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00-778(�,m�.�� . c�3 ��C� Council File # �O � ��.� Resolution # Green Sheet # ��p q 3 � 0 Presented By Referred To Committee: Date 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 WFIEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council, on January 12, 2000 (Resolution #00-35), took the following actions regarding the West Side FZats Development Strategy: 1) found the West Side Flats DeveZopment Strategy consistent with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and the Saint Paul on the Mississippi Development Framework, and 2) endorsed the West Side Flats DeveZopment Strategy as the overall vision for the future development of the area between Robert, Wabasha, Plato and the Mississippi River; and 3) requested that the Administration direct PED staff to prepare amendments to the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area Redevelopment Plan to reflect the Development Strategy vision; and 4) requested the Administration to direct PED staff to explore the appropriateness of cunent zoning for this portion of the West Side Flats and recommend changes where needed to implement the vison of the Development Strategy; and WHEREAS, PED staff prepared amendments to the text and future land use map of the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area Redevelopment Plan to allow a mixing of land uses and to remove specific references to industrial uses in the West Side Flats project area (generatly bounded by Robert Street, Plato Boulevard, Wabasha Street and the Mississippi River), consistent with the West Side FZats Development Strategy; and WIIEREAS, the proposed amendments were considered by the Planning Commission and found to be in conformance with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council conducted a public hearing on the proposed amendments on August 23, 2000; attached hereto as Exhibii NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council hereby adopts the proposed amendments A the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area Redevelopment Plan for the area general(y bounded by Robert Street, Piato Boulevard, Wabasha Street and the Mississippi River. Requested by Department of: Planninq & Economic Development By: e i►. /�/.�+�"�N� �_ Fosm Approved by City torney � By: � By: Approved by May By: 43 roved by Mayor for Submission to Council $ �� Adopted by Council: Date ��pp Adoption Certified by Council Secretary �� • ��X�li �\� PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR THE RIVERFRONT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA BACKGROUND The Redevelopment Plan and Development Program for the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area (hereinafter referred to as the "Redevelopment Plan") was adopted in November 1987. The Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area is located along the central riverfront between the High Bridge and the Lafayette Bridge, and contains sites on both the north and south sides of the Mississippi River. The key components of the Redevelopment Plan include a legal description of the Project Area, a set o£ development objectives and a general land use plan. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS Amendments to the Redevelopment Plan to reflect the Saint Paul on the Mississippi Development Frameivork and West Side FZats Development Strategy aze recommended in two sections: C. Previous and Current Efforts, and F. General Land Use Plan (text and map). Section C. Previous and Current Efforts I. Add the follo�ving text to page 10: Since Yhe Redevelooment Plan was ori i�nall�adooted in 1987 there has been verv little private investment in the West Side Flats area. Despite si�nificant public investment, primarilv in the form of the riverfront levee and esplanade (approximatelv $15 millionl. the private sector has not responded Private lands that were vacant have remained vacant and there has been neelect and demolition of buildines over the last 15 vears. In the earlv 1990s riverfront and downtown revitalization became much more a oart of the communitv's aeenda. Like cities throuehout North America. Saint Paul be ag n to recognize the Mississi�pi River as a well-sprine of communitv oride identitv vitalitv and investment With significant acquisition and cleazance completed the time was ri¢ht to reinvest in downtown and the central riverfront and to start to create new neiehborhoods with a unique relationship to the river. u In 1997 the Saint Paa�l on the Mississippi Development Framework was released to guide p lannin e urban desien and development activities in a four-squaze mile oortion of downtown Saint Paul and the central riverfront between the Hi¢h Bridee and the Lafavette BridQe The result of a three-vear olannine and communitv input process the Framework lavs out a vision for downtown and the central riverfront that: reconnects the citv to the Mississinpi River• increases ihe varietv of land uses in these azeas. especiallv in terms of addin¢ residential units• inteorates land uses to create new neiehborhoods that aze less de�endent on the caz• restores the urban ecolo¢v' and converts former industriai 60 _°11K � �e aa _`l`1Ff � areas alon� the riverfront to new mixed-use urban villa¢es. The Frarnework contains ten principles to guide new development in downtown and alone the central riverfront, as well as precinct plans that applv the ten principles in four sub-areas (Rice Park- RiverCentre Wabasha Conidor Upper Landine and West Sidel. Most relevant to the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area is the Framework's call for a mixina of land uses in compact urban villaees (rather than isolatin¢ them into senarate districtsl and a diversif of the ranee of uses within each new neiehborhood. In 1998. the Citv Council endorsed the Framework's ten �nciples as the basis for the Citv's development policv for the downtown-central riverfront oroiect area. Adopted bv the City Council in 1999. the Land Use Plan chanter of the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan officiallv made the ten principles the basis for future land use plannina and develo�ment in downto�vn and alona the central riverfront. Manv of the areas �vithin the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area �vere identified as new mixed- use urban villaQes with streets that accommodate transit, bikes, pedestrians and cars; buildinas and land uses that enea2e the street and increase pedestrian activitv: oublic access to the riverfront• and a ranee of land uses within smaller neishborhoods that are connected to one another and to the river. Aiso in 1999 the Cit worked with West Side communitv reoresentatives. vrooertv owners residents architects urban desieners. the Saint Paul Riverfront Corporation. • Saint Paul on the Mississippi Design Center, Port Authoritv and Capital Citv Partnership t�repare a lona-term vision for a 4�-acre portion of the �Vest Side Flats ivine between Robert and �Vabasha streets the Mississippi River and Plato Boulevard, based on previous work in the Frametivork and West Side Precinct Plan. This vision is contained in the West Side Flats DeveZo�ment Strate� .V and proposes a mixed-use comoact urban villaee with visual and �hvsical access to the river: a restored historic neiehborhood street grid that orovides urban-scaled development parcels and multiple street access points• an open space network to link adjacent uses and neiehborhoods and add value to development oarcels• improved streetscapes; and a mix of uses. with nredominantiv commercial activities alonQ Robert and Wabasha and predominantiv residential uses on intemal blocks oriented to a linear open space along the existine rail corridor. In 1999. both the Citv Council and HRA endorsed the West Side Flats Development Strategv as the overall vision for the future development of the area between Robert, Wabasha. Plato and the Mississioni River. Section F. General Land Use Plan (page 17) 2. Delete references to specific future land uses in the West Side Flats azea: a. Delete under 3. RESIDENTIAL (page 18): "A. On the south shoreline of the river, on a site bordered by Wabasha Street • on the west, Fillmore Ave. on the south, and Robert St. on the east;" -2- �-. - � b. Delete under 4. COMMERCIAL: RETAIL & OFFICE (pa�e 19): "D. On the south shore of the river, along Wabasha St. to Plato Blvd., and in the vicinity of HARRIET ISLAND MARINA, including sites west of Wabasha St. on Water St., and on the upstream end ofNavy Island;" c. Delete under 5. INDUSTRIAL (page 20): "C. In the SOUTHBANK INLAND AREA, on a site roushly bound by Fillmore Ave., �,Vabasha St., Plato Blvd., and Robert St." Add new lan�uage and change the General Land Use Plan map to indicate mixed use for the �Vest Side Flats site. a. Change the title of the map from "Proposed Comprehensive Plan Land Use Amendments" to "Redevelopment Plan Future Land Use." b. Change the map designation for the West Side Flats sites to MIXED USE. c. Add text that describes what types of mixed uses are recommended and where (page 20): 6. MIXED USE Areas desiEnated as MIXED USE should be developed with a mix of residential, • commercial recreational civic and o�en space uses. To the ereatest extent possible and where appropriate these uses should be ananeed in an "urban villaQe" with a traditional urban street arid; compact biock uattem: varietv of exoeriences within walkine distance of one another: strone public realm: medium- to-hiQh densities but low-to-medium heights• connection to transit; buildinas that frame the street and respect the neighborhood context: and land uses that are trulv inteerated within a buildin_,_parcel or block. This is perhaos the most flexible land use district in the Riverfront Redevelopment Proiect Area, with the express pumose to mix land uses within an area rather than isolate them into separate districts The predominant land use will vary bv sub-area. Sites for mixed-use development are: A. On the south shoreline of the river. in the area bordered bv Wabasha Street on the west, Plato Boulevard on the south, Robert Street on the east and the river on the north. On this site, the urban street erid should be re- established• ne�v open spaces and pedestrian connections should link the neiehborhood to adiacent uses and neiehborhoods: visual and phvsical access to the river shouid be provided• and a varietv of residential, office. civic educational retail and entertainment uses should be developed. B. On the south shore of the river alona Wabasha Street to Plato Boulevard, includino sites west of Wabasha Street on Water Street, and on the upstream end of Naw Island. • ' -3- 00 -'1�18' � C. On the south side of Plato Boulevard between Starkev Street and Robert Street to the southerly limits of the Redevelopment Project Area. 4. Renumber the 6. VEHICULAR CIRCULATION to 7. VEHICULAR CIRCULATION and 7. DESIGN CONTROLS to 8. DESIGN CONTROLS. 5. Add under 8. 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' v � �' `` ;:'� � ,� " ,• ` �� ,� � l ',`� � (� ` `"�.J l= �F� � i- �_ �', / �. , �� = �'�� V • `'�`=: t ��:' \ � � z _•:, � � . � _`. � . .- i `\ `; r' � ;\'. `�� .�� C 0 : a t) a 0 a � p Y r m a � 0 V � 4 a � N o C 9 n � a U O F V E E 0 U � � � c # :� ��€� U U t� � �� . r U � G' Q � = U [ ��,�I �EPARTMENT/OFFICE/COUNCIL: DATE INITIATED GREEN SHEET No.•106931 PED August 10, 2000 ' OCr�.�}��' CONTACT PERSON & PHONE: II�`I77A 7'E IN177AiJDATE Lucy Thompson, 266-6578 � � DEPAR"I'�NT DIR rp' ctr�covricn. MUST BE ON COUNCII. AGENDA BY (DATE) �ICTN � CITY ATTORNEY� � CITY CLERK FINANCIAL SERV DIR. FINANCIAL SERV/ACCTG AllgtlSt Z3� ZOOO gpg '�MAYOR (OR ASST.) _ CIVIL SERVICE COMI�IISSION AOUI'ING ORDER TOTAL # OF SIGNA'1'ORE PAGES _1_(CLiP ALL LOCATIONS FOR SIGNAI'URE) A�oN�Q�D: ka " vtl� iv wverfr�nt r+�evei. rn�e�t,�rta �tde� t�a�+ f� RECOMIvIMENDA]'IONS: Approve (A) or Rejec[ (R) � PERSONAL SERVICE COIV1RACfS MUST ANSR'ER THE FOI.LOWING QUESTIONS: A_ PLANNING COMIvIISSION 1. Has this person/fum ever workeA under a contrac[ for this deparhnent? CIB COMNIITI'EE Yes No CIVIL SERVICE COMIvIISSION 2. Has this person/fivn ever been a ciry employee? Yes No 3. Does this person/finn possess a skill not nortnally possessed by any cu�rent ciry employee? Yes No Explain all yes answers on separate sheet and attach to green sheet INITIATING PROBLEM, ISSi7E, OPPORTUNTIT (Who, What, W hen, Where, W hy): In January 2000, the City Council endorsed the West Side Flats Development Strategy as the overall vision for the area between Robert, Wabasha, Plato and the Mississippi River (Resolution #00-35). In the same resolution, the City Council asked that the Administration direct PED staff to prepaze amendments to the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area Redevelopment Plan to reflect the West Side Flats Development Strategy. More recently, U.S. Bancorp announced in July 2000 that it has selected a site within the West Side Flats project area far a new 350,000-500,000-square-foot client services center to be part of a new mixed-use urban village. ADVANTAGESIFAPPROVED: - Development in the West Side Flats portion of the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area will be consistent with the neighborhood's and City's vision. DLSADVAN'I'AGES IF APPROVED: None. ■ � E�EIVED � DISADVANTAGES IF NOT APPROVED: CITY The communiTy's vision for the Flats will not be implemented. A�ORNEY TOTAL AMOUN'I' OF'CRANSACTION: S NA COST/REVENIJE BUDGETED: FUNDING SOURCE: ACTIVTfY N[JMBER: FAVANCIAL INFORMATION: (EXPLAIN) £L\Shared\THOIv�SLA�edevplangrre�sheet OO -'IR8' Interdepartmental Memorandum C1T'Y OF SAINT PAUL DATE: August 16, 2000 TO: Council President Dan �ostrom and Me�be;s of the City Council FROM: Mayor Norm Coleman � � SUBJECT: Amendments to the Red ve opm�ent Pi evelopment Program for the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area (West Side Flats) In response to the City CounciP s action in January 2000, PED staff have prepazed amendments to the Redevelopment Plan and Development Program for the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area to reflect the vision in the West Side Flats Development Strategy. The Saint Paul Planning Commission has reviewed the amendments, and has determined that they aze in conformance with the City's Comprehensive Plan. • I am forwarding the proposed amendments to you with my recommendation for adoption. Attachxnents • PLANNING COMMISSION Gladys Morton, Chair DATE: TO: CITY OF SAINT PAUL Norm Coleman, Mayor FROM: August 11, 2000 25 West Fourth Street Saint Paul, MN55702 C>o -'l'18' Telephone: 65I-266-6565 F¢csimile: 6�7-218-3314 Mayor Norm Coleman and Members of the Saint Paul City Council Gladys Morton, Chair ►TfpY6M Saint Paul Planning Commission SUBJECT: Amendments to the Redevelopment Plan and Development Program for the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area (West Side Flats) : : . 11tZ�111►117 . The Redevelopment Plan and Development Program for the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area (hereinafter referred to as the "Redevelopment Plan") was adopted in November 1987. The Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area is located along the central riverfront between the High Bridge and the Lafayette Bridge, and contains sites on both the north and south sides of the Mississippi River. The key components of the Redevelopment Plan include a legal description of the Project Area, a set of development objectives and a general land use plan. A copy is attached. Whenever amendments to the Redevelopment Plan are proposed, the Planning Commission is required to review them for conformance with the City's Comprehensive Plan. REASONS FOR PROPOSING AMEI�DMENTS AT TFIIS TIME In December 1999, the Saint Paul Planning Commission considered the West Side Flats Development Strategy and made the following findings and recommendations: • i) 2) 3) 4) The West Side Flats Development Strategy is consistent with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and Saint Paul on the Mississippi Development Framework. The West Side Flats DeveZopment Strategy should be endorsed as the overall vision for the future development of the area between Robert Street, Wabasha Street, Plato Boulevazd and the Mississippi River. Amendments to the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area Redevelopment Plan governing this area should be prepared to reflect the Development Strategy vision. PED staff should recommend zoning changes, where needed, to unplement the vision of the DeveZopment Strate�. da -'iR� i Mayor Norm Coleman et. al. August 11, 2000 Page Two In January 2000, the City Council and Housing and Redevelopment Authority agreed with the Pianning Commission's recommendations, and made the same findings and directions to staff to conduct additional work to implement the Development Strategy. In addition to the recent completion of the West Side Flats Development Strategy, U.S. Bank announced just two weeks ago that it has selected a site along Robert Street south of the river for a new client services center, and that the new office building will be part of a mixed-use urban village on the West Side Flats. The first phase of the new neighborhood will include U.S. Bank's development (350,000-500,000 square feet of office) and approximately 750 units of housing. The mix of land uses envisioned in the new urban village was not anticipated in the original Redevelopment Plan, so amendments are necessary to bring it into compliance with the Development Strategy, and to set the stage for the use of tas increment financing for the proposed office and housing development. The key purpose of the proposed amendments is twofold: 1) to allow a mixing of land uses, rather than prescribing a segregation of land uses into distinct districts or sites; and 2) to prohibit • the establishment of new industrial uses in the West Side Flats project area. The exact mix of residential, commercial, office and recreational uses within the new urban village is not set. Considerations such as market demand, economic feasibility, site design and land use compatibility will deternune the exact mix and location of future uses. RECOMMENDATION The Saint Paul Planning Commission has determined that the attached amendments to the Redevelopment Plan and Development Program for the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area regazding the West Side Flats project azea are in conformance with the City's Comprehensive Plan. We recommend that the Mayor forward these proposed changes to the City Council and Housing and Redevelopment Authority for a public hearing before the City Council and adoption by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority. Attachxnents • aa-�� REDEVELOPMENT PLAN and DEVELOP��ENT PROGRAf� � d and � RIVERfkONT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREp of the HOUSING & REDEYELOPMENT AUTHdRITY (HRA) OF THE CI7Y OF SAINT PAUL, MINNE50TA (MINNESOTA STATUTES SECTION 469.001 Subd. 14) . -.. r - . _ .. ` - � � �.� ��f ..... . ._ . � - .w .: �EVEIOFMENT DISTRICT - (DEYELOPh1ENT �4) ._ _ of the , - CITY�4F SAINT PAUI, MINNESOTA ;.._ _(MINNESOTA'STATUTES SECTIONS 469:124:=:469.134) ' Approved by the„HRA:.,.. „ November 4, 1987;:: - Approved by:the City of Saint Paut•November 10, 1981 = k : ,� _ �, - �-�-� - , �_ < - s �., �-< - . , .. _ — ' - - - < .. _ =�=' _ = - - "'�:'`_ TABLE OF CONTENTS .� Paae No. A. DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT and REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA ....................... 2 B. BACK6ROUND ............. " ........ 6 C. PREYiOUS AtJD CURRENT EFFORTS ........ ......... 7 .:_ ' • _ _..:.�. ._ . . .... D. DEYELOPMENT-OBJECTIVES ........................... 11 E. 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L' = ; �� i� � Y /•�� - Lm B � I � :..�a � I, , _ _ ; _�, -�_ , •�% ' ° � . �, , i �° t •��; �'• 1 � . ti ,��1 �o .� , � ` I � �= cp aa -1°t8� � Q .� i -- � . � 0 > �� a , t � I I ` � �� : c_ � $ t � Q�� aO f �> � QQ � : .