
Universit�t. Tax Increment Financing District and Hazardous Substance
Subdistri�t ; and
WHERF�AS , the HRA has provided an opportunity to members of
the Ramsey� County Board and Independent School District No . 625
to meet wi�th the HRA and has presented the Board members of said
County anc� School District its estimate of the fiscal and economic
implicatiqns of the proposed Tax Increment Financing Districts ; and
WHER�AS , the Saint Paul Planning Commission has reviewed the
said amended Redevelopment Plan and approved the same as being in
conformity� with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan, the general plan
for the d�velopment and redevelopment of the municipality as a whole ;
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WHEF�EAS , the Project and District will assist in the
redevelo�ment and prevention of the spread of blighted, substandard,
deteriora�ted or deteriorating conditions , and permit the remediation
and remo�,tal of hazardous substances existing in the subdistrict
portion f the District, by acquisition of property, removal of
hazardou� substances , clearance of blighted, substandard or
obsoletejstructures , provision of site and public improvements
and sale ,of land for private redevelopment for uses in accordance
with thelRedevelopment Plan thereby promoting the public health
and gene al welfare of the community, preserving and enhancing
the tax se and expanding employment opportunities ; and
WHE AS , the project activities in the expanded new project
areas wil result in no displacement of persons or businesses and
should an� subsequently occur, feasible means exist to relocate
those few as might be so displaced by the Project as amended; and
WHER�AS , on February 8 , 1990, the City Council conducted a
public he�.ring upon the Tax Increment Financing Plan for the
Snelling/university Tax Increment Financing District and Hazardous
Substance Subdistrict in conjunction with a public hearing upon
the amend�d Redevelopment Plan, all after published notice of a
hearing on both such plans in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press on
January 2$, 1990; and
WHER�AS , at such public hearing the Council heard testimony
from all �.nterested parties appearing on the approval of the
�mended R�development Plan and Project proposed on the creation
of the Di�trict and on the cupplemental Tax Increment Financing
Plan and �iazardous Substance Subdistrict ; and
WHERIAS , the Council has considered the findings and
determina�ions of the Saint Paul Planning Commission, and of the
HRA respe¢ting the Project , District , Amended Redevelopment Plan,
the Suppl�mental Tax Increment Financing Plan, the Hazardous
Substance Subdistrict, together with the documentation submitted
in suppor ' of said plans and has taken into account the information
and knowl dge gained in hearings upon and during consideration of
other mat ers relating to the developments proposed for said
Project a�d District .
NOW '�HEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of
Saint Paul� , Minnesota, having reviewed and considered the documents
submittedjand the recitals , representations and provisions contained
therein, �.s follows :
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1 . Tt is hereby found and dete in d•
�. That the Redevelopment Project undertakings and
'� the Redevelopment Project Area, as described in
the Redevelopment Plan, as amended, constitute
, a "Redevelopment Project" within the meaning
of Minnesota Statutes Section 469 , Subd. 14 ,
�! and that the Project Area of the �,.inended
'� Redevelopment Plan constitutes a "blighted
j area" within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes
' Section 469 . 002 , Subd. 11 ;
�. That the land in the Project Area would not be
made available for nor would redevelopment be
i financially feasible without the public im-
; provements and the financial assistance
proposed for the Project ;
� . That the Amended Redevelopment Plan for the
� development area in the locality will afford
maximum opportunity, consistent with the
sound needs of the locality as a whole, for
the redevelopment of such area by private
� enterprise; and
I�. That the Amended Redevelopment Plan conforms
' to the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan, the
� general plan for the development of the
� locality as a whole.
� . That the displacement , if any, of individuals ,
families or businesses resulting from property
' acquisition proposed under the Redevelopment
Plan is minimum and feasible means exist for
�� providing required relocation assistance ;
�. That the creation of a tax increment financing
district and the creation of hazardous substance
i subdistrict are necessary in order to finance
property acquisition, property clearance and
site improvements , and the provision of
' public improvements necessary to remove
conditions of substandardness , blight and
deterioration and to encourage and induce
private investment and redevelopment of the
� Project in accordance with the Redevelopment
' and Tax Increment Financing Plans .