�� ' F �� _ � i :. The Housing and Redevelopment Autfiority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (HRA) proposes to establish RIVERfRONT REDEVELOPMEN7 PP,OJECT AREA, as provide� for in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 4E9, and a REDEVELOPtdENT DISTRICT as provided for in Minnesota Statutes, �=�tion 469.001, Subd. 14. Additionally, the City of Saint Paul proposes to form a DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, as provided for in Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.124-469.134. The project and district would be coextensive with each other. References to the Redeveiopment Project, Project Area and Plan shall be understood to include by this incorporation a reference to the Development District, District Area and Development Program. In addition, the City and the HRA proposed to adopt a TAX I�CREMENT fINANCIhu PLAN, as provided for in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 469.174, Subd._ 10, to finance project and district activities irt accordance with the foTlowing P1an and Program. A. DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVELOPt�iENT DISTRICT AND RED`VELOPtdE��T PR�JECT AREA PROJECT BOUNDARIES The boundaries of the Riverfront Development District and Redevelopment Project Area are mapped on Map A, attached, and described as follows: All of 67ock 2, J.T. McMiTian Company's Piat, St. Paul, Ninn., except that � , part which lies southerly of a line described as follows: Beginning at an iron monument in the north line of Section 12, Township 28, Range 23, Ramsey County, Minnesota, which monument is 514.63 feet east of the northwest corner of 6overnment Lot 1 in said Sec'tion 12; thenc.e (assuming the north line of said Section 12 as a due East and West line) South 60 degrees 29 minutes West, 141.60 feet to a point; thence South 71 degrees, 46 1/2 minutes �test 250.82 feet to a point; thence South 65 degrees, 18 minutes Hest, 166.96 feet to a point in the West tine of said 6overnment Lot 1; also Block 3, Northern States Power Company's Plat, St. Paul, Ninnesota; also Lots 1, 2 and 3 in Block 15, E. H. Hawke's Subdivision to Winslow's Addition to the Town of St. Paul; also That certain tract or parcel of land tying and being in Section 12, Township 28 North, or Range 23 West,•and within the following boundary lines, to-wit: Starting at the Northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section 12, according to the United States � 6overnment survey of said Section, thence Sou*.h along the East line of said Morthwest quarter of the Northeast quarter (which is also the m � � � � %� �. � . �'�' ,.�. �;= �; :'' o � ° ; � v�`r� �_� �°- Q _.� , _�� i � _`�� - �,�i�l W i ❑ .--, � �-- ' L�� l I� � `-a � Eii�i� �� I ��'� � � L �� `, , _... ..� >°� a -- i'^"'V �I / > `y ; � / �,. /f ,�� :� „ �' ,� �1,. r' :; .. �� G. U � � � .•, �:�� I • ✓`.I`� ✓' >� :�� .s '��. . �:; _ ` C �\ �, : �� ; i � • � �i�l i � � �� I � � �' j :-� ;; :� , -- E _ �` pj � � �ryr ' � tl�. �- � _� _ 0 :. ;f�1 I I � � � . � ��' � L' 1 I :__o ' � /— I L i � � � �i f F � � . , � �; . _ ,� . 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U �� G � �U � :�� Easterly line of Lot 16, Partition Plat and of McMillan's Addition, according to the respective plats thereof on file and of record in the office of the Registrar of Deeds of Ramsey County, NN, and the true bearing of which line is South 0 degrees 6 minutes East from the said � point of beginning) and along the extension of said line 1,931.1 f.eet; thence South 62 degrees 23 minutes West, 144.28 feet; thence South 49 degraes 30 minutes West, 500 feet; thence South 77 degrees 22 minutes West 33.54 feet to the intersection of said last described line with the W°sterly line of Lot 15, Partition Plat, extended Southerly, thence North along the said Westerly line of Lot 15, Partition P}at, extended Southerly (the true bearing of which line is North 0 degrees 6 minutes West) and zlong the said line 2,191.2 feet to the right-of-way of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Ornaha Railway; thence North 44 degrees, i minute East along the line of said right-of-way 193.6 feet to the North line of said Section 12; thence East along the North line of said Section 12 to the place of beginning, excepting therefrom the following described tract: Cormnencing at a point of beginning on tfie Westerly line of Lot 15, Partition Plat, 1,476 feet more or less North from the granite monument located at the intersection of said lioe and the North line of the Levee Road (the said point of beginning being the point where said Westerly line of Lot 15, Partition Plat, crosses the Easterly boundary of the right-of-way for stockyard tract conveyed by M. J. 0'Connor and Martin Delaney to St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad Company by deed recorded in 94 of Deeds, page 141); thence Northeasterly along said Easterly boundary of said right-of-way, 466 feet more or less to the North line of � said Lot 15, Partition P7at; thence West along said North line of Lot 15, Partition Plat, 35 feet more or less to the right-of-way of the C. St. P. M.�& 0. Ry. Co., thence Southwesterly along said right-of-way 193.6 feet more or less to the West line of said Lot 15, Partition Plat; thence South along said West line of Lot 15, Partition Plat, 285 feet more or less, to the place of beginning, which lies Northerly of a line drawn parallel with the North line of said Northwest Quarter of the Ncrtheast Quarter, and 216 feet Soutfierly thereof (the above described being a part of Lots 15 and 16, Partition Plat); also Lots 6(except Railroad), 7 and 8, Block 14, and Lots 4� 5, 6, 7 and 8, Block 15, South of Railroad in E. H. Hawke's Subdivision to Winslow's Addition to the Town of St. Pau1, Minnesota Territory, together with so much of Yon Minden Street, vacated, as accrued to said premises by reason of the vacation thereof. and together with so much of St. Clair Street, vacated, as accrued to said premises by reason of the vacation thereof; also Seginning at the most Northeasterly corner of J. T. McMillan Company's Plat, and the Southeasterly line of the joint railroad right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad; thence Southwesterly along the Southeasterly line of said rai)road right-of-way to the 5outh line of Block 15 of E. H. Hawke's Subdivision to � Winslow's Addition; thence West along the South line of Block 15 to the �D-7� � Southwest corner of Block 15; thence North along the West line of said Block � 5 and its Northerly extension to the intersection of the Northwesterly line .. f the joinL railroad right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul/Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railroad; thence in a Northeasterly direction along said Northwesterly line of said railroad right- of-way to the intersection with the Northeast line of Walnut Street and' Southeasterly line of Hill Street; thence Northeast along the Southeast line of Hill Street to the Southwesterly line of Chestnut Street; thence Northwesterly along the Southwesterly line of Chestnut Street to the Southeasterly line of ExchaRge Street; thence Southwest a7ong the Southeasterly line of Exchange Street to the Southwesterly line of Walnut Street; thence Northwesterly along the Southwesterly line of Walnut Street to the Northwesterly line of West Seventh Street; thence Northeasterly along the Northwesterly line of West Seventh Street to the intersection of the Northeasterly line of Kellogg Blvd. and Southeasterly line of Main Street; thence on a Southeasterly and Easterly line along Kellogg Blvd, to the Southeasterly line of St. Peter Street; thence Northwester7y along the Southwesterly line of St. Peter Street to the Southerly line of Fifth Street; thence Northeasterly to the intersection of•the Northwesterly line of Fifth Street and Northeasterly line of St. Peter Street; thence Northeasterly�along the Northwesterly line of Fifth Street to the Southwesterly line of Cedar Street as widened; thence Southeasterly along the SouthNesterly line of widened Cedar Street to the Northwesterly line of Fourth 'Street; thence Northeasterly along the t�orthwesterly 7ine of Fourth Street to the Northeasterly line of Minnesota Street; thence Northwesterly along the Northeasterly line of Minnesota Street to the Northwesterly line of Sixth Street as widened; thence Northeasterly along the Northwesterly line of Sixth .Street to the Northeasterly line of Robert Street; thence Southeasterly along the Northeasterly line of Robert Street to the Northwesterly line of Fifth Street as widened; thence Northeasterly along the Northwesterly line of Fifth Street to the Southwesteriy line of Broadway Street; thence Northwesteriy along the Southwesterly line of Broadway Street to the intersection of the Southwesterly extension of the Northwesterly line of Fifth Street; thence Northeasterly along Fifth Street and its extension to the Northeasterly righ±- of-way line of Highway 56 (Lafayette Road); thence Southeasterly along Highway 56 (Lafayette Road) right-of-way to the Northeasterly line of Kellogg Blvd. as widened; thence Northeasterly along the Northwesterly line of widened Kellogg Blvd. to the Northeasterly line of vacated Brook Street; thence SoutheasterTy along the Northeasterly line of vacated Brook Street to the East line of the Southwest Quarter of Section 32, Township 29, Range 22; thence South along the East line of said Southwest Quarter to the Harbor Line on the Northerly line of the Mississippi River; thence Southwesterly along the Northerly Harbor Line to the Northeasterly right-of-way line oF Highway 56 (lafayette Road); thence Southeasterly along Highway 56 (Lafayette Road) right-�f-way to the Harbor Line of the Southerly side of the Mississippi River; thence Northeasterly along the Southerly Harbor Line to the Northeasterly corner of Block 17 of Brooklynd; thence Southeasterly along the Northeasterly line of Block 17 and its extensiorr, to the SoutheasterTy 7ine of Atabama Street; thence Southwesterly along the Southeast2rly line of Alabama Street and its extension, to the centerline of State Street; thence Southerly along the centerline of State Street to the Northeasterly extension of the Southeasterly l line of fillmore Street; thence Southwesterly along the extension and Southeasterly line of Fillmore Street to the Northeasterly line of Robert Street; thence Southeasterly along the Northeasterly line of Robert Street to the intersection of the Northeasterty extension of the Southeasterly line of Lot 7, Auditor's Subdivision No. 39; thence Southwesterly along the Extension and Southeasterly line of Lot 7, Auditor's Subdivision No. 39 to tfie Northeasterly line of Lot 12, Auditor's Subdivision No. 39; thence Southeasterly along the Northeasterly line of said Lot 12, to the Southwesterly line of an easement for South Robert Street; thence Sovtherly • along the Southwesterly line of said easement to a line 40 feet Northeasterly of and parallel with the Northerly line of Tract B of Registered Land Survey No. 366; thence Northwesterly along said 40 foot line for 975 feet rore or less to a point; thence left at right angles to the Southwesterly line of the railroad Right-of-Way; thence Northwesterly along the Southwesterly railroad right-of-way to the center of vacated Plato Ave.; thence Southwesterly alon9 said centerline to the Southwesterly line of Starkey Street; thence Northwesterly along the Southwesterly line of Starkey Street to the Southerly line of new Plato Blvd.; thence westerly along the Southerly line of Plato Bivd. to the Northeasterly line af South Wabasha Street; thence Southeasterly along the M1ortheasterly line of South Wabasha Street to the Norther]y eztension of the East line of Hall Avenue; thence South zlong the East line of Hall Avenue to the Northerly line of Prospect Btvd.; thence Westerly along the �ortherly line of Prospect B1vd. to the East line of vacated Bello�s Street; thence South along the East line of vacated Bellows Street to the foot of the Bluff; thence Southwesterly along the Foot bf the Bluff to the centerline of Beliows Street; thence South along the centerline of Bellows Street to the North line of Delos Street, which is also the North line of Section 7, 7ownship 28, Range 22; thence West along the North line of Section 7, Township 28, Range 22, to the Northeast corner of Lot 15, Block 198 of Irvine's Addition; thence South along the East line of Lot 15 for 80 feet to a point; th=nce West, parallel with the North line of Lots 15 through 11, said Block 198, to the West line of Lot 11; thence North along the West line of Lot 11 to the Northwest corner of Lot lI; thence West along the Westerly extension of the North line of Lat 11 to the centerline of Ohio Street; thence in a • Southwesterly direction along the centerline of Ohio Street to the Southeesterly extension of the Southerly line of Cherokee kvenue; thence Northwesterly and Southwesterly along the Southerly line of Cherokee Avenue to the Southwesterly right-of-way line of Smith Avenue; thence Northwesterly along the Southwesterly right-of-way line of Smith Avenue and its extension across the Mississippi River to the intersection with the West line of the Northwest Quarter of Section 7, 7ownship 28, Range 22, which is the Southerly extension of the West line of Wilkin Street; thence North along the West line of Wilkin Street and its extension, to the Northwest line of Spring Street; thence Northeasterly along the Northwest line of Spring Street ta the North line of the Southwest quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 6, Township 28, Range 22; thence West along said quarter quarter tine to the Southeasterly line of Hill Street; thence Southwesterly to the Northwesterly corner of Block 1, Norihern States Power Company's Plat; thence South a]ong the West line of 61ock 1 of Northern States Power Company's Plat to the Southeasterly line of Hill Street; thence Southwesterly along the Southeasterly line of Hilt Street to the Southeasterly extension of tfie Southwest line of Lot 8, Block 1 af Rearrangement of Oppenheim's Addition; thence Northwest to the Northwesterly corner of said Lot 8, Block 1, which is also the Southwesterly line of the joint railroad right-of-way track of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paut/ Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad; thence Soutnwesterly along said right-of-way line to the Northeasterly line of Smith Avenue; thence Southeasterly along said Northeast line of Smith Avenue to the Southeasterly line of Hill Street; thence Southwest along the Southwest line of Hill Street to the�East line of vacated McMillan Street; thence South and Southwest along � the east line of vacated McMillan Street to the East line of J. T. McMillan Company's Plat; tfience North on said East line to the North line of Section 12, Township 28, Range 23, to the point of beginning. 5 •• ob-�� • 6. BACKGROUND The Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area is located in and near downtown St. Paul, on the north and south shores of the Mississippi River. 7he Mississfppi River is the city's birthplace, and dominant natural feature. 'fhroughout the history of Saint Paul, the river has determined the eztent and nature of the city's growth, development and geographic/economic/social climate. For the past several decades, the prominence of the riverfront as an economic and social center has declined. The city has grown 'up and zway' firom the riverfront as the importance of the port function has changed with technoiogicai advances in transportation and industrial processes, and as the fbcus of the regiona7 economy has changed from manufacturing to services. The present conditions of use and development ref�ect the deterioration � that one would expect as the city looked elsewhere for development opportunities. The entire downtown rtver corridor is characterized by large areas of neglected vacant and underutilized land, transportaYion networks and facilities that are functionally obsolete, and inefficient labor-extensive activities that waste the potential of inherently valuable land. Public improvements have deteriorated; are inadequate to serve demands; and in some � ases are potentially hazardous. B�th public facilities and remaining pr9vate tructures present severe barriers to access and use of the shoreline; environmental conditions are such that ma�e public use and appreciation of the river difficult. Such a�ondition is generally incompatible with contemporary public objective5 • which consider the Mississippi River the city's mast unique natural attribute, to be enhanced as a reso�rce of aesthetic, eco]ogica�, cu]tural and economic importance. Without positive intervention, the downtown riverfront is unlikely to fulfill its public potentiai. Current patterns of land use and economic attrition are likely to continue. Private reinvestment needs Will not be met. New development will be hampered by poor soil conditions, lack of infrastructure, fragmented property ownership, and perhaps most importantly, a public perception of the area as one in decline. C� �: 6 C. PREVIOUS AND CURREN7 EFFORTS Since 1960, there have been several �••fforts by the City of Saint Paul to plan for and direct change in the Project Area. Several Redevelopment P1ans and Corrmercial and Industrial Development Projects have been prepared under provisions of Chapter 469 of Minnesota Statutes, and approved for areas of tha city that include small portions of the Riverfiront Redevelopment Project area. These include: - Riverview Renewat Project {R-26): 1963 (W. of Robert St.) - Riverview Industrial Project: 19b4 (E. of Robert St.) - Upper Levee ReneNal Project (R-3): 1958, rev. 1965 - West Seventh Neighborhood Development Project (Mian. A-1-7): 1973 - Seven Corners Neighborhood Development Project (Ninn. A-1-6): 1973 - Downtown Urban Renewal Project (R-20): 1963 - Central Core Neighborhood Development Project (Minn. A-1-5): 1973 - Seventh Place Redevelopment_Project: 197B 8°cause of the incremental nature of past efforts and the frzctured a roach to establishino redeveloRment districts, the Riverfront Project Hrea is not addressed comRrehensively. Plan incorporates and supercedes those edevelopment lans (identified above that ibed in Section A of this lp an, The above-referenced redevelopment plans have resulted in one significant change in the Project Area. Riverview Industrial Park was established. Riverview Industrial Park is a praject resulting from the combination of the Riverview Renewal Project and Riverview Industrial Project cited above. It consists of 190 acres within and adjacent to the Project Area. It was established after continual spring flooding had made the housing that was originally located there untenable. From 1967-64, the Saint Paul Port Authority purchased and cleared the land. The existing floodwall was constructed in 1962, after which site development began. In 1965, the area was subjected to a record flood. The land within the floodwall remained dry, and the success of Riverview Industrial Park was assured. Since then, Riverview has been one of the city's most productive industrial parks. Of the original 190 acres, less than 7X remains available. Emp}oyment currently exceeds 6000. In 1980, the Saint Paul City Council adopted the Saint Paul Mississippi River Corridor Plan as a component of the Comprehensive Plan of St. Paul. The River Corridor Plan estabiished tity objectives, policy and general recommendations for the treatment of tfie entire river valley, including the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area. Since 1980, it has periodically been amended, and in fact, is being amended concurrently with the adoption of this Redevelopment Plan. The River Corridor Plan, as amended, remains the most definitive city statement of riverfront development objectives. �� • � LJ oo- �7� �.n 19B5, the single most important private investment decision was made in the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area, when American Hoist & Derrick Company (A�nhoist) abandoned its primary administrative, research, development, manufacturing and assembly facilities. These facilities {cortrnoniy refer:red to as the 'Amhoist Plant') are located in an unintegrated complex of 14 buildings, occupying 50 acres that dominate the south shore of the river. The buildings range in age from 9-87 years, with a weighted age of 51+ years. In abandoning the plant, Amhoist cited the deteriorated condition and functional obsolescence of the ent9re plant and site as its primary reasons for relocating. Adjacent to the Amhoist property, a chemical tank farm owned by the Union Oil Co., and 1930's vinta9e industrial buildings once ox�ned by Technical Sealants Co., are vacant, idle, and marked as potentially hazardovs. These sites, plus broken and unused railroad trackage that bisect them, are synptomatic of the obsolescence of riverfront-dominated industrial and transportation uses. On the north (downtown) side of the river, redevelopment efforts to revitalize the riverfront have been piecemeal. In 1957, Shepard Rozd wes constructed in the Project Area. This single public works project complete',y changed the nature of the riverfront by introducing a major traffic artery that cut off the river from the rest of the city. In addition, it created ne� access for an emerging industrial area on the fringe of the Central Business District. ,In conjuction with building the road, the City created the Upper Levee Renewal Project in 1958, to clear continually flooded residential areas west of Chestnut Street, and replace them with flood-protected industrial sites. In the most visible site development case, Kaplan Scrap Iron & Metal Co. was ` relocated from the Riverview area across the river to the Upper Levee in 1965. Since then, the Kaplan operation has been the subject of numerous complaints regarding noise, odor, visual pollution, and damage to city sewers. In response to these ongoing aggravations, the HRA' acquired the property in 1985 for purposes of c]earance and making the site available for redevelopment. Adjacent to the Kaplan's site, the HRA has secured a long-term option for purchase of the Harvest States Cooperatives' Chestnut St. Grain 7erminal. The grain elevators and terminal operations have been declared surplus by the owner, citing obsolescence of the facility for contemporary grain shipment processes. Earlier, in 1980, Harvest States demolished approximately half of the grain storage silos on the site because they were unused, unnaintained, and considered a safety hazard. East of Harvest States' terminal is the site of former Industrial Steel Container Corporation. The plant had been on the site for over 40 years, • manuf acturing and reconditioning metal barrels and containers. In 1970, the HRA purchased the site for purposes of removing a blighting influence and an impediment to potential roadway improvements. Soil contarnination was � discovered on the site. On the other end of downtown, the riverfront is dominated by the Union Depot. The former train station is composed of an extremely large headhouse, concourse and train platform covering over 6 acres at the city's original riverfront steamboat landing. In its heyday, the Depot serviced over 60 trains per day. By the early 1960's, however, train service had dramatically _ declined in St. Paul and across the country. The consortium of railroads which owned and operated the depot (known as the Saint Paul Union Depot Company) oversaw its closing. Throughout the 1960's and� 1970's, the Union Depot Company declined to iRprove the depot, and slowly dismantled it. Snali subareas were leased for storage and parking. In. aba�doning and neglecting the massive depot, the railroads left the city with a blighting influence on the riverfront. In 1982, the Union Depot Co. sold the headhouse to Asset Development Services, a commercial developer which proceeded to renovate the headhouse. This project has instilled new activity into the area, and is the basis for anticipated continued private investment interest. trevertheless, the site remzins isolated from the riverfront by railroad right-of-wzy and Shepard- Narner Road. In 1984, the City embarked on a program entitled the Riverfront Initiative, an energ=_tic and comprehensive effort to r�claim the riverfront from its current condition, and to implement physical and prograrm�atic changes that reflect public objectives identified in previous activities. To oversee this effort, and to advise the Mayor and City Council on zppropriate zctions, the City Council established the Saint Paul Downto�n Riverfront Co�rnission. Since its inception in 1984, the Riverfront Comnission has actively engaged in current riverfront issues. In 1986, the Riverfront Comnission completed znd recorrrnended to the City Council a detailed riverfront redevelopment strategy. This strztegy, entitled • the Saint Paul Riverfront Pre-Development Plan, suggested several long-term and short-term publiC and pr�vate actions which would stimulate redevelopment. It clarified redevelopment objectives, and detailed specific actions the City • can take to initiate the redevelopment process in a timely manner. Currently, the City of Saint Paul is using this plan as the basis for a�ending the city's Comprehensive Plan, and as a guide in preparing this Redevelopment Plan. As a result. the City is planning to undertake several significant activities which are identified by the Riverfront Cortmission as important. In 1984, the US Army Corps of Engineers proposed to upgrade the floodwall and levee protecting Riverview Industrial Park by increasing the height of the flood control sturctures 4'. This project, presently authorized by Congress, is currently being considered for funding. It is a significant public works project that wilt increase flood protection to existing and planned development. . In addition, the City has initiated efforts to reconstruct Shepard Road to alteviate original design shortcomings that have contributed to excessive numbers of traffic accidents. As a part of the requisite Environmental Assessments of this project, alternative road alignments and configurations are being considered. In conjunction with the reconstruction of Shepard Road, the city has received a cortmittment from the Federal Highway Administration to contribute funds from the Great River Road program to realign and rebuild portions of Warner Road in the vicinity of La�bert Landing. This will also contribute to improvements in the safety and aesthetic characteristics of the � road on the riverfront. oo-�� In 1984, the City established the River£ront Enterprise Zone. which � compasses most of the project area. Authoriied under Minnesoia Statutes, c. 273.13 (rev. 1983) and approved by the State of F�innesota, the Enterprise Zone allows for individuals or companies making investments to qualify for combinations of several types of state and local tax credits. 7o date;'four companies have invested over 53,000,000 in industrial and cortcnercial p�ojects in those portions of the Enterprise Zone located witi�in the project area. The current condition of the important riverfront sites, plus the opportunities presented by the city's announced initiatives to upgrade public facilities and to promote new investment along the entire downtown riverfront dictate the need for a comprehensive redevelopment effort based on an updated redevelopment plan for the project area. � � ,� D. DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES � The objectives of the Riverfront Redevelopment Project are based upon the policy directives of the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and the Saint Paul Mississippi River Corridor Plan. Both documents were prepared by the St. Paul Planning Commission and adopted by the City Councit. Objectives generally include: 1. To protect and preserve the Mississippi River Corridor as a unique resource that benefits the citizens of the city and region. 2. To maintain the river corridor's value and utility for residential, commercial, industrial and recreational functions; 3. To preserve the river corridor's biological and ecological functions; 4. To enhance the river corridor's aesthetic, cultural, scientific and historic attributes; 5. To develop an economic value for the downtown riverfront, white insuring the preservation of its natural and aesthetic characteristics; 6. To stimulate private investment and reinvestment along the downtown riverfront; 7. 7o increase the tax base and job-producing capacity of the riverfront in � dow�town; Furthermore, the primary purposes of this Redevelopment Plan, as recortmended by the St. Paul Riverfront Comnission in the St: Paul Riverfront Pre- De�•elopment Plan, are: 1. To eliminate and/or ameliorate the adverse physical and environmental conditions that exist in the Riverfront Redevelopment Project area, and to prevent the spread of such detrimental conditions within and without the project area; 2. To improve the attractiveness and desirability of the area as a place in which to live, work, shop and/or secure cultural and recreational enrichment; 3. To re-establish viable residential neighborhoods on the riverfront by creating opportunities for, and attracting, new housing and residential services; 4. To maintain and strengthen employment and services by attracting institutions� high-tech industrial and office space, personal and professional services; by retaining and attracting regional culturat and � entertainment attractions; 5. To create an attractive pedestrian-oriented ptace in which people are able to enjoy personal or social interaction, and where public access to and along the riverfront is maximized; 11 aa_��8' �. To provide the public improvements necessary to stimulate private investment and reinvestment in the project area, and to make private land mere marketable, usable and valuable; 7. 7o develop the Riverfront Redevelopment Project in a manner that conforms to the city's Comprehensive Plan, and complements the existing attractiveness and future development of nearby areas, most particularly the West Side, the Central Business District, Lowertown, and the West Seventh/Fort Road neighborhood; 8. To utilize public financial resources in a manner that conforms with the city's adopted capital allocation and tax policies. Irt:ple�nenta:ion of this Plan will be undertaken by providing for incentives and lznd use controls that encourages sound development that is.consistent with the needs of the cortmunity as a whole, and is supported by types of market growth that can reasonably be expected in Saint Paul. . � �_� REDEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES This plan envisions the permitted use of >11 techniques or powers authorized � through appl` able statutes by the City, ��A, Port Authority, or other public agencies as �ropriate and necessary to carry out the inplen�ntation of this Plan. No pr:.ision of the Plan is to be taken to limit the full exercise of these powers. The following techniques are cited as examples of ineans to achieve the objectives presented in Section D above: 1. SUPPORT PRIVA7E INITIATIVES. Hs a primary course of action, the HRA and the City will promote and support those initiatives by property owners or other persons in control of project sites to market, develop, redevelop, rehabilitate or otherwise improve their property in accordance with this plan. Private initiative and investment is the preferred means of achieving the objectives of this plan, and will be encouraged. The HRA or the City may, without acyuiring property, enter into agreements with property owners or other persons in control of project sites which identify specific private responsibilities for the improvement of sites, and witl seek private guarantees to undertake redevelopment in accordance with this Plan. 7o induce such agreements, the HRA and the City will provide for, or cause to provide for, the following, as is necessary and appropriate: A. ADMINISTRATION of those public processes and requirements deemed � necessary to support or a11ow development/redevelopment of property to occur in accordance with this Plan. If applicable and advisable, the HRA and the City will provide assistance to developers to allow them to take responsi- bility for administrative activities. These include, but ar� not limited to: - Coordination of project activity, financing and review with human service agencies, citizen participation entities, and other state, regional and federal government agencies; - Initiation of vacations, rezonings, dedication of public rights-of- way, or other public actions as may become necessary to implement this Plan, in accordance with state and local statutes. This will be undertaken by the HRA or the redeveloper. - Provision of standard municipal services to adequately insure public health, safety, and welfare; - Enforcement of building codes, design controls, site covenants, provisions to insure compliance with state and local requirements relating to non-discrimination, income levels, environmental quality, faithful performance, and any other public objectives relating to the purchase, development, improvement or use of the land; - Property exchanges. � � �b-�� B. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, as needed to provide for adequate public access � and use of riverfront space and project sites. These include, but are not imited to, installation/construction/reconstruction of streets, parkways, utilities (mainline collection systems}, parks, walkways and trails, bridges, flood control structures, and other public improvements or facilities as necessary or desirable to carry out the objectives of this Plan. Public improvements will be undertaken in phases (of time and location) that coincide with and promote rational development patterns. Costs of such improve�nents may be assessed to the sites served by them. C. FINANCING to provide affordable sources of fina�cing to private companies involved in developing components of this Plan. Tnere are several financing mechanisms that can be used as apprepriate to acco�plish the objectives of this Plan. 7hey include, but are not limited to: - Tax Increment Financing - Industrial Development Revenue Bond Loans (Taxable or 7ax-:xempt) - Other Revenue Bond Loans (Taxable or Tax-Exempt) • � - Housing Revenue Bond loans - Mortgage Subsidy Bonds ' - Urban Developm=nt Action 6rant (UDAG) Loans - Acquisition/Lease/Sublease - Land Lease - Equity Participation - Development and Rental Assistznce Payments - Interest Rate Reduction - Impiementation o£ statutory authority for creation of projecYs and undertaking of activities where it is appropriate to use other financing methods. In selecting methods of project finance, the HRA and the City will take into account the forms of other assistance availabte�and negotiate with individual developers so that a method can be chosen which provides sufficient incentive for the developer to create a quality product. 2. LAND ACQUISITION. As an alternative and/or complementary redevelopment technique, the HRA or the City may choose to acquire certain property, as authorized under Minnesota Statutes. Acquisition of property wiil be considered when such property is f ound to have any of the following characteristics: � A. Bli9hted areas, buildings, and other real property, Mhere removing such can remove, prevent or reduce blight or the causes of blight; B. Open or undeveloped land blighted by virtue of conditions which have prevented normal deveiopment by private enterprise; C. Underused or inappropriately used uses recommended by this Ptan at clearance activities; land which nay be converted to other a reasonable cost without ma3or D. Land necessary to complete parcels which would be suitabte for development; � E. Lands or property declared to be unsafe or otherwise hazardous to- public health and safety; f. Other real or personal property as necessary to accomplish the objectives of this Plan. Acquisition of property will be undertaken in strict adherance to state and federal statutes {as applicable) governing procedures for such activity, including the provision of relocation services, assistance .and benefits in accordznce with Minnesota Statutes Chapter 117. 3. SITE PREPARATION. The HRA or the City will undertake or cause to �ndertake those actions deemed necessary to p"repare acquired sites for redevelopment. These include, but are not limited to: A. Demolition, removal or rehabilitation of buildings and improvements; 8. Activities to correct adverse characteristics of the land, soil or subsoil conditions, unusable subdivision or plat of lots, inadequate access or utiTity service, flood protection, or other development- inhibiting conditions; � , C. Activities deemed necessary or desirable to remove, reduce or prevent other blighting factors and causes of blight; D. Other activities deemed necessary or desirable to improve and prepare sites for development rehabilitation or r�edevelopm=_nt for uses in accordance with this Plan; E. Installation, construction or reconstruction of streets, parkways, utilities, parks, walkways and trails, and other public improvements or facilities as necessary or desirable for carrying out the objectives of this Plan; F. Provision of relocation services, assistance and benefits in accordance with Minnesota Statutes Chapt. 117. 4. LAND DISPOSITION AND IMPROVEMENT A6REEMENTS. The HRA and the City will sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of acquired property at fair use values in accordance with the requirements of applicable laws and plans, and subject to purchaser's contract obligations, by any or a conbination of the foltowing methods: � a �o,� g � A. After clearance andJor provision of site improvements; . 6. After rehabilitation at its fair market or reuse value so improved; C. Without clearance, to rehabilitate, clear, or otherwise improve the property for the purposes and accordance with the otrjectives and requirements of this Plan; D. To public bodies for the purposes of providing pu6lic improvements or supporting facilities; � L� F. GENERAL LAND USE PLAN Predominant land uses and related elements of the Riverfront Redevelopment � Project shall be in accord with the ob3ectives of the Comprehensive Plan of the CitY of Saint Paul. A description of intended purposes and character of each follows. Proposed general land uses are sho�n on Map B. 1. PUBLIC OPEN SPACE It is a highest priority to reanimate the riverfront by promoting those activities and facilities which make the riverfront an appealing place for the public at large to visit. The best way to do that is to develop recreational QPAortunities and attractions that encourage public access to and use of riverfront spaces. The Mississippi River shoreline will_be a continuous, pubticly-supported, river-oriented park and trail corridor. It will unite the major elements of the project area. Development of public facilities within and�adjacent to the trail corridor M•ill be undertaken according to site-specific standards, based on the physical czpaci�ies and progrartming needs of the particular Site. �t a minimum, provision of open space, trails and associated public facitities shall maximize public access to the shoreline and views of the river and provide those physicat improvements that increase pedestrian comfort, safety and pleasure. Major components include: A. A continuous pedestrian/bicycle TRAIL CORRI�OR, adjacent to the river, extending from Harriet Island-lilydale Park to the � Pier foundry site on the south shore of the river, and from • Randolph Street to Warner Road on the north shore. Plazas, ' cortenemorative markers, and other elements will be provided as appropriate; B. "UPPER LANDING SITE", a passive open space extending eastward at the river from the foot of Chestnut Street, to provide for a focal point at the site of the historic Upper Landing, to enhance the historic and physical connection between the landing and adjacent Irvine Park and West 7th Street neighborhoods, and to enhance the entry into downtown along Shepard Road. C. KELL066 MALL, to continue as a major bluff-top park, promenade and look-out on the north siCe of the river. The bluff-face overlooking the river offers extraordinary opportunities to extend the use of the park, both physically and seasonally, if it were enclosed, reconfigured, and terraced to the river below; D. LAMBERT LANDIN6, to provide for pedestrian movements and trail connections to upstream and downstream parks, a plaza, and a servicable landing.for cortmercial and pleasure boats; E. 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HARRIET ISLAND, to continue to be the major urban open space of the downtown riverfront, providing the variety of active and passive recreational uses and opportunities consistent with its setting and � designation as a regional park; G. NAVY ISLAND, to continue to provide passive open space on the city's only true island; H. Privately developed open space, as may be required by land sale and development contracts. 2. PUBLIC FACILITIES & UTILITIES There are several facilities on the riverfront that serve a city-wide population. As such, they provide services that enhance the economic, social, cultural, recreational and educational base of the city. Hs necessary, they wiil be improved to accommodate projected demands upon them, and/or to extend their useful life. They include: A. 7he floodwall/levee flood-control structures; B. Sidewalks, bridges and roads; C. The Civic Center parking ramp; D. Water, sewage and drainage systems; E. District heating. Other facilities wilt be encouraged as activity centers, to be developed � public�y or in conjunction with private ventures: A. Marinas and marina services; 8. facilities for exhibition, public entertainment, research, teaching, muse�m/aquarium or other institutional� purposes; C. Parking faci7ities required to serve predominant uses; D. Cortgnercial recreation and navigation servicing facilities; E. Comnercial uses in limited amounts, intended primarily to pr.ovide service to the predominant public user, such as food and beverage establishments, vending, etc. 3. RESIDENTIAL One of this Plan's primary objectives is to provide for land use patterns that reintroduce residential neighborhoods to the riverfront. Market study and planning analysis indicate that housing is a private development initiative that offers most opportunity to achieve development in accordance with the objectives of this Plan, and which would create conditions that entice other preferred development. The types, amounts and prices of various housing units will ali depend on prevailing market and finance conditions at the time specific projects are conceived. Sites for residential projects are recortmended as follows: � A. On t6e south shoreline of the river, on a site bordered by Wabasha Street on the west, Fillmore Ave. on the south, and Robert St. on the east; (Note: See Par. 4(E) below.) �o-�� B. In the SOUTHBANK ItiLAND AREA, in the vicinity of Harriet Island Park, � on a site roughly bounded by Water St.and Plato Blvd., west of . Wabasha St.; C. At the LOWER LANDING, where new development utilizing air rights over the railroad should be encouraged and include housing in conjunction with office, commercial, hospitality and entertainment elements. Where appropriate, adaptive reuse of the depot concourse and other significant structures should be considered. D. On the north shore of the river, at the UPPER LANDIKG, where a new residential site would be established in the area west of Chestnut St. and below the bluff, by realigning Shepard Road to r�move the roadway from the shoreline betwe�n Chestnut St. and the t1SP High Bridge power plant. E. In the vicinity of the Civic Center, on a site bounded by Fort Road/W. 7th St., Kellogg Blvd., Exchange St., and k'zlnut St., where new development will be encouraged and include housing in conjunction with office, commercial, entertainment and hospitality elements. 