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2 . 'It is hereby found and determined for reasons set forth
lin the Amended Redevelopment Plan, the �upplemental
�Tax Increment Financing Plan, the Hazardous Substance
',Subdistrict Plan and the HRA Resolutions being; incor-
!porated herein and made a part hereof:
IjA. That the Tax Increment District contains twelve
I parcels of which ten (84%) are occupied by
buildings , streets , utilities or other improve-
ments , and five of seven (72%) of the buildings
in the District are structurally substandard,
that two of the seven (28%) of the buildings in
the District do not require substantial renovation
or clearance, and that, consequently, the Tax
Increment Financing District constitutes a
"Redevelopment District" within the meaning of
Minnesota Statutes , Section 469 . 174, Subd. 10(a)
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�. That within the District is a riazardous substance
! site and that the property parcels containin�
; hazardous substances and the property parcels
, immediately adjacent to said parcels are iden-
! tified.
�. That the redevelopment proposed in the Tax
Increment Financing Plan and Hazardous Substance
Subdistrict Plan would not in the opinion of the
, Council reasonably be expected to occur solely
through private investment within the reasonably
' foreseeable future without the public financial
, and other public assistance proposed, that the
usual sources of public revenue are not adequate
to provide the required level of public assistance
and that, therefore , the use of Tax Increment
� Financing as proposed in the Tax Increment Financing
Plan and Hazardous Substance Subdistrict Plan is
necessary;
I�. That the Supplemental Tax Increment Financing Plan
I and the Hazardous Substance Subdistrict Plan within
, it conform to the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan
which is the general plan for the development
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iE. That the Tax Increment Financing Plan and Supplement
will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the
sound needs of the municipality as a whole for the
the development or redevelopment of the Redevelop-
', ment Area and District by private enterprise; and
that the assistance provided pursuant to the Tax
Increment Financing Plan and Supplement is a
necessary and desirable encouragement of private
I development to effectuate the redevelopment and
revitalization of the affected neighborhood commer-
cial areas and the adjoining residential parts of
' said nei�hborhood;
�F. That the City elects the method of tax increment
computation set forth in Minnesota Statutes ,
Section 469 . 177 , Subd. 3 (a) .
3 . 'The Amended Redevelopment Plan, the Supplemental Tax
Increment Financing Plan and the Hazardous Substance
, Subdistrict Plan each are hereby approved as in the
jpubli.c interest and as necessary in order to carry
'out the development and redevelopment of the Project
Area and District in accordance with the objectives
and purposes in said Plans provided thereby elimin-
!�ated the conditions identified in said Plans and
accomplishing the provision of public improvements
and private developments contemplated by said Plans
,in the furtherance of the general welfare of the
Icitizens of Saint Paul .
4, The HRA is authorized to file copies of the Amended
Redevelopment Plan, the Supplemental Tax Increment
'Financing Plan and the Hazardous Substance Subdistrict
,Plan with the Commissioner of the Department of Trade
and Economic Development of the State of Minnesota,
to file copies of the Supplemental Tax Increment
Financing Plan and Hazardous Substance Subdistrict
Plan and this Resolution with the Ramsey County
,Department of Taxation and Records Administration
',and Ramsey County Auditor with its request for
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aertification of the ori�inal assessed valuation
af the Districts , and thereafter to undertake the
Program and Project in accordance with the Amended
l�edevelopment Supplemental Tax Increment Financing
I�lan and Hazardous Substance Subdistrict Plan hereby
aidopted and supplemented.
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OEPARTM[NT/OFFlCE/COIINCIL DATE INITIATED
P.�.o. Z-1-90 GREEN S T �e No. 7026
CONTACT P 3 PHONE . TE� INITIAUDATE
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G1 ori� �strom D ve ��ntarek ��� �CITY ATTORNEY m CITY CLERK
MUBT BE ON COl1NCll A(iENDA BY( T� NOUTINti �BUDOET DIRECT�i �FIN.6 MO CES DIR.