4. COMhtERCIAL: RETAIL & OFfICE To a large degree, development of retail and office space will occur as a market response to other population generators such as housing and other � regional attractions. Most likely, this response will manifest in a combination of rehabilitated existing buildings and development of newly- construtted buildings to accomnodate 'special opportunities' such as • restaurants, a single-owner headquarters complex, convenience com�nercial services, or smaller offices that prefer to be located close to, but not in, the Central Business District. Sites for commercial (office and retail) space are recomnended as follows: A. At the LOWER LANDING, where new development utilizing air rights over railroad property should be encouraged, and should include cortmercial space in conjunction with housing, hospitality and entertainment elements. Where appropriate, adaptive reuse of the depot concourse should be considered. B. At the UPFER LANDING, between Shepard Rd., Chestnut St., Exchange St., and Kellogg Blvd. C. In the vicinity of the Civic Center, on a site bounded by fort Rd./W. 7th St., Kellogg Blvd., Exchange St., and Walnut St., where new development will be encouraged and include commercial space, hospitality and entertainment elements in conjunction with housing. D. On the south shore of the river, along Wabasha St. to Plato Blvd., � and in the vicinity of HARRIET ISLAND MARINA, including sites west of Wabasha St. on Water St., and on the upstream end of Navy Island; E. Along the river, on a site bordered by Robert St. on the west, Fillmore Ave. on the south, and the Pier Foundry site on the east, including the site of the existing office building on the northwest corner of Robert St. and Fillmore Ave. INDUSTRIAL New industrial development or expansion of existing uses will be encouraged at higher employment densities and construction concentrations than currently exist on the sites. Prime sites for additional industrial development are: A. At the UPPER LANDIN6, in the area roughly bound by the existing NSP High Bridge plant, the river, a realigned Shepard Rd. (west of Chestnut St.) and the existing bluff; Q C At the far-eastern end of the AMHOIST SITE, in the vicinity of the Lafayette Bridge; In the SOUTHBANK INLAND AREA, on a site roughly bound by Fillmore Ave., Wabasha St., Plato 81vd., and Robert St. 6. VEHICULAR CIRCULATION Ptajor vehicular access to and through the Project Area will take place on existing roadways. Major streets, to be maintained and improved as appropriate, are: Chestnut Street, Kellogg Boulvard, Jackson Street, Sibley Street, Wabasha Street, Robert Street, and P1ato Boulevard. A. Shepard Road and Warner Road (between Randolph St. and Childs Rd.) will be redesigned and rebuilt to improve engineering characteristics and traffic safety. The City will investigate advisable ways of realigning segments of these roads to provide additional shoreline space along the north shore of the river. The final decision on the alignment of Shepard Road and its intersection with Chestnut Street may have impacts on the reasonable and appropriate redevelopment of the Upper Landing site. When the alignment and intersection decisions have been made, the reuse of the Upper Landing will be evaluated by the City and the HRA, in conjunction and after consultation with the appropriate District Council, the Riverfront Commission and the Planning Cormiissian. As properties are developed, public collector roads and private access roads will be established. All streets (collectors and internal circulators alike) will be treated with appropriate landscaping, lighting, signage, rest/overview stops where advisable, and.other materials to establish a pleasant character. Costs for such improvements will be assessed as appropriate. � � � ��-�7g 7. DESIGN CONTROLS � The HRA will develop detailed Design Controls that address specific considerations of exterior design on each site, and will arbitrate design discussions. The Design Controls are not intended to dictate specific design solutions or inhibit design freedom. Rather, they ��ill be used to insure an integrated and mutually supportive approach in the development of subareas, and to insure a consistently high 7evel of design quality throughout the riverfront. As a component on the St. Paul Riverfront Pre-Development Plan, the St. Pa�l Riverfront Commission prepared "Urban Design 6uidelines" to support the various planning decisions and development choices which have been recommended in this Plan. The Urban Design Guidelines will be used as tne basis for the �Design Controls. 7hey are attached as Appendix A. � �. � 6. OTHER NECESSARY PROVISIONS TO MEET STATE/LOCAL REQUIREtdENTS NON-DISCRIMINATION Every contract for sale, lease or redevelopment of project property will include provisions against land speculation, require compliance with all applicable state and local laws, prohibit discrimination or segregation by reasons of race, religion, color, sex, or national origin in the sale, lease or occupancy of the property, and require that this latter provision be made a covenant running with the land and be binding upon the redeveloper and every successor in interest to the property. The redeveloper must comply with provisions of Sec. 73.03-A of the Human Rights Ordinance on aff:rmative action employment. Agreement conpliance by the redeveloper will be asserted in all subcontracts, suhcontracts or purchase orders, where the redeveloper will also be the "contractor" or "subcontractor" as appropriate. 2. DURATION OF CONTROLS The provisions of this Plan respecting land uses and associated and controls that govern redevelopment will be in effect for a thirty (30) years from the date of approvzl of this Plan by the of the City of Saint Paul. 3. ADVISORY BOARD St. Paul for defined as regulations period of City Council The Saint Paul Riverfront Comnission may function as an advisory baard to the Council of the City of Saint Paul and Board of Commissioners of the Housing and Redevetopment Authority for purposes of advising the Council and Board on the implementation of the Development Program and Redevelopment Ptan. and the construction, maintenance and operation of the Project and District. The designation of the Commission as the Advisory Board, and the delineation of the scope of advisory powers and duties wiil be made and prescribed by future resolution of the Council of the City of Saint Paul. Approval of this Plan and Program by the City Council constitutes a statement of present intention to designate the Riverfront Cortmiission as Advisory Board. 4. EFFECT OF PLAN ADOPTION ON PREVIOUS REDEVELOPMENT PLANS AND DISTRICTS Adoption of this Plan will have the following effects on previous redevelopment plans and districts: A. Upper Levee Renewal Project (R-3): Adoption of this Plan will rescind the R-3 project and program. � � B. Riverview Renewal Project (R-26): Adoption of this Plan will amend � land use recommendations for those portions of Riverview Renewal Project that are located within the Riverfront Redevelopment Project, as described in Section A of this Plan. Land use amendments are described in Section F of this Plan. 22 � C. Riverview Industrial Project West Seventh Neighborhood Development Project (Minn. Seven Corners Neighborhood Development Project (Minn. Downtown Urban Renewal Project (R-20) Central Core Neighborhood Development Project (Minn. Seventh Place Redevelopment Project : A-1-7) A-1-6) A-1-5) -• �D,�� Plans for these projects will remain in effect to the extent that they are consistent with the provisions of this Plan. Where they are inconsistent, provisions of this Plan shall control, and effected provisions of said plans shall be amended by relevant provisions of this Plan. 5. RELOCATION PLAN A. Policies and Regulations - A family, individual, business firm, or nor,-profit organization required to move from property that has been directly affected by a publicly sponsored acquisition activity is eligible for relocation payments to assist in obtaining and moving to a replzcement dwelling or location in accordance with the provisions and requirements of the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1970, and of Minnesota Statutes, 1984, Section 117.50. In the event any redevelopment prbject does not involve acquisition for a federal or federally-assisted project, nor involve acquisition within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, 1984, Section 117.50, the City elects to provide relocation assistance for families and tenants indirectly. � It is the intent of the City to provide relocation assistance to each person to be displaced in locating a suitable housing unit or place of business. The , following services are provided: - Eligible persons are informed at the earliest possible date as to the availability of relocation payments and assistance, the eligibility requirements, and procedures for obtaining such payments. - 7he extent of need of each eligible person for relocation assistance is determined through direct personal interview. - Current and continuing information is provided on the availability and prices of comparable sales and rental housing, and of comparable cortmercial properties and locations. - Information concerning federal and State housing programs, loans and other special programs offering assistance is supplied to eligible displaced persons. - Other Lity, property owner, and referral services concerning housing, financing, employment, training, health, welfare and other assistance is provided in order to minimize hardships. � - Assistance is provided in completed any required apptications and forms. - Services are provided to insure that the relocation process does not result in different or separate treatment on account of race, color, religion, national origin� sex or source of income. B. Organization and Staffing - The relocation staff is part of the Saint Paul Department of Planning and Economic Development (PED). Supervisory personnel, relocation advisors, and technical and clerical employees are responsible for administering the above policies for Federal programs, and for such other programs as the Section 312 Rehabilitation Program and acquisitions for Ramsay and Washington Counties. The PED relocation staff will work directly with property owners in administering the locally adopted Relocation Guidelines. PROVISION EOR PLAN MODIFICA7ION AND AMENDMENT This Redevelopment P1an may be amended at any time in the manner provided by law. The Saint Paul Planning Corrmission will review all amendm�nts for conformance with the city's Comprehensive Plan. s � u (�,m�.�� . c�3 ��C� Council File # �O � ��.� Resolution # Green Sheet # ��p q 3 � 0 Presented By Referred To Committee: Date 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 WFIEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council, on January 12, 2000 (Resolution #00-35), took the following actions regarding the West Side FZats Development Strategy: 1) found the West Side Flats DeveZopment Strategy consistent with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and the Saint Paul on the Mississippi Development Framework, and 2) endorsed the West Side Flats DeveZopment Strategy as the overall vision for the future development of the area between Robert, Wabasha, Plato and the Mississippi River; and 3) requested that the Administration direct PED staff to prepare amendments to the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area Redevelopment Plan to reflect the Development Strategy vision; and 4) requested the Administration to direct PED staff to explore the appropriateness of cunent zoning for this portion of the West Side Flats and recommend changes where needed to implement the vison of the Development Strategy; and WHEREAS, PED staff prepared amendments to the text and future land use map of the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area Redevelopment Plan to allow a mixing of land uses and to remove specific references to industrial uses in the West Side Flats project area (generatly bounded by Robert Street, Plato Boulevard, Wabasha Street and the Mississippi River), consistent with the West Side FZats Development Strategy; and WIIEREAS, the proposed amendments were considered by the Planning Commission and found to be in conformance with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council conducted a public hearing on the proposed amendments on August 23, 2000; attached hereto as Exhibii NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council hereby adopts the proposed amendments A the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area Redevelopment Plan for the area general(y bounded by Robert Street, Piato Boulevard, Wabasha Street and the Mississippi River. Requested by Department of: Planninq & Economic Development By: e i►. /�/.�+�"�N� �_ Fosm Approved by City torney � By: � By: Approved by May By: 43 roved by Mayor for Submission to Council $ �� Adopted by Council: Date ��pp Adoption Certified by Council Secretary �� • ��X�li �\� PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR THE RIVERFRONT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA BACKGROUND The Redevelopment Plan and Development Program for the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area (hereinafter referred to as the "Redevelopment Plan") was adopted in November 1987. The Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area is located along the central riverfront between the High Bridge and the Lafayette Bridge, and contains sites on both the north and south sides of the Mississippi River. The key components of the Redevelopment Plan include a legal description of the Project Area, a set o£ development objectives and a general land use plan. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS Amendments to the Redevelopment Plan to reflect the Saint Paul on the Mississippi Development Frameivork and West Side FZats Development Strategy aze recommended in two sections: C. Previous and Current Efforts, and F. General Land Use Plan (text and map). Section C. Previous and Current Efforts I. Add the follo�ving text to page 10: Since Yhe Redevelooment Plan was ori i�nall�adooted in 1987 there has been verv little private investment in the West Side Flats area. Despite si�nificant public investment, primarilv in the form of the riverfront levee and esplanade (approximatelv $15 millionl. the private sector has not responded Private lands that were vacant have remained vacant and there has been neelect and demolition of buildines over the last 15 vears. In the earlv 1990s riverfront and downtown revitalization became much more a oart of the communitv's aeenda. Like cities throuehout North America. Saint Paul be ag n to recognize the Mississi�pi River as a well-sprine of communitv oride identitv vitalitv and investment With significant acquisition and cleazance completed the time was ri¢ht to reinvest in downtown and the central riverfront and to start to create new neiehborhoods with a unique relationship to the river. u In 1997 the Saint Paa�l on the Mississippi Development Framework was released to guide p lannin e urban desien and development activities in a four-squaze mile oortion of downtown Saint Paul and the central riverfront between the Hi¢h Bridee and the Lafavette BridQe The result of a three-vear olannine and communitv input process the Framework lavs out a vision for downtown and the central riverfront that: reconnects the citv to the Mississinpi River• increases ihe varietv of land uses in these azeas. especiallv in terms of addin¢ residential units• inteorates land uses to create new neiehborhoods that aze less de�endent on the caz• restores the urban ecolo¢v' and converts former industriai 60 _°11K � �e aa _`l`1Ff � areas alon� the riverfront to new mixed-use urban villa¢es. The Frarnework contains ten principles to guide new development in downtown and alone the central riverfront, as well as precinct plans that applv the ten principles in four sub-areas (Rice Park- RiverCentre Wabasha Conidor Upper Landine and West Sidel. Most relevant to the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area is the Framework's call for a mixina of land uses in compact urban villaees (rather than isolatin¢ them into senarate districtsl and a diversif of the ranee of uses within each new neiehborhood. In 1998. the Citv Council endorsed the Framework's ten �nciples as the basis for the Citv's development policv for the downtown-central riverfront oroiect area. Adopted bv the City Council in 1999. the Land Use Plan chanter of the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan officiallv made the ten principles the basis for future land use plannina and develo�ment in downto�vn and alona the central riverfront. Manv of the areas �vithin the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area �vere identified as new mixed- use urban villaQes with streets that accommodate transit, bikes, pedestrians and cars; buildinas and land uses that enea2e the street and increase pedestrian activitv: oublic access to the riverfront• and a ranee of land uses within smaller neishborhoods that are connected to one another and to the river. Aiso in 1999 the Cit worked with West Side communitv reoresentatives. vrooertv owners residents architects urban desieners. the Saint Paul Riverfront Corporation. • Saint Paul on the Mississippi Design Center, Port Authoritv and Capital Citv Partnership t�repare a lona-term vision for a 4�-acre portion of the �Vest Side Flats ivine between Robert and �Vabasha streets the Mississippi River and Plato Boulevard, based on previous work in the Frametivork and West Side Precinct Plan. This vision is contained in the West Side Flats DeveZo�ment Strate� .V and proposes a mixed-use comoact urban villaee with visual and �hvsical access to the river: a restored historic neiehborhood street grid that orovides urban-scaled development parcels and multiple street access points• an open space network to link adjacent uses and neiehborhoods and add value to development oarcels• improved streetscapes; and a mix of uses. with nredominantiv commercial activities alonQ Robert and Wabasha and predominantiv residential uses on intemal blocks oriented to a linear open space along the existine rail corridor. In 1999. both the Citv Council and HRA endorsed the West Side Flats Development Strategv as the overall vision for the future development of the area between Robert, Wabasha. Plato and the Mississioni River. Section F. General Land Use Plan (page 17) 2. Delete references to specific future land uses in the West Side Flats azea: a. Delete under 3. RESIDENTIAL (page 18): "A. On the south shoreline of the river, on a site bordered by Wabasha Street • on the west, Fillmore Ave. on the south, and Robert St. on the east;" -2- �-. - � b. Delete under 4. COMMERCIAL: RETAIL & OFFICE (pa�e 19): "D. On the south shore of the river, along Wabasha St. to Plato Blvd., and in the vicinity of HARRIET ISLAND MARINA, including sites west of Wabasha St. on Water St., and on the upstream end ofNavy Island;" c. Delete under 5. INDUSTRIAL (page 20): "C. In the SOUTHBANK INLAND AREA, on a site roushly bound by Fillmore Ave., �,Vabasha St., Plato Blvd., and Robert St." Add new lan�uage and change the General Land Use Plan map to indicate mixed use for the �Vest Side Flats site. a. Change the title of the map from "Proposed Comprehensive Plan Land Use Amendments" to "Redevelopment Plan Future Land Use." b. Change the map designation for the West Side Flats sites to MIXED USE. c. Add text that describes what types of mixed uses are recommended and where (page 20): 6. MIXED USE Areas desiEnated as MIXED USE should be developed with a mix of residential, • commercial recreational civic and o�en space uses. To the ereatest extent possible and where appropriate these uses should be ananeed in an "urban villaQe" with a traditional urban street arid; compact biock uattem: varietv of exoeriences within walkine distance of one another: strone public realm: medium- to-hiQh densities but low-to-medium heights• connection to transit; buildinas that frame the street and respect the neighborhood context: and land uses that are trulv inteerated within a buildin_,_parcel or block. This is perhaos the most flexible land use district in the Riverfront Redevelopment Proiect Area, with the express pumose to mix land uses within an area rather than isolate them into separate districts The predominant land use will vary bv sub-area. Sites for mixed-use development are: A. On the south shoreline of the river. in the area bordered bv Wabasha Street on the west, Plato Boulevard on the south, Robert Street on the east and the river on the north. On this site, the urban street erid should be re- established• ne�v open spaces and pedestrian connections should link the neiehborhood to adiacent uses and neiehborhoods: visual and phvsical access to the river shouid be provided• and a varietv of residential, office. civic educational retail and entertainment uses should be developed. B. On the south shore of the river alona Wabasha Street to Plato Boulevard, includino sites west of Wabasha Street on Water Street, and on the upstream end of Naw Island. • ' -3- 00 -'1�18' � C. On the south side of Plato Boulevard between Starkev Street and Robert Street to the southerly limits of the Redevelopment Project Area. 4. Renumber the 6. VEHICULAR CIRCULATION to 7. VEHICULAR CIRCULATION and 7. DESIGN CONTROLS to 8. DESIGN CONTROLS. 5. Add under 8. 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' v � �' `` ;:'� � ,� " ,• ` �� ,� � l ',`� � (� ` `"�.J l= �F� � i- �_ �', / �. , �� = �'�� V • `'�`=: t ��:' \ � � z _•:, � � . � _`. � . .- i `\ `; r' � ;\'. `�� .�� C 0 : a t) a 0 a � p Y r m a � 0 V � 4 a � N o C 9 n � a U O F V E E 0 U � � � c # :� ��€� U U t� � �� . r U � G' Q � = U [ ��,�I �EPARTMENT/OFFICE/COUNCIL: DATE INITIATED GREEN SHEET No.•106931 PED August 10, 2000 ' OCr�.�}��' CONTACT PERSON & PHONE: II�`I77A 7'E IN177AiJDATE Lucy Thompson, 266-6578 � � DEPAR"I'�NT DIR rp' ctr�covricn. MUST BE ON COUNCII. AGENDA BY (DATE) �ICTN � CITY ATTORNEY� � CITY CLERK FINANCIAL SERV DIR. FINANCIAL SERV/ACCTG AllgtlSt Z3� ZOOO gpg '�MAYOR (OR ASST.) _ CIVIL SERVICE COMI�IISSION AOUI'ING ORDER TOTAL # OF SIGNA'1'ORE PAGES _1_(CLiP ALL LOCATIONS FOR SIGNAI'URE) A�oN�Q�D: ka " vtl� iv wverfr�nt r+�evei. rn�e�t,�rta �tde� t�a�+ f� RECOMIvIMENDA]'IONS: Approve (A) or Rejec[ (R) � PERSONAL SERVICE COIV1RACfS MUST ANSR'ER THE FOI.LOWING QUESTIONS: A_ PLANNING COMIvIISSION 1. Has this person/fum ever workeA under a contrac[ for this deparhnent? CIB COMNIITI'EE Yes No CIVIL SERVICE COMIvIISSION 2. Has this person/fivn ever been a ciry employee? Yes No 3. Does this person/finn possess a skill not nortnally possessed by any cu�rent ciry employee? Yes No Explain all yes answers on separate sheet and attach to green sheet INITIATING PROBLEM, ISSi7E, OPPORTUNTIT (Who, What, W hen, Where, W hy): In January 2000, the City Council endorsed the West Side Flats Development Strategy as the overall vision for the area between Robert, Wabasha, Plato and the Mississippi River (Resolution #00-35). In the same resolution, the City Council asked that the Administration direct PED staff to prepaze amendments to the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area Redevelopment Plan to reflect the West Side Flats Development Strategy. More recently, U.S. Bancorp announced in July 2000 that it has selected a site within the West Side Flats project area far a new 350,000-500,000-square-foot client services center to be part of a new mixed-use urban village. ADVANTAGESIFAPPROVED: - Development in the West Side Flats portion of the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area will be consistent with the neighborhood's and City's vision. DLSADVAN'I'AGES IF APPROVED: None. ■ � E�EIVED � DISADVANTAGES IF NOT APPROVED: CITY The communiTy's vision for the Flats will not be implemented. A�ORNEY TOTAL AMOUN'I' OF'CRANSACTION: S NA COST/REVENIJE BUDGETED: FUNDING SOURCE: ACTIVTfY N[JMBER: FAVANCIAL INFORMATION: (EXPLAIN) £L\Shared\THOIv�SLA�edevplangrre�sheet OO -'IR8' Interdepartmental Memorandum C1T'Y OF SAINT PAUL DATE: August 16, 2000 TO: Council President Dan �ostrom and Me�be;s of the City Council FROM: Mayor Norm Coleman � � SUBJECT: Amendments to the Red ve opm�ent Pi evelopment Program for the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area (West Side Flats) In response to the City CounciP s action in January 2000, PED staff have prepazed amendments to the Redevelopment Plan and Development Program for the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area to reflect the vision in the West Side Flats Development Strategy. The Saint Paul Planning Commission has reviewed the amendments, and has determined that they aze in conformance with the City's Comprehensive Plan. • I am forwarding the proposed amendments to you with my recommendation for adoption. Attachxnents • PLANNING COMMISSION Gladys Morton, Chair DATE: TO: CITY OF SAINT PAUL Norm Coleman, Mayor FROM: August 11, 2000 25 West Fourth Street Saint Paul, MN55702 C>o -'l'18' Telephone: 65I-266-6565 F¢csimile: 6�7-218-3314 Mayor Norm Coleman and Members of the Saint Paul City Council Gladys Morton, Chair ►TfpY6M Saint Paul Planning Commission SUBJECT: Amendments to the Redevelopment Plan and Development Program for the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area (West Side Flats) : : . 11tZ�111►117 . The Redevelopment Plan and Development Program for the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area (hereinafter referred to as the "Redevelopment Plan") was adopted in November 1987. The Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area is located along the central riverfront between the High Bridge and the Lafayette Bridge, and contains sites on both the north and south sides of the Mississippi River. The key components of the Redevelopment Plan include a legal description of the Project Area, a set of development objectives and a general land use plan. A copy is attached. Whenever amendments to the Redevelopment Plan are proposed, the Planning Commission is required to review them for conformance with the City's Comprehensive Plan. REASONS FOR PROPOSING AMEI�DMENTS AT TFIIS TIME In December 1999, the Saint Paul Planning Commission considered the West Side Flats Development Strategy and made the following findings and recommendations: • i) 2) 3) 4) The West Side Flats Development Strategy is consistent with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and Saint Paul on the Mississippi Development Framework. The West Side Flats DeveZopment Strategy should be endorsed as the overall vision for the future development of the area between Robert Street, Wabasha Street, Plato Boulevazd and the Mississippi River. Amendments to the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area Redevelopment Plan governing this area should be prepared to reflect the Development Strategy vision. PED staff should recommend zoning changes, where needed, to unplement the vision of the DeveZopment Strate�. da -'iR� i Mayor Norm Coleman et. al. August 11, 2000 Page Two In January 2000, the City Council and Housing and Redevelopment Authority agreed with the Pianning Commission's recommendations, and made the same findings and directions to staff to conduct additional work to implement the Development Strategy. In addition to the recent completion of the West Side Flats Development Strategy, U.S. Bank announced just two weeks ago that it has selected a site along Robert Street south of the river for a new client services center, and that the new office building will be part of a mixed-use urban village on the West Side Flats. The first phase of the new neighborhood will include U.S. Bank's development (350,000-500,000 square feet of office) and approximately 750 units of housing. The mix of land uses envisioned in the new urban village was not anticipated in the original Redevelopment Plan, so amendments are necessary to bring it into compliance with the Development Strategy, and to set the stage for the use of tas increment financing for the proposed office and housing development. The key purpose of the proposed amendments is twofold: 1) to allow a mixing of land uses, rather than prescribing a segregation of land uses into distinct districts or sites; and 2) to prohibit • the establishment of new industrial uses in the West Side Flats project area. The exact mix of residential, commercial, office and recreational uses within the new urban village is not set. Considerations such as market demand, economic feasibility, site design and land use compatibility will deternune the exact mix and location of future uses. RECOMMENDATION The Saint Paul Planning Commission has determined that the attached amendments to the Redevelopment Plan and Development Program for the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area regazding the West Side Flats project azea are in conformance with the City's Comprehensive Plan. We recommend that the Mayor forward these proposed changes to the City Council and Housing and Redevelopment Authority for a public hearing before the City Council and adoption by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority. Attachxnents • aa-�� REDEVELOPMENT PLAN and DEVELOP��ENT PROGRAf� � d and � RIVERfkONT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREp of the HOUSING & REDEYELOPMENT AUTHdRITY (HRA) OF THE CI7Y OF SAINT PAUL, MINNE50TA (MINNESOTA STATUTES SECTION 469.001 Subd. 14) . -.. r - . _ .. ` - � � �.� ��f ..... . ._ . � - .w .: �EVEIOFMENT DISTRICT - (DEYELOPh1ENT �4) ._ _ of the , - CITY�4F SAINT PAUI, MINNESOTA ;.._ _(MINNESOTA'STATUTES SECTIONS 469:124:=:469.134) ' Approved by the„HRA:.,.. „ November 4, 1987;:: - Approved by:the City of Saint Paut•November 10, 1981 = k : ,� _ �, - �-�-� - , �_ < - s �., �-< - . , .. _ — ' - - - < .. _ =�=' _ = - - "'�:'`_ TABLE OF CONTENTS .� Paae No. A. DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT and REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA ....................... 2 B. BACK6ROUND ............. " ........ 6 C. PREYiOUS AtJD CURRENT EFFORTS ........ ......... 7 .:_ ' • _ _..:.�. ._ . . .... D. DEYELOPMENT-OBJECTIVES ........................... 11 E. REDEVELOP(+IENT TECHNIQUES .............:...........'13 _ F. 6ENERAL LAND USE PLAN . �� `" - ' " � `" � � �" ;�>. ..... ...................�17. �`� 6. OTH�R NECESSARY PROVISIONS�TO MEET; ::..:.....:.... 22 -- . . STATE/LOCAL REQUIREMENTS - _ . . _ _ . . :'� ,: _: -' , - . . ::� - ' _ � .',_ _ --,;, . • " . _ _.'.:' --.3. . 1��,�.�.,{��y _ . ' � - �- "s§ ' rll�`?'s.�«�4b�i�"'*.+`<�y-°:a . _ -_ ' ' � ..�.�s'�� "� - - _ t'� � � � �L .f�.� «'i'��T-7^T.'."' 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L' = ; �� i� � Y /•�� - Lm B � I � :..�a � I, , _ _ ; _�, -�_ , •�% ' ° � . �, , i �° t •��; �'• 1 � . ti ,��1 �o .� , � ` I � �= cp aa -1°t8� � Q .� i -- � . � 0 > �� a , t � I I ` � �� : c_ � $ t � Q�� aO f �> � QQ � : .�� ' F �� _ � i :. The Housing and Redevelopment Autfiority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (HRA) proposes to establish RIVERfRONT REDEVELOPMEN7 PP,OJECT AREA, as provide� for in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 4E9, and a REDEVELOPtdENT DISTRICT as provided for in Minnesota Statutes, �=�tion 469.001, Subd. 14. Additionally, the City of Saint Paul proposes to form a DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, as provided for in Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.124-469.134. The project and district would be coextensive with each other. References to the Redeveiopment Project, Project Area and Plan shall be understood to include by this incorporation a reference to the Development District, District Area and Development Program. In addition, the City and the HRA proposed to adopt a TAX I�CREMENT fINANCIhu PLAN, as provided for in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 469.174, Subd._ 10, to finance project and district activities irt accordance with the foTlowing P1an and Program. A. DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVELOPt�iENT DISTRICT AND RED`VELOPtdE��T PR�JECT AREA PROJECT BOUNDARIES The boundaries of the Riverfront Development District and Redevelopment Project Area are mapped on Map A, attached, and described as follows: All of 67ock 2, J.T. McMiTian Company's Piat, St. Paul, Ninn., except that � , part which lies southerly of a line described as follows: Beginning at an iron monument in the north line of Section 12, Township 28, Range 23, Ramsey County, Minnesota, which monument is 514.63 feet east of the northwest corner of 6overnment Lot 1 in said Sec'tion 12; thenc.e (assuming the north line of said Section 12 as a due East and West line) South 60 degrees 29 minutes West, 141.60 feet to a point; thence South 71 degrees, 46 1/2 minutes �test 250.82 feet to a point; thence South 65 degrees, 18 minutes Hest, 166.96 feet to a point in the West tine of said 6overnment Lot 1; also Block 3, Northern States Power Company's Plat, St. Paul, Ninnesota; also Lots 1, 2 and 3 in Block 15, E. H. Hawke's Subdivision to Winslow's Addition to the Town of St. Paul; also That certain tract or parcel of land tying and being in Section 12, Township 28 North, or Range 23 West,•and within the following boundary lines, to-wit: Starting at the Northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section 12, according to the United States � 6overnment survey of said Section, thence Sou*.h along the East line of said Morthwest quarter of the Northeast quarter (which is also the m � � � � %� �. � . �'�' ,.�. �;= �; :'' o � ° ; � v�`r� �_� �°- Q _.� , _�� i � _`�� - �,�i�l W i ❑ .--, � �-- ' L�� l I� � `-a � Eii�i� �� I ��'� � � L �� `, , _... ..� >°� a -- i'^"'V �I / > `y ; � / �,. /f ,�� :� „ �' ,� �1,. r' :; .. �� G. U � � � .•, �:�� I • ✓`.I`� ✓' >� :�� .s '��. . �:; _ ` C �\ �, : �� ; i � • � �i�l i � � �� I � � �' j :-� ;; :� , -- E _ �` pj � � �ryr ' � tl�. �- � _� _ 0 :. ;f�1 I I � � � . � ��' � L' 1 I :__o ' � /— I L i � � � �i f F � � . , � �; . _ ,� . 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U �� G � �U � :�� Easterly line of Lot 16, Partition Plat and of McMillan's Addition, according to the respective plats thereof on file and of record in the office of the Registrar of Deeds of Ramsey County, NN, and the true bearing of which line is South 0 degrees 6 minutes East from the said � point of beginning) and along the extension of said line 1,931.1 f.eet; thence South 62 degrees 23 minutes West, 144.28 feet; thence South 49 degraes 30 minutes West, 500 feet; thence South 77 degrees 22 minutes West 33.54 feet to the intersection of said last described line with the W°sterly line of Lot 15, Partition Plat, extended Southerly, thence North along the said Westerly line of Lot 15, Partition P}at, extended Southerly (the true bearing of which line is North 0 degrees 6 minutes West) and zlong the said line 2,191.2 feet to the right-of-way of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Ornaha Railway; thence North 44 degrees, i minute East along the line of said right-of-way 193.6 feet to the North line of said Section 12; thence East along the North line of said Section 12 to the place of beginning, excepting therefrom the following described tract: Cormnencing at a point of beginning on tfie Westerly line of Lot 15, Partition Plat, 1,476 feet more or less North from the granite monument located at the intersection of said lioe and the North line of the Levee Road (the said point of beginning being the point where said Westerly line of Lot 15, Partition Plat, crosses the Easterly boundary of the right-of-way for stockyard tract conveyed by M. J. 0'Connor and Martin Delaney to St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad Company by deed recorded in 94 of Deeds, page 141); thence Northeasterly along said Easterly boundary of said right-of-way, 466 feet more or less to the North line of � said Lot 15, Partition P7at; thence West along said North line of Lot 15, Partition Plat, 35 feet more or less to the right-of-way of the C. St. P. M.�& 0. Ry. Co., thence Southwesterly along said right-of-way 193.6 feet more or less to the West line of said Lot 15, Partition Plat; thence South along said West line of Lot 15, Partition Plat, 285 feet more or less, to the place of beginning, which lies Northerly of a line drawn parallel with the North line of said Northwest Quarter of the Ncrtheast Quarter, and 216 feet Soutfierly thereof (the above described being a part of Lots 15 and 16, Partition Plat); also Lots 6(except Railroad), 7 and 8, Block 14, and Lots 4� 5, 6, 7 and 8, Block 15, South of Railroad in E. H. Hawke's Subdivision to Winslow's Addition to the Town of St. Pau1, Minnesota Territory, together with so much of Yon Minden Street, vacated, as accrued to said premises by reason of the vacation thereof. and together with so much of St. Clair Street, vacated, as accrued to said premises by reason of the vacation thereof; also Seginning at the most Northeasterly corner of J. T. McMillan Company's Plat, and the Southeasterly line of the joint railroad right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad; thence Southwesterly along the Southeasterly line of said rai)road right-of-way to the 5outh line of Block 15 of E. H. Hawke's Subdivision to � Winslow's Addition; thence West along the South line of Block 15 to the and Southeasterly line of Lot 7, Auditor's Subdivision No. 39 to tfie Northeasterly line of Lot 12, Auditor's Subdivision No. 39; thence Southeasterly along the Northeasterly line of said Lot 12, to the Southwesterly line of an easement for South Robert Street; thence Sovtherly • along the Southwesterly line of said easement to a line 40 feet Northeasterly of and parallel with the Northerly line of Tract B of Registered Land Survey No. 366; thence Northwesterly along said 40 foot line for 975 feet rore or less to a point; thence left at right angles to the Southwesterly line of the railroad Right-of-Way; thence Northwesterly along the Southwesterly railroad right-of-way to the center of vacated Plato Ave.; thence Southwesterly alon9 said centerline to the Southwesterly line of Starkey Street; thence Northwesterly along the Southwesterly line of Starkey Street to the Southerly line of new Plato Blvd.; thence westerly along the Southerly line of Plato Bivd. to the Northeasterly line af South Wabasha Street; thence Southeasterly along the M1ortheasterly line of South Wabasha Street to the Norther]y eztension of the East line of Hall Avenue; thence South zlong the East line of Hall Avenue to the Northerly line of Prospect Btvd.; thence Westerly along the �ortherly line of Prospect B1vd. to the East line of vacated Bello�s Street; thence South along the East line of vacated Bellows Street to the foot of the Bluff; thence Southwesterly along the Foot bf the Bluff to the centerline of Beliows Street; thence South along the centerline of Bellows Street to the North line of Delos Street, which is also the North line of Section 7, 7ownship 28, Range 22; thence West along the North line of Section 7, Township 28, Range 22, to the Northeast corner of Lot 15, Block 198 of Irvine's Addition; thence South along the East line of Lot 15 for 80 feet to a point; th=nce West, parallel with the North line of Lots 15 through 11, said Block 198, to the West line of Lot 11; thence North along the West line of Lot 11 to the Northwest corner of Lot lI; thence West along the Westerly extension of the North line of Lat 11 to the centerline of Ohio Street; thence in a • Southwesterly direction along the centerline of Ohio Street to the Southeesterly extension of the Southerly line of Cherokee kvenue; thence Northwesterly and Southwesterly along the Southerly line of Cherokee Avenue to the Southwesterly right-of-way line of Smith Avenue; thence Northwesterly along the Southwesterly right-of-way line of Smith Avenue and its extension across the Mississippi River to the intersection with the West line of the Northwest Quarter of Section 7, 7ownship 28, Range 22, which is the Southerly extension of the West line of Wilkin Street; thence North along the West line of Wilkin Street and its extension, to the Northwest line of Spring Street; thence Northeasterly along the Northwest line of Spring Street ta the North line of the Southwest quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 6, Township 28, Range 22; thence West along said quarter quarter tine to the Southeasterly line of Hill Street; thence Southwesterly to the Northwesterly corner of Block 1, Norihern States Power Company's Plat; thence South a]ong the West line of 61ock 1 of Northern States Power Company's Plat to the Southeasterly line of Hill Street; thence Southwesterly along the Southeasterly line of Hilt Street to the Southeasterly extension of tfie Southwest line of Lot 8, Block 1 af Rearrangement of Oppenheim's Addition; thence Northwest to the Northwesterly corner of said Lot 8, Block 1, which is also the Southwesterly line of the joint railroad right-of-way track of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paut/ Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad; thence Soutnwesterly along said right-of-way line to the Northeasterly line of Smith Avenue; thence Southeasterly along said Northeast line of Smith Avenue to the Southeasterly line of Hill Street; thence Southwest along the Southwest line of Hill Street to the�East line of vacated McMillan Street; thence South and Southwest along � the east line of vacated McMillan Street to the East line of J. T. McMillan Company's Plat; tfience North on said East line to the North line of Section 12, Township 28, Range 23, to the point of beginning. 