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TOT/1�N OF SIQNATURE P ES 1 (CLIP ALL LOCATIONS FOR SIQNATURE)
ACT10N REOUESTED: �
Approval of the Sn 11ing-University Tax Increment Financing District and Hazardous
Substance Subdistr ct.
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g�ppppTg yyHl(�i pp�NdL pgJE , Approval of T x I ncrement and Devel opment Di stri ct
for the Tra 1 Crow/Wards P oject
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The Tax Increment istrict and Hazardous Substance Subdistrict for the Trarr�nel �row/Wards
redevelopment proj ct. The H.R.A. has r�viewed and approved this district and sent it
to the City Counci for a Public Heari��y and approval .
ADVANTAt�ES If APPROVED: �/j � ,,
The project financ nc ', root sub-regional Wards Redevelopment can
be negotiated and ri �j �onsideration and approval .
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Financing could no be considered and the project would not be built.
TOTAL AMOUNT OF TRANSACTI ;"'� � COST/REYENUE BUDOETED(qRCLE ONE) YES NO
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING UPON TAX INCREMENT FINANCING �j
P�.AN FOR THE SNELLING-UNIVERSITY TAX INCREMENT FINANCING �yO'�� /
DISTRICT AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUBDISTRICT
�(SAINT PAUL NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing before the Council of the City of
Saint Paul will be held in the City Council Chambers, Third Floor, 15 West
Kellogg Boulevard, Saint Paul, Minnesota at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 8,
1990, to consider the proposal of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of
the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (HRA) , to adopt a Tax Increment Financing
Plan for the Snelling-University Tax Increment Financing District and
Hazardous Substance Subdistrict (Saint Paul Neighborhood Business Development
Program) .
That the purpose of this Plan is to meet the need that exists to provide for a
more aggressive effort to revitalize the City's neighborhood commercial
strips. To accomplish this undertaking a new financing program is necessary
to provide 1 w cost loans for new development and business expansion as well
as to provid� needed public improvements.
That the priqiary purpose of the Tax Increment Financing Plan for the District
and hazardou� substance subdistrict are necessary and in the public interest,
as promoting, the public health, safety and welfare through the removal of
conditions o blight, substandardness and deterioration, by the prevention of
the spread o� such conditions within and adjacent to the Project area and the
redevelopmen� of such area for uses in accordance with the Redevelopment Plan
for the Project and Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan thereby promoting the sound
growth and development of the area and the City as a whole, preserving and
enhancing th$ City's tax base and source of municipal revenue and providing
employment opportunity.
The area of �he Snelling-University Tax Increment Financing District and
Hazardous Substance Subdistrict, is legally described as follows: -'
Beginn�ng at the intersection of the centerline of University
Avenue and Fry Street; thence North along the centerline of Fry
Street to the intersection with the centerline of alley in Block 4,
Brightwood Park Addition; thence East along the centerline of said
alley #o the intersection with the centerline of North Snelling
Avenue„ thence North along the centerline of North Snelling Avenue
to the intersection with the centerline of Sherburne Avenue; thence
East akong the centerline of Sherburne Avenue to the intersection
with tl�e centerline of Asbury Street; thence South along the
center ine of Asbury Street to the intersection with the
center ine of University Avenue; thence East along the centerline
of Uni ersity Avenue to the intersection with the centerline of
Hamlin Avenue, thence south along the centerline of Hamline Avenue
for a clistance of approximately 760.0 feet; thence due west until
intersection with Lot A; thence southwesterly on a tangential curve
for a distance of approximately 270.0 feet; thence south on a
parallel line with Hamline Avenue to the intersection with the
centerline of St. Anthony Avenue; thence west along the centerline
of St. Anthony Avenue to the intersection with the centerline of
North Snelling Avenue; thence north along the centerline of North
Snelling Avenue to the intersection of the centerline with Shields
Avenue; thence west along the centerline of Shields Avenue to the
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, intersiection of the centerline of the alley in Block 1, Homer H.