5 •• ob-�� • 6. BACKGROUND The Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area is located in and near downtown St. Paul, on the north and south shores of the Mississippi River. 7he Mississfppi River is the city's birthplace, and dominant natural feature. 'fhroughout the history of Saint Paul, the river has determined the eztent and nature of the city's growth, development and geographic/economic/social climate. For the past several decades, the prominence of the riverfront as an economic and social center has declined. The city has grown 'up and zway' firom the riverfront as the importance of the port function has changed with technoiogicai advances in transportation and industrial processes, and as the fbcus of the regiona7 economy has changed from manufacturing to services. The present conditions of use and development ref�ect the deterioration � that one would expect as the city looked elsewhere for development opportunities. The entire downtown rtver corridor is characterized by large areas of neglected vacant and underutilized land, transportaYion networks and facilities that are functionally obsolete, and inefficient labor-extensive activities that waste the potential of inherently valuable land. Public improvements have deteriorated; are inadequate to serve demands; and in some � ases are potentially hazardous. B�th public facilities and remaining pr9vate tructures present severe barriers to access and use of the shoreline; environmental conditions are such that ma�e public use and appreciation of the river difficult. Such a�ondition is generally incompatible with contemporary public objective5 • which consider the Mississippi River the city's mast unique natural attribute, to be enhanced as a reso�rce of aesthetic, eco]ogica�, cu]tural and economic importance. Without positive intervention, the downtown riverfront is unlikely to fulfill its public potentiai. Current patterns of land use and economic attrition are likely to continue. Private reinvestment needs Will not be met. New development will be hampered by poor soil conditions, lack of infrastructure, fragmented property ownership, and perhaps most importantly, a public perception of the area as one in decline. C� �: 6 C. PREVIOUS AND CURREN7 EFFORTS Since 1960, there have been several �••fforts by the City of Saint Paul to plan for and direct change in the Project Area. Several Redevelopment P1ans and Corrmercial and Industrial Development Projects have been prepared under provisions of Chapter 469 of Minnesota Statutes, and approved for areas of tha city that include small portions of the Riverfiront Redevelopment Project area. These include: - Riverview Renewat Project {R-26): 1963 (W. of Robert St.) - Riverview Industrial Project: 19b4 (E. of Robert St.) - Upper Levee ReneNal Project (R-3): 1958, rev. 1965 - West Seventh Neighborhood Development Project (Mian. A-1-7): 1973 - Seven Corners Neighborhood Development Project (Ninn. A-1-6): 1973 - Downtown Urban Renewal Project (R-20): 1963 - Central Core Neighborhood Development Project (Minn. A-1-5): 1973 - Seventh Place Redevelopment_Project: 197B 8°cause of the incremental nature of past efforts and the frzctured a roach to establishino redeveloRment districts, the Riverfront Project Hrea is not addressed comRrehensively. Plan incorporates and supercedes those edevelopment lans (identified above that ibed in Section A of this lp an, The above-referenced redevelopment plans have resulted in one significant change in the Project Area. Riverview Industrial Park was established. Riverview Industrial Park is a praject resulting from the combination of the Riverview Renewal Project and Riverview Industrial Project cited above. It consists of 190 acres within and adjacent to the Project Area. It was established after continual spring flooding had made the housing that was originally located there untenable. From 1967-64, the Saint Paul Port Authority purchased and cleared the land. The existing floodwall was constructed in 1962, after which site development began. In 1965, the area was subjected to a record flood. The land within the floodwall remained dry, and the success of Riverview Industrial Park was assured. Since then, Riverview has been one of the city's most productive industrial parks. Of the original 190 acres, less than 7X remains available. Emp}oyment currently exceeds 6000. In 1980, the Saint Paul City Council adopted the Saint Paul Mississippi River Corridor Plan as a component of the Comprehensive Plan of St. Paul. The River Corridor Plan estabiished tity objectives, policy and general recommendations for the treatment of tfie entire river valley, including the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area. Since 1980, it has periodically been amended, and in fact, is being amended concurrently with the adoption of this Redevelopment Plan. The River Corridor Plan, as amended, remains the most definitive city statement of riverfront development objectives. �� • � LJ oo- �7� �.n 19B5, the single most important private investment decision was made in the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area, when American Hoist & Derrick Company (A�nhoist) abandoned its primary administrative, research, development, manufacturing and assembly facilities. These facilities {cortrnoniy refer:red to as the 'Amhoist Plant') are located in an unintegrated complex of 14 buildings, occupying 50 acres that dominate the south shore of the river. The buildings range in age from 9-87 years, with a weighted age of 51+ years. In abandoning the plant, Amhoist cited the deteriorated condition and functional obsolescence of the ent9re plant and site as its primary reasons for relocating. Adjacent to the Amhoist property, a chemical tank farm owned by the Union Oil Co., and 1930's vinta9e industrial buildings once ox�ned by Technical Sealants Co., are vacant, idle, and marked as potentially hazardovs. These sites, plus broken and unused railroad trackage that bisect them, are synptomatic of the obsolescence of riverfront-dominated industrial and transportation uses. On the north (downtown) side of the river, redevelopment efforts to revitalize the riverfront have been piecemeal. In 1957, Shepard Rozd wes constructed in the Project Area. This single public works project complete',y changed the nature of the riverfront by introducing a major traffic artery that cut off the river from the rest of the city. In addition, it created ne� access for an emerging industrial area on the fringe of the Central Business District. ,In conjuction with building the road, the City created the Upper Levee Renewal Project in 1958, to clear continually flooded residential areas west of Chestnut Street, and replace them with flood-protected industrial sites. In the most visible site development case, Kaplan Scrap Iron & Metal Co. was ` relocated from the Riverview area across the river to the Upper Levee in 1965. Since then, the Kaplan operation has been the subject of numerous complaints regarding noise, odor, visual pollution, and damage to city sewers. In response to these ongoing aggravations, the HRA' acquired the property in 1985 for purposes of c]earance and making the site available for redevelopment. Adjacent to the Kaplan's site, the HRA has secured a long-term option for purchase of the Harvest States Cooperatives' Chestnut St. Grain 7erminal. The grain elevators and terminal operations have been declared surplus by the owner, citing obsolescence of the facility for contemporary grain shipment processes. Earlier, in 1980, Harvest States demolished approximately half of the grain storage silos on the site because they were unused, unnaintained, and considered a safety hazard. East of Harvest States' terminal is the site of former Industrial Steel Container Corporation. The plant had been on the site for over 40 years, • manuf acturing and reconditioning metal barrels and containers. In 1970, the HRA purchased the site for purposes of removing a blighting influence and an impediment to potential roadway improvements. Soil contarnination was � discovered on the site. On the other end of downtown, the riverfront is dominated by the Union Depot. The former train station is composed of an extremely large headhouse, concourse and train platform covering over 6 acres at the city's original riverfront steamboat landing. In its heyday, the Depot serviced over 60 trains per day. By the early 1960's, however, train service had dramatically _ declined in St. Paul and across the country. The consortium of railroads which owned and operated the depot (known as the Saint Paul Union Depot Company) oversaw its closing. Throughout the 1960's and� 1970's, the Union Depot Company declined to iRprove the depot, and slowly dismantled it. Snali subareas were leased for storage and parking. In. aba�doning and neglecting the massive depot, the railroads left the city with a blighting influence on the riverfront. In 1982, the Union Depot Co. sold the headhouse to Asset Development Services, a commercial developer which proceeded to renovate the headhouse. This project has instilled new activity into the area, and is the basis for anticipated continued private investment interest. trevertheless, the site remzins isolated from the riverfront by railroad right-of-wzy and Shepard- Narner Road. In 1984, the City embarked on a program entitled the Riverfront Initiative, an energ=_tic and comprehensive effort to r�claim the riverfront from its current condition, and to implement physical and prograrm�atic changes that reflect public objectives identified in previous activities. To oversee this effort, and to advise the Mayor and City Council on zppropriate zctions, the City Council established the Saint Paul Downto�n Riverfront Co�rnission. Since its inception in 1984, the Riverfront Comnission has actively engaged in current riverfront issues. In 1986, the Riverfront Comnission completed znd recorrrnended to the City Council a detailed riverfront redevelopment strategy. This strztegy, entitled • the Saint Paul Riverfront Pre-Development Plan, suggested several long-term and short-term publiC and pr�vate actions which would stimulate redevelopment. It clarified redevelopment objectives, and detailed specific actions the City • can take to initiate the redevelopment process in a timely manner. Currently, the City of Saint Paul is using this plan as the basis for a�ending the city's Comprehensive Plan, and as a guide in preparing this Redevelopment Plan. As a result. the City is planning to undertake several significant activities which are identified by the Riverfront Cortmission as important. In 1984, the US Army Corps of Engineers proposed to upgrade the floodwall and levee protecting Riverview Industrial Park by increasing the height of the flood control sturctures 4'. This project, presently authorized by Congress, is currently being considered for funding. It is a significant public works project that wilt increase flood protection to existing and planned development. . In addition, the City has initiated efforts to reconstruct Shepard Road to alteviate original design shortcomings that have contributed to excessive numbers of traffic accidents. As a part of the requisite Environmental Assessments of this project, alternative road alignments and configurations are being considered. In conjunction with the reconstruction of Shepard Road, the city has received a cortmittment from the Federal Highway Administration to contribute funds from the Great River Road program to realign and rebuild portions of Warner Road in the vicinity of La�bert Landing. This will also contribute to improvements in the safety and aesthetic characteristics of the � road on the riverfront. oo-�� In 1984, the City established the River£ront Enterprise Zone. which � compasses most of the project area. Authoriied under Minnesoia Statutes, c. 273.13 (rev. 1983) and approved by the State of F�innesota, the Enterprise Zone allows for individuals or companies making investments to qualify for combinations of several types of state and local tax credits. 7o date;'four companies have invested over 53,000,000 in industrial and cortcnercial p�ojects in those portions of the Enterprise Zone located witi�in the project area. The current condition of the important riverfront sites, plus the opportunities presented by the city's announced initiatives to upgrade public facilities and to promote new investment along the entire downtown riverfront dictate the need for a comprehensive redevelopment effort based on an updated redevelopment plan for the project area. � � ,� D. DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES � The objectives of the Riverfront Redevelopment Project are based upon the policy directives of the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and the Saint Paul Mississippi River Corridor Plan. Both documents were prepared by the St. Paul Planning Commission and adopted by the City Councit. Objectives generally include: 1. To protect and preserve the Mississippi River Corridor as a unique resource that benefits the citizens of the city and region. 2. To maintain the river corridor's value and utility for residential, commercial, industrial and recreational functions; 3. To preserve the river corridor's biological and ecological functions; 4. To enhance the river corridor's aesthetic, cultural, scientific and historic attributes; 5. To develop an economic value for the downtown riverfront, white insuring the preservation of its natural and aesthetic characteristics; 6. To stimulate private investment and reinvestment along the downtown riverfront; 7. 7o increase the tax base and job-producing capacity of the riverfront in � dow�town; Furthermore, the primary purposes of this Redevelopment Plan, as recortmended by the St. Paul Riverfront Comnission in the St: Paul Riverfront Pre- De�•elopment Plan, are: 1. To eliminate and/or ameliorate the adverse physical and environmental conditions that exist in the Riverfront Redevelopment Project area, and to prevent the spread of such detrimental conditions within and without the project area; 2. To improve the attractiveness and desirability of the area as a place in which to live, work, shop and/or secure cultural and recreational enrichment; 3. To re-establish viable residential neighborhoods on the riverfront by creating opportunities for, and attracting, new housing and residential services; 4. To maintain and strengthen employment and services by attracting institutions� high-tech industrial and office space, personal and professional services; by retaining and attracting regional culturat and � entertainment attractions; 5. To create an attractive pedestrian-oriented ptace in which people are able to enjoy personal or social interaction, and where public access to and along the riverfront is maximized; 11 aa_��8' �. To provide the public improvements necessary to stimulate private investment and reinvestment in the project area, and to make private land mere marketable, usable and valuable; 7. 7o develop the Riverfront Redevelopment Project in a manner that conforms to the city's Comprehensive Plan, and complements the existing attractiveness and future development of nearby areas, most particularly the West Side, the Central Business District, Lowertown, and the West Seventh/Fort Road neighborhood; 8. To utilize public financial resources in a manner that conforms with the city's adopted capital allocation and tax policies. Irt:ple�nenta:ion of this Plan will be undertaken by providing for incentives and lznd use controls that encourages sound development that is.consistent with the needs of the cortmunity as a whole, and is supported by types of market growth that can reasonably be expected in Saint Paul. . � �_� REDEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES This plan envisions the permitted use of >11 techniques or powers authorized � through appl` able statutes by the City, ��A, Port Authority, or other public agencies as �ropriate and necessary to carry out the inplen�ntation of this Plan. No pr:.ision of the Plan is to be taken to limit the full exercise of these powers. The following techniques are cited as examples of ineans to achieve the objectives presented in Section D above: 1. SUPPORT PRIVA7E INITIATIVES. Hs a primary course of action, the HRA and the City will promote and support those initiatives by property owners or other persons in control of project sites to market, develop, redevelop, rehabilitate or otherwise improve their property in accordance with this plan. Private initiative and investment is the preferred means of achieving the objectives of this plan, and will be encouraged. The HRA or the City may, without acyuiring property, enter into agreements with property owners or other persons in control of project sites which identify specific private responsibilities for the improvement of sites, and witl seek private guarantees to undertake redevelopment in accordance with this Plan. 7o induce such agreements, the HRA and the City will provide for, or cause to provide for, the following, as is necessary and appropriate: A. ADMINISTRATION of those public processes and requirements deemed � necessary to support or a11ow development/redevelopment of property to occur in accordance with this Plan. If applicable and advisable, the HRA and the City will provide assistance to developers to allow them to take responsi- bility for administrative activities. These include, but ar� not limited to: - Coordination of project activity, financing and review with human service agencies, citizen participation entities, and other state, regional and federal government agencies; - Initiation of vacations, rezonings, dedication of public rights-of- way, or other public actions as may become necessary to implement this Plan, in accordance with state and local statutes. This will be undertaken by the HRA or the redeveloper. - Provision of standard municipal services to adequately insure public health, safety, and welfare; - Enforcement of building codes, design controls, site covenants, provisions to insure compliance with state and local requirements relating to non-discrimination, income levels, environmental quality, faithful performance, and any other public objectives relating to the purchase, development, improvement or use of the land; - Property exchanges. � � �b-�� B. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, as needed to provide for adequate public access � and use of riverfront space and project sites. These include, but are not imited to, installation/construction/reconstruction of streets, parkways, utilities (mainline collection systems}, parks, walkways and trails, bridges, flood control structures, and other public improvements or facilities as necessary or desirable to carry out the objectives of this Plan. Public improvements will be undertaken in phases (of time and location) that coincide with and promote rational development patterns. Costs of such improve�nents may be assessed to the sites served by them. C. FINANCING to provide affordable sources of fina�cing to private companies involved in developing components of this Plan. Tnere are several financing mechanisms that can be used as apprepriate to acco�plish the objectives of this Plan. 7hey include, but are not limited to: - Tax Increment Financing - Industrial Development Revenue Bond Loans (Taxable or 7ax-:xempt) - Other Revenue Bond Loans (Taxable or Tax-Exempt) • � - Housing Revenue Bond loans - Mortgage Subsidy Bonds ' - Urban Developm=nt Action 6rant (UDAG) Loans - Acquisition/Lease/Sublease - Land Lease - Equity Participation - Development and Rental Assistznce Payments - Interest Rate Reduction - Impiementation o£ statutory authority for creation of projecYs and undertaking of activities where it is appropriate to use other financing methods. In selecting methods of project finance, the HRA and the City will take into account the forms of other assistance availabte�and negotiate with individual developers so that a method can be chosen which provides sufficient incentive for the developer to create a quality product. 2. LAND ACQUISITION. As an alternative and/or complementary redevelopment technique, the HRA or the City may choose to acquire certain property, as authorized under Minnesota Statutes. Acquisition of property wiil be considered when such property is f ound to have any of the following characteristics: � A. Bli9hted areas, buildings, and other real property, Mhere removing such can remove, prevent or reduce blight or the causes of blight; B. Open or undeveloped land blighted by virtue of conditions which have prevented normal deveiopment by private enterprise; C. Underused or inappropriately used uses recommended by this Ptan at clearance activities; land which nay be converted to other a reasonable cost without ma3or D. Land necessary to complete parcels which would be suitabte for development; � E. Lands or property declared to be unsafe or otherwise hazardous to- public health and safety; f. Other real or personal property as necessary to accomplish the objectives of this Plan. Acquisition of property will be undertaken in strict adherance to state and federal statutes {as applicable) governing procedures for such activity, including the provision of relocation services, assistance .and benefits in accordznce with Minnesota Statutes Chapter 117. 3. SITE PREPARATION. The HRA or the City will undertake or cause to �ndertake those actions deemed necessary to p"repare acquired sites for redevelopment. These include, but are not limited to: A. Demolition, removal or rehabilitation of buildings and improvements; 8. Activities to correct adverse characteristics of the land, soil or subsoil conditions, unusable subdivision or plat of lots, inadequate access or utiTity service, flood protection, or other development- inhibiting conditions; � , C. Activities deemed necessary or desirable to remove, reduce or prevent other blighting factors and causes of blight; D. Other activities deemed necessary or desirable to improve and prepare sites for development rehabilitation or r�edevelopm=_nt for uses in accordance with this Plan; E. Installation, construction or reconstruction of streets, parkways, utilities, parks, walkways and trails, and other public improvements or facilities as necessary or desirable for carrying out the objectives of this Plan; F. Provision of relocation services, assistance and benefits in accordance with Minnesota Statutes Chapt. 117. 4. LAND DISPOSITION AND IMPROVEMENT A6REEMENTS. The HRA and the City will sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of acquired property at fair use values in accordance with the requirements of applicable laws and plans, and subject to purchaser's contract obligations, by any or a conbination of the foltowing methods: � a �o,� g � A. After clearance andJor provision of site improvements; . 6. After rehabilitation at its fair market or reuse value so improved; C. Without clearance, to rehabilitate, clear, or otherwise improve the property for the purposes and accordance with the otrjectives and requirements of this Plan; D. To public bodies for the purposes of providing pu6lic improvements or supporting facilities; � L� F. GENERAL LAND USE PLAN Predominant land uses and related elements of the Riverfront Redevelopment � Project shall be in accord with the ob3ectives of the Comprehensive Plan of the CitY of Saint Paul. A description of intended purposes and character of each follows. Proposed general land uses are sho�n on Map B. 1. PUBLIC OPEN SPACE It is a highest priority to reanimate the riverfront by promoting those activities and facilities which make the riverfront an appealing place for the public at large to visit. The best way to do that is to develop recreational QPAortunities and attractions that encourage public access to and use of riverfront spaces. The Mississippi River shoreline will_be a continuous, pubticly-supported, river-oriented park and trail corridor. It will unite the major elements of the project area. Development of public facilities within and�adjacent to the trail corridor M•ill be undertaken according to site-specific standards, based on the physical czpaci�ies and progrartming needs of the particular Site. �t a minimum, provision of open space, trails and associated public facitities shall maximize public access to the shoreline and views of the river and provide those physicat improvements that increase pedestrian comfort, safety and pleasure. Major components include: A. A continuous pedestrian/bicycle TRAIL CORRI�OR, adjacent to the river, extending from Harriet Island-lilydale Park to the � Pier foundry site on the south shore of the river, and from • Randolph Street to Warner Road on the north shore. Plazas, ' cortenemorative markers, and other elements will be provided as appropriate; B. "UPPER LANDING SITE", a passive open space extending eastward at the river from the foot of Chestnut Street, to provide for a focal point at the site of the historic Upper Landing, to enhance the historic and physical connection between the landing and adjacent Irvine Park and West 7th Street neighborhoods, and to enhance the entry into downtown along Shepard Road. C. KELL066 MALL, to continue as a major bluff-top park, promenade and look-out on the north siCe of the river. The bluff-face overlooking the river offers extraordinary opportunities to extend the use of the park, both physically and seasonally, if it were enclosed, reconfigured, and terraced to the river below; D. LAMBERT LANDIN6, to provide for pedestrian movements and trail connections to upstream and downstream parks, a plaza, and a servicable landing.for cortmercial and pleasure boats; E. 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HARRIET ISLAND, to continue to be the major urban open space of the downtown riverfront, providing the variety of active and passive recreational uses and opportunities consistent with its setting and � designation as a regional park; G. NAVY ISLAND, to continue to provide passive open space on the city's only true island; H. Privately developed open space, as may be required by land sale and development contracts. 2. PUBLIC FACILITIES & UTILITIES There are several facilities on the riverfront that serve a city-wide population. As such, they provide services that enhance the economic, social, cultural, recreational and educational base of the city. Hs necessary, they wiil be improved to accommodate projected demands upon them, and/or to extend their useful life. They include: A. 7he floodwall/levee flood-control structures; B. Sidewalks, bridges and roads; C. The Civic Center parking ramp; D. Water, sewage and drainage systems; E. District heating. Other facilities wilt be encouraged as activity centers, to be developed � public�y or in conjunction with private ventures: A. Marinas and marina services; 8. facilities for exhibition, public entertainment, research, teaching, muse�m/aquarium or other institutional� purposes; C. Parking faci7ities required to serve predominant uses; D. Cortgnercial recreation and navigation servicing facilities; E. Comnercial uses in limited amounts, intended primarily to pr.ovide service to the predominant public user, such as food and beverage establishments, vending, etc. 3. RESIDENTIAL One of this Plan's primary objectives is to provide for land use patterns that reintroduce residential neighborhoods to the riverfront. Market study and planning analysis indicate that housing is a private development initiative that offers most opportunity to achieve development in accordance with the objectives of this Plan, and which would create conditions that entice other preferred development. The types, amounts and prices of various housing units will ali depend on prevailing market and finance conditions at the time specific projects are conceived. Sites for residential projects are recortmended as follows: � A. On t6e south shoreline of the river, on a site bordered by Wabasha Street on the west, Fillmore Ave. on the south, and Robert St. on the east; (Note: See Par. 4(E) below.) �o-�� B. In the SOUTHBANK ItiLAND AREA, in the vicinity of Harriet Island Park, � on a site roughly bounded by Water St.and Plato Blvd., west of . Wabasha St.; C. At the LOWER LANDING, where new development utilizing air rights over the railroad should be encouraged and include housing in conjunction with office, commercial, hospitality and entertainment elements. Where appropriate, adaptive reuse of the depot concourse and other significant structures should be considered. D. On the north shore of the river, at the UPPER LANDIKG, where a new residential site would be established in the area west of Chestnut St. and below the bluff, by realigning Shepard Road to r�move the roadway from the shoreline betwe�n Chestnut St. and the t1SP High Bridge power plant. E. In the vicinity of the Civic Center, on a site bounded by Fort Road/W. 7th St., Kellogg Blvd., Exchange St., and k'zlnut St., where new development will be encouraged and include housing in conjunction with office, commercial, entertainment and hospitality elements. 4. COMhtERCIAL: RETAIL & OFfICE To a large degree, development of retail and office space will occur as a market response to other population generators such as housing and other � regional attractions. Most likely, this response will manifest in a combination of rehabilitated existing buildings and development of newly- construtted buildings to accomnodate 'special opportunities' such as • restaurants, a single-owner headquarters complex, convenience com�nercial services, or smaller offices that prefer to be located close to, but not in, the Central Business District. Sites for commercial (office and retail) space are recomnended as follows: A. At the LOWER LANDING, where new development utilizing air rights over railroad property should be encouraged, and should include cortmercial space in conjunction with housing, hospitality and entertainment elements. Where appropriate, adaptive reuse of the depot concourse should be considered. B. At the UPFER LANDING, between Shepard Rd., Chestnut St., Exchange St., and Kellogg Blvd. C. In the vicinity of the Civic Center, on a site bounded by fort Rd./W. 7th St., Kellogg Blvd., Exchange St., and Walnut St., where new development will be encouraged and include commercial space, hospitality and entertainment elements in conjunction with housing. D. On the south shore of the river, along Wabasha St. to Plato Blvd., � and in the vicinity of HARRIET ISLAND MARINA, including sites west of Wabasha St. on Water St., and on the upstream end of Navy Island; E. Along the river, on a site bordered by Robert St. on the west, Fillmore Ave. on the south, and the Pier Foundry site on the east, including the site of the existing office building on the northwest corner of Robert St. and Fillmore Ave. INDUSTRIAL New industrial development or expansion of existing uses will be encouraged at higher employment densities and construction concentrations than currently exist on the sites. Prime sites for additional industrial development are: A. At the UPPER LANDIN6, in the area roughly bound by the existing NSP High Bridge plant, the river, a realigned Shepard Rd. (west of Chestnut St.) and the existing bluff; Q C At the far-eastern end of the AMHOIST SITE, in the vicinity of the Lafayette Bridge; In the SOUTHBANK INLAND AREA, on a site roughly bound by Fillmore Ave., Wabasha St., Plato 81vd., and Robert St. 6. VEHICULAR CIRCULATION Ptajor vehicular access to and through the Project Area will take place on existing roadways. Major streets, to be maintained and improved as appropriate, are: Chestnut Street, Kellogg Boulvard, Jackson Street, Sibley Street, Wabasha Street, Robert Street, and P1ato Boulevard. A. Shepard Road and Warner Road (between Randolph St. and Childs Rd.) will be redesigned and rebuilt to improve engineering characteristics and traffic safety. The City will investigate advisable ways of realigning segments of these roads to provide additional shoreline space along the north shore of the river. The final decision on the alignment of Shepard Road and its intersection with Chestnut Street may have impacts on the reasonable and appropriate redevelopment of the Upper Landing site. When the alignment and intersection decisions have been made, the reuse of the Upper Landing will be evaluated by the City and the HRA, in conjunction and after consultation with the appropriate District Council, the Riverfront Commission and the Planning Cormiissian. As properties are developed, public collector roads and private access roads will be established. All streets (collectors and internal circulators alike) will be treated with appropriate landscaping, lighting, signage, rest/overview stops where advisable, and.other materials to establish a pleasant character. Costs for such improvements will be assessed as appropriate. � � � ��-�7g 7. DESIGN CONTROLS � The HRA will develop detailed Design Controls that address specific considerations of exterior design on each site, and will arbitrate design discussions. The Design Controls are not intended to dictate specific design solutions or inhibit design freedom. Rather, they ��ill be used to insure an integrated and mutually supportive approach in the development of subareas, and to insure a consistently high 7evel of design quality throughout the riverfront. As a component on the St. Paul Riverfront Pre-Development Plan, the St. Pa�l Riverfront Commission prepared "Urban Design 6uidelines" to support the various planning decisions and development choices which have been recommended in this Plan. The Urban Design Guidelines will be used as tne basis for the �Design Controls. 7hey are attached as Appendix A. � �. � 6. OTHER NECESSARY PROVISIONS TO MEET STATE/LOCAL REQUIREtdENTS NON-DISCRIMINATION Every contract for sale, lease or redevelopment of project property will include provisions against land speculation, require compliance with all applicable state and local laws, prohibit discrimination or segregation by reasons of race, religion, color, sex, or national origin in the sale, lease or occupancy of the property, and require that this latter provision be made a covenant running with the land and be binding upon the redeveloper and every successor in interest to the property. The redeveloper must comply with provisions of Sec. 73.03-A of the Human Rights Ordinance on aff:rmative action employment. Agreement conpliance by the redeveloper will be asserted in all subcontracts, suhcontracts or purchase orders, where the redeveloper will also be the "contractor" or "subcontractor" as appropriate. 2. DURATION OF CONTROLS The provisions of this Plan respecting land uses and associated and controls that govern redevelopment will be in effect for a thirty (30) years from the date of approvzl of this Plan by the of the City of Saint Paul. 3. ADVISORY BOARD St. Paul for defined as regulations period of City Council The Saint Paul Riverfront Comnission may function as an advisory baard to the Council of the City of Saint Paul and Board of Commissioners of the Housing and Redevetopment Authority for purposes of advising the Council and Board on the implementation of the Development Program and Redevelopment Ptan. and the construction, maintenance and operation of the Project and District. The designation of the Commission as the Advisory Board, and the delineation of the scope of advisory powers and duties wiil be made and prescribed by future resolution of the Council of the City of Saint Paul. Approval of this Plan and Program by the City Council constitutes a statement of present intention to designate the Riverfront Cortmiission as Advisory Board. 4. EFFECT OF PLAN ADOPTION ON PREVIOUS REDEVELOPMENT PLANS AND DISTRICTS Adoption of this Plan will have the following effects on previous redevelopment plans and districts: A. Upper Levee Renewal Project (R-3): Adoption of this Plan will rescind the R-3 project and program. � � B. Riverview Renewal Project (R-26): Adoption of this Plan will amend � land use recommendations for those portions of Riverview Renewal Project that are located within the Riverfront Redevelopment Project, as described in Section A of this Plan. Land use amendments are described in Section F of this Plan. 22 � C. Riverview Industrial Project West Seventh Neighborhood Development Project (Minn. Seven Corners Neighborhood Development Project (Minn. Downtown Urban Renewal Project (R-20) Central Core Neighborhood Development Project (Minn. Seventh Place Redevelopment Project : A-1-7) A-1-6) A-1-5) -• �D,�� Plans for these projects will remain in effect to the extent that they are consistent with the provisions of this Plan. Where they are inconsistent, provisions of this Plan shall control, and effected provisions of said plans shall be amended by relevant provisions of this Plan. 5. RELOCATION PLAN A. Policies and Regulations - A family, individual, business firm, or nor,-profit organization required to move from property that has been directly affected by a publicly sponsored acquisition activity is eligible for relocation payments to assist in obtaining and moving to a replzcement dwelling or location in accordance with the provisions and requirements of the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1970, and of Minnesota Statutes, 1984, Section 117.50. In the event any redevelopment prbject does not involve acquisition for a federal or federally-assisted project, nor involve acquisition within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, 1984, Section 117.50, the City elects to provide relocation assistance for families and tenants indirectly. � It is the intent of the City to provide relocation assistance to each person to be displaced in locating a suitable housing unit or place of business. The , following services are provided: - Eligible persons are informed at the earliest possible date as to the availability of relocation payments and assistance, the eligibility requirements, and procedures for obtaining such payments. - 7he extent of need of each eligible person for relocation assistance is determined through direct personal interview. - Current and continuing information is provided on the availability and prices of comparable sales and rental housing, and of comparable cortmercial properties and locations. - Information concerning federal and State housing programs, loans and other special programs offering assistance is supplied to eligible displaced persons. - Other Lity, property owner, and referral services concerning housing, financing, employment, training, health, welfare and other assistance is provided in order to minimize hardships. � - Assistance is provided in completed any required apptications and forms. - Services are provided to insure that the relocation process does not result in different or separate treatment on account of race, color, religion, national origin� sex or source of income. B. Organization and Staffing - The relocation staff is part of the Saint Paul Department of Planning and Economic Development (PED). Supervisory personnel, relocation advisors, and technical and clerical employees are responsible for administering the above policies for Federal programs, and for such other programs as the Section 312 Rehabilitation Program and acquisitions for Ramsay and Washington Counties. The PED relocation staff will work directly with property owners in administering the locally adopted Relocation Guidelines. PROVISION EOR PLAN MODIFICA7ION AND AMENDMENT This Redevelopment P1an may be amended at any time in the manner provided by law. The Saint Paul Planning Corrmission will review all amendm�nts for conformance with the city's Comprehensive Plan. s � u (�,m�.�� . c�3 ��C� Council File # �O � ��.� Resolution # Green Sheet # ��p q 3 � 0 Presented By Referred To Committee: Date 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 WFIEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council, on January 12, 2000 (Resolution #00-35), took the following actions regarding the West Side FZats Development Strategy: 1) found the West Side Flats DeveZopment Strategy consistent with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and the Saint Paul on the Mississippi Development Framework, and 2) endorsed the West Side Flats DeveZopment Strategy as the overall vision for the future development of the area between Robert, Wabasha, Plato and the Mississippi River; and 3) requested that the Administration direct PED staff to prepare amendments to the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area Redevelopment Plan to reflect the Development Strategy vision; and 4) requested the Administration to direct PED staff to explore the appropriateness of cunent zoning for this portion of the West Side Flats and recommend changes where needed to implement the vison of the Development Strategy; and WHEREAS, PED staff prepared amendments to the text and future land use map of the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area Redevelopment Plan to allow a mixing of land uses and to remove specific references to industrial uses in the West Side Flats project area (generatly bounded by Robert Street, Plato Boulevard, Wabasha Street and the Mississippi River), consistent with the West Side FZats Development Strategy; and WIIEREAS, the proposed amendments were considered by the Planning Commission and found to be in conformance with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council conducted a public hearing on the proposed amendments on August 23, 2000; attached hereto as Exhibii NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council hereby adopts the proposed amendments A the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area Redevelopment Plan for the area general(y bounded by Robert Street, Piato Boulevard, Wabasha Street and the Mississippi River. Requested by Department of: Planninq & Economic Development By: e i►. /�/.�+�"�N� �_ Fosm Approved by City torney � By: � By: Approved by May By: 43 roved by Mayor for Submission to Council $ �� Adopted by Council: Date ��pp Adoption Certified by Council Secretary �� • ��X�li �\� PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR THE RIVERFRONT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA BACKGROUND The Redevelopment Plan and Development Program for the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area (hereinafter referred to as the "Redevelopment Plan") was adopted in November 1987. The Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area is located along the central riverfront between the High Bridge and the Lafayette Bridge, and contains sites on both the north and south sides of the Mississippi River. The key components of the Redevelopment Plan include a legal description of the Project Area, a set o£ development objectives and a general land use plan. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS Amendments to the Redevelopment Plan to reflect the Saint Paul on the Mississippi Development Frameivork and West Side FZats Development Strategy aze recommended in two sections: C. Previous and Current Efforts, and F. General Land Use Plan (text and map). Section C. Previous and Current Efforts I. Add the follo�ving text to page 10: Since Yhe Redevelooment Plan was ori i�nall�adooted in 1987 there has been verv little private investment in the West Side Flats area. Despite si�nificant public investment, primarilv in the form of the riverfront levee and esplanade (approximatelv $15 millionl. the private sector has not responded Private lands that were vacant have remained vacant and there has been neelect and demolition of buildines over the last 15 vears. In the earlv 1990s riverfront and downtown revitalization became much more a oart of the communitv's aeenda. Like cities throuehout North America. Saint Paul be ag n to recognize the Mississi�pi River as a well-sprine of communitv oride identitv vitalitv and investment With significant acquisition and cleazance completed the time was ri¢ht to reinvest in downtown and the central riverfront and to start to create new neiehborhoods with a unique relationship to the river. u In 1997 the Saint Paa�l on the Mississippi Development Framework was released to guide p lannin e urban desien and development activities in a four-squaze mile oortion of downtown Saint Paul and the central riverfront between the Hi¢h Bridee and the Lafavette BridQe The result of a three-vear olannine and communitv input process the Framework lavs out a vision for downtown and the central riverfront that: reconnects the citv to the Mississinpi River• increases ihe varietv of land uses in these azeas. especiallv in terms of addin¢ residential units• inteorates land uses to create new neiehborhoods that aze less de�endent on the caz• restores the urban ecolo¢v' and converts former industriai 60 _°11K � �e aa _`l`1Ff � areas alon� the riverfront to new mixed-use urban villa¢es. The Frarnework contains ten principles to guide new development in downtown and alone the central riverfront, as well as precinct plans that applv the ten principles in four sub-areas (Rice Park- RiverCentre Wabasha Conidor Upper Landine and West Sidel. Most relevant to the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area is the Framework's call for a mixina of land uses in compact urban villaees (rather than isolatin¢ them into senarate districtsl and a diversif of the ranee of uses within each new neiehborhood. In 1998. the Citv Council endorsed the Framework's ten �nciples as the basis for the Citv's development policv for the downtown-central riverfront oroiect area. Adopted bv the City Council in 1999. the Land Use Plan chanter of the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan officiallv made the ten principles the basis for future land use plannina and develo�ment in downto�vn and alona the central riverfront. Manv of the areas �vithin the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area �vere identified as new mixed- use urban villaQes with streets that accommodate transit, bikes, pedestrians and cars; buildinas and land uses that enea2e the street and increase pedestrian activitv: oublic access to the riverfront• and a ranee of land uses within smaller neishborhoods that are connected to one another and to the river. Aiso in 1999 the Cit worked with West Side communitv reoresentatives. vrooertv owners residents architects urban desieners. the Saint Paul Riverfront Corporation. • Saint Paul on the Mississippi Design Center, Port Authoritv and Capital Citv Partnership t�repare a lona-term vision for a 4�-acre portion of the �Vest Side Flats ivine between Robert and �Vabasha streets the Mississippi River and Plato Boulevard, based on previous work in the Frametivork and West Side Precinct Plan. This vision is contained in the West Side Flats DeveZo�ment Strate� .V and proposes a mixed-use comoact urban villaee with visual and �hvsical access to the river: a restored historic neiehborhood street grid that orovides urban-scaled development parcels and multiple street access points• an open space network to link adjacent uses and neiehborhoods and add value to development oarcels• improved streetscapes; and a mix of uses. with nredominantiv commercial activities alonQ Robert and Wabasha and predominantiv residential uses on intemal blocks oriented to a linear open space along the existine rail corridor. In 1999. both the Citv Council and HRA endorsed the West Side Flats Development Strategv as the overall vision for the future development of the area between Robert, Wabasha. Plato and the Mississioni River. Section F. General Land Use Plan (page 17) 2. Delete references to specific future land uses in the West Side Flats azea: a. Delete under 3. RESIDENTIAL (page 18): "A. On the south shoreline of the river, on a site bordered by Wabasha Street • on the west, Fillmore Ave. on the south, and Robert St. on the east;" -2- �-. - � b. Delete under 4. COMMERCIAL: RETAIL & OFFICE (pa�e 19): "D. On the south shore of the river, along Wabasha St. to Plato Blvd., and in the vicinity of HARRIET ISLAND MARINA, including sites west of Wabasha St. on Water St., and on the upstream end ofNavy Island;" c. Delete under 5. INDUSTRIAL (page 20): "C. In the SOUTHBANK INLAND AREA, on a site roushly bound by Fillmore Ave., �,Vabasha St., Plato Blvd., and Robert St." Add new lan�uage and change the General Land Use Plan map to indicate mixed use for the �Vest Side Flats site. a. Change the title of the map from "Proposed Comprehensive Plan Land Use Amendments" to "Redevelopment Plan Future Land Use." b. Change the map designation for the West Side Flats sites to MIXED USE. c. Add text that describes what types of mixed uses are recommended and where (page 20): 6. MIXED USE Areas desiEnated as MIXED USE should be developed with a mix of residential, • commercial recreational civic and o�en space uses. To the ereatest extent possible and where appropriate these uses should be ananeed in an "urban villaQe" with a traditional urban street arid; compact biock uattem: varietv of exoeriences within walkine distance of one another: strone public realm: medium- to-hiQh densities but low-to-medium heights• connection to transit; buildinas that frame the street and respect the neighborhood context: and land uses that are trulv inteerated within a buildin_,_parcel or block. This is perhaos the most flexible land use district in the Riverfront Redevelopment Proiect Area, with the express pumose to mix land uses within an area rather than isolate them into separate districts The predominant land use will vary bv sub-area. Sites for mixed-use development are: A. On the south shoreline of the river. in the area bordered bv Wabasha Street on the west, Plato Boulevard on the south, Robert Street on the east and the river on the north. On this site, the urban street erid should be re- established• ne�v open spaces and pedestrian connections should link the neiehborhood to adiacent uses and neiehborhoods: visual and phvsical access to the river shouid be provided• and a varietv of residential, office. civic educational retail and entertainment uses should be developed. B. On the south shore of the river alona Wabasha Street to Plato Boulevard, includino sites west of Wabasha Street on Water Street, and on the upstream end of Naw Island. • ' -3- 00 -'1�18' � C. On the south side of Plato Boulevard between Starkev Street and Robert Street to the southerly limits of the Redevelopment Project Area. 4. Renumber the 6. VEHICULAR CIRCULATION to 7. VEHICULAR CIRCULATION and 7. DESIGN CONTROLS to 8. DESIGN CONTROLS. 5. Add under 8. 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' v � �' `` ;:'� � ,� " ,• ` �� ,� � l ',`� � (� ` `"�.J l= �F� � i- �_ �', / �. , �� = �'�� V • `'�`=: t ��:' \ � � z _•:, � � . � _`. � . .- i `\ `; r' � ;\'. `�� .�� C 0 : a t) a 0 a � p Y r m a � 0 V � 4 a � N o C 9 n � a U O F V E E 0 U � � � c # :� ��€� U U t� � �� . r U � G' Q � = U [ ��,�I �EPARTMENT/OFFICE/COUNCIL: DATE INITIATED GREEN SHEET No.•106931 PED August 10, 2000 ' OCr�.�}��' CONTACT PERSON & PHONE: II�`I77A 7'E IN177AiJDATE Lucy Thompson, 266-6578 � � DEPAR"I'�NT DIR rp' ctr�covricn. MUST BE ON COUNCII. AGENDA BY (DATE) �ICTN � CITY ATTORNEY� � CITY CLERK FINANCIAL SERV DIR. FINANCIAL SERV/ACCTG AllgtlSt Z3� ZOOO gpg '�MAYOR (OR ASST.) _ CIVIL SERVICE COMI�IISSION AOUI'ING ORDER TOTAL # OF SIGNA'1'ORE PAGES _1_(CLiP ALL LOCATIONS FOR SIGNAI'URE) A�oN�Q�D: ka " vtl� iv wverfr�nt r+�evei. rn�e�t,�rta �tde� t�a�+ f� RECOMIvIMENDA]'IONS: Approve (A) or Rejec[ (R) � PERSONAL SERVICE COIV1RACfS MUST ANSR'ER THE FOI.LOWING QUESTIONS: A_ PLANNING COMIvIISSION 1. Has this person/fum ever workeA under a contrac[ for this deparhnent? CIB COMNIITI'EE Yes No CIVIL SERVICE COMIvIISSION 2. Has this person/fivn ever been a ciry employee? Yes No 3. Does this person/finn possess a skill not nortnally possessed by any cu�rent ciry employee? Yes No Explain all yes answers on separate sheet and attach to green sheet INITIATING PROBLEM, ISSi7E, OPPORTUNTIT (Who, What, W hen, Where, W hy): In January 2000, the City Council endorsed the West Side Flats Development Strategy as the overall vision for the area between Robert, Wabasha, Plato and the Mississippi River (Resolution #00-35). In the same resolution, the City Council asked that the Administration direct PED staff to prepaze amendments to the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area Redevelopment Plan to reflect the West Side Flats Development Strategy. More recently, U.S. Bancorp announced in July 2000 that it has selected a site within the West Side Flats project area far a new 350,000-500,000-square-foot client services center to be part of a new mixed-use urban village. ADVANTAGESIFAPPROVED: - Development in the West Side Flats portion of the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area will be consistent with the neighborhood's and City's vision. DLSADVAN'I'AGES IF APPROVED: None. ■ � E�EIVED � DISADVANTAGES IF NOT APPROVED: CITY The communiTy's vision for the Flats will not be implemented. A�ORNEY TOTAL AMOUN'I' OF'CRANSACTION: S NA COST/REVENIJE BUDGETED: FUNDING SOURCE: ACTIVTfY N[JMBER: FAVANCIAL INFORMATION: (EXPLAIN) £L\Shared\THOIv�SLA�edevplangrre�sheet OO -'IR8' Interdepartmental Memorandum C1T'Y OF SAINT PAUL DATE: August 16, 2000 TO: Council President Dan �ostrom and Me�be;s of the City Council FROM: Mayor Norm Coleman � � SUBJECT: Amendments to the Red ve opm�ent Pi evelopment Program for the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area (West Side Flats) In response to the City CounciP s action in January 2000, PED staff have prepazed amendments to the Redevelopment Plan and Development Program for the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area to reflect the vision in the West Side Flats Development Strategy. The Saint Paul Planning Commission has reviewed the amendments, and has determined that they aze in conformance with the City's Comprehensive Plan. • I am forwarding the proposed amendments to you with my recommendation for adoption. Attachxnents • PLANNING COMMISSION Gladys Morton, Chair DATE: TO: CITY OF SAINT PAUL Norm Coleman, Mayor FROM: August 11, 2000 25 West Fourth Street Saint Paul, MN55702 C>o -'l'18' Telephone: 65I-266-6565 F¢csimile: 6�7-218-3314 Mayor Norm Coleman and Members of the Saint Paul City Council Gladys Morton, Chair ►TfpY6M Saint Paul Planning Commission SUBJECT: Amendments to the Redevelopment Plan and Development Program for the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area (West Side Flats) : : . 11tZ�111►117 . The Redevelopment Plan and Development Program for the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area (hereinafter referred to as the "Redevelopment Plan") was adopted in November 1987. The Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area is located along the central riverfront between the High Bridge and the Lafayette Bridge, and contains sites on both the north and south sides of the Mississippi River. The key components of the Redevelopment Plan include a legal description of the Project Area, a set of development objectives and a general land use plan. A copy is attached. Whenever amendments to the Redevelopment Plan are proposed, the Planning Commission is required to review them for conformance with the City's Comprehensive Plan. REASONS FOR PROPOSING AMEI�DMENTS AT TFIIS TIME In December 1999, the Saint Paul Planning Commission considered the West Side Flats Development Strategy and made the following findings and recommendations: • i) 2) 3) 4) The West Side Flats Development Strategy is consistent with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and Saint Paul on the Mississippi Development Framework. The West Side Flats DeveZopment Strategy should be endorsed as the overall vision for the future development of the area between Robert Street, Wabasha Street, Plato Boulevazd and the Mississippi River. Amendments to the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area Redevelopment Plan governing this area should be prepared to reflect the Development Strategy vision. PED staff should recommend zoning changes, where needed, to unplement the vision of the DeveZopment Strate�. da -'iR� i Mayor Norm Coleman et. al. August 11, 2000 Page Two In January 2000, the City Council and Housing and Redevelopment Authority agreed with the Pianning Commission's recommendations, and made the same findings and directions to staff to conduct additional work to implement the Development Strategy. In addition to the recent completion of the West Side Flats Development Strategy, U.S. Bank announced just two weeks ago that it has selected a site along Robert Street south of the river for a new client services center, and that the new office building will be part of a mixed-use urban village on the West Side Flats. The first phase of the new neighborhood will include U.S. Bank's development (350,000-500,000 square feet of office) and approximately 750 units of housing. The mix of land uses envisioned in the new urban village was not anticipated in the original Redevelopment Plan, so amendments are necessary to bring it into compliance with the Development Strategy, and to set the stage for the use of tas increment financing for the proposed office and housing development. The key purpose of the proposed amendments is twofold: 1) to allow a mixing of land uses, rather than prescribing a segregation of land uses into distinct districts or sites; and 2) to prohibit • the establishment of new industrial uses in the West Side Flats project area. The exact mix of residential, commercial, office and recreational uses within the new urban village is not set. Considerations such as market demand, economic feasibility, site design and land use compatibility will deternune the exact mix and location of future uses. RECOMMENDATION The Saint Paul Planning Commission has determined that the attached amendments to the Redevelopment Plan and Development Program for the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area regazding the West Side Flats project azea are in conformance with the City's Comprehensive Plan. We recommend that the Mayor forward these proposed changes to the City Council and Housing and Redevelopment Authority for a public hearing before the City Council and adoption by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority. Attachxnents • aa-�� REDEVELOPMENT PLAN and DEVELOP��ENT PROGRAf� � d and � RIVERfkONT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREp of the HOUSING & REDEYELOPMENT AUTHdRITY (HRA) OF THE CI7Y OF SAINT PAUL, MINNE50TA (MINNESOTA STATUTES SECTION 469.001 Subd. 14) . -.. r - . _ .. ` - � � �.� ��f ..... . ._ . � - .w .: �EVEIOFMENT DISTRICT - (DEYELOPh1ENT �4) ._ _ of the , - CITY�4F SAINT PAUI, MINNESOTA ;.._ _(MINNESOTA'STATUTES SECTIONS 469:124:=:469.134) ' Approved by the„HRA:.,.. „ November 4, 1987;:: - Approved by:the City of Saint Paut•November 10, 1981 = k : ,� _ �, - �-�-� - , �_ < - s �., �-< - . , .. _ — ' - - - < .. _ =�=' _ = - - "'�:'`_ TABLE OF CONTENTS .� Paae No. A. DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT and REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA ....................... 2 B. BACK6ROUND ............. " ........ 6 C. PREYiOUS AtJD CURRENT EFFORTS ........ ......... 7 .:_ ' • _ _..:.�. ._ . . .... D. DEYELOPMENT-OBJECTIVES ........................... 11 E. REDEVELOP(+IENT TECHNIQUES .............:...........'13 _ F. 6ENERAL LAND USE PLAN . �� `" - ' " � `" � � �" ;�>. ..... ...................�17. �`� 6. OTH�R NECESSARY PROVISIONS�TO MEET; ::..:.....:.... 22 -- . . STATE/LOCAL REQUIREMENTS - _ . . _ _ . . :'� ,: _: -' , - . . ::� - ' _ � .',_ _ --,;, . • " . _ _.'.:' --.3. . 1��,�.�.,{��y _ . ' � - �- "s§ ' rll�`?'s.�«�4b�i�"'*.+`<�y-°:a . _ -_ ' ' � ..�.�s'�� "� - - _ t'� � � � �L .f�.� «'i'��T-7^T.'."' 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L' = ; �� i� � Y /•�� - Lm B � I � :..�a � I, , _ _ ; _�, -�_ , •�% ' ° � . �, , i �° t •��; �'• 1 � . ti ,��1 �o .� , � ` I � �= cp aa -1°t8� � Q .� i -- � . � 0 > �� a , t � I I ` � �� : c_ � $ t � Q�� aO f �> � QQ � : .�� ' F �� _ � i :. The Housing and Redevelopment Autfiority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (HRA) proposes to establish RIVERfRONT REDEVELOPMEN7 PP,OJECT AREA, as provide� for in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 4E9, and a REDEVELOPtdENT DISTRICT as provided for in Minnesota Statutes, �=�tion 469.001, Subd. 14. Additionally, the City of Saint Paul proposes to form a DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, as provided for in Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.124-469.134. The project and district would be coextensive with each other. References to the Redeveiopment Project, Project Area and Plan shall be understood to include by this incorporation a reference to the Development District, District Area and Development Program. In addition, the City and the HRA proposed to adopt a TAX I�CREMENT fINANCIhu PLAN, as provided for in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 469.174, Subd._ 10, to finance project and district activities irt accordance with the foTlowing P1an and Program. A. DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVELOPt�iENT DISTRICT AND RED`VELOPtdE��T PR�JECT AREA PROJECT BOUNDARIES The boundaries of the Riverfront Development District and Redevelopment Project Area are mapped on Map A, attached, and described as follows: All of 67ock 2, J.T. McMiTian Company's Piat, St. Paul, Ninn., except that � , part which lies southerly of a line described as follows: Beginning at an iron monument in the north line of Section 12, Township 28, Range 23, Ramsey County, Minnesota, which monument is 514.63 feet east of the northwest corner of 6overnment Lot 1 in said Sec'tion 12; thenc.e (assuming the north line of said Section 12 as a due East and West line) South 60 degrees 29 minutes West, 141.60 feet to a point; thence South 71 degrees, 46 1/2 minutes �test 250.82 feet to a point; thence South 65 degrees, 18 minutes Hest, 166.96 feet to a point in the West tine of said 6overnment Lot 1; also Block 3, Northern States Power Company's Plat, St. Paul, Ninnesota; also Lots 1, 2 and 3 in Block 15, E. H. Hawke's Subdivision to Winslow's Addition to the Town of St. Paul; also That certain tract or parcel of land tying and being in Section 12, Township 28 North, or Range 23 West,•and within the following boundary lines, to-wit: Starting at the Northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of said Section 12, according to the United States � 6overnment survey of said Section, thence Sou*.h along the East line of said Morthwest quarter of the Northeast quarter (which is also the m � � � � %� �. � . �'�' ,.�. �;= �; :'' o � ° ; � v�`r� �_� �°- Q _.� , _�� i � _`�� - �,�i�l W i ❑ .--, � �-- ' L�� l I� � `-a � Eii�i