Hoyt Co. 's Addition; thence north along the centerline of said
alley to the intersection with the centerline of Spruce Tree
Avenue�; thence west along the centerline of Spruce Tree Avenue to
the irLtersection with the centerline of Fry Street; thence north
along the centerline of Fry Street to the intersection of the
center�.ine of University Avenue, the point of beginning.
Copies of the Tax Increment Financing Plan for the Snelling-University Tax
Increment Financing District and Hazardous Substance Subdistrict and related
documents are on file in the office of the City Clerk, Room 386, City Hall and
Court House, and in the office of the Department of Planning and Economic
Development, ' City Hall Annex, 25 West Fourth Street, lOth Floor, Saint Paul,
Minnesota, and are available during regular business hours.
That upon sa�d Public Hearing the Council shall consider the Tax Increment
financing Pl$n for the Snelling-University Tax Increment Financing District
and Hazardou� Substance Subdistrict and the redevelopment and community
development �ctivities in said Plan and determine whether (1) the land in the
Project area would be made available for redevelopment without the undertaking
of the Proj�e�t and provision of public financial assistance being considered,
(2) the Development Plan will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the
sound needs qf the locality as a whole, for redevelopment of the Development
District are� by private enterprise, (3) the Plan conforms to the general plan
for the development of the locality as a whole, and (4) the Plan makes
provision toward development of a viable community in Saint Paul, including
expanded and, industrial/commercial revitalization and expanding economic
opportunities principally for persons of low and moderate income.
That further ,upon said public hearing all interested persons will be given the
opportunity $o be heard or to submit written comments and the City Council
will conside�!, among other matters, (1) whether the Snelling-University Tax
Increment Fir�ancing District and Hazard Substance Subdistrict constitutes a
development �istrict within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes Section 469.174
Subdivision ],0(2) , (2) whether development of these sites of the Redevelopmer�
Area would nqt reasonably be expected to occur solely through private
investment wi;thin the forseeable future necessitating the use of tax increment
financing, (3) whether the Tax Increment Financing Plan and the Project and
District wil]; afford maximum opportunity consistent with the sound needs of
the municipality as a whole for the development of the Projects by private
enterprise, ajnd (5) whether the Tax Increment Financing Plan should be
adopted. '�
Dated Januar}r, 26, 1990 (�
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INTERDEPARTMENTAL MEMORANDUM
' REGEIVED
DATE: January 26, 1990 �sl�o
To: jAlbert o�son CITY CLERK
FROM: Sheri Pemberton ?�
RE: City Council Public Hearing for February 8, 1990
Attached isja copy of a Public Hearing which was published in the St. Paul
Pioneer Presjs and Dispatch on Sunday, January 28, 1990.
Please lacl this Pub '
p � lic Hearing on the City Council Agenda for Thursday,
February 8, 'I1990. A City Council Resolution is being routed for signatures
and will be forwarded to you by the City Attorney's Office, prior to the City
Council Meeting.
Thank you. '
SAP:lk
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WHEREAS the Junior League of Saint Paul is an organization of women committed
to promoting volunteerism and to improving the community through the effective
action of train�d volunteers, and
WHEREAS, th� Jux�ior League of Saint Paul has assisted the City of Saint Paul
in developing tl�e design plans for the Harriet Bishop play structure being
planned for Har�iet Island, and
WHEREAS, the Junior League has developed a curriculum about the life and times
of Harriet Bishop, Saint Paul' s earliest school teacher, for use by fourth
grade teachers �n Saint Paul, and
WHEREAS, Junior �ILeague volunteers have done assemblies at Saint Paul schools to
introduce Harri�t Bishop to students of all ages and to share the excitement
about the Harri�t Bishop play structure to be constructed in �he park bearing
her name, and
WHEREAS, the Ci�y of Saint Paul is appreciative of all of JLSP' s efforts on
behalf of the H�rriet Bishop project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby recognize
the assistance �f the Junior League of Saint Paul in bringing Harriet Bishop
alive for the ypung people in Saint Paul and in creating enthusiasm for the
development of Harriet Island and expresses its thanks to JLSP for their
commitment to the Harriet Bishop project.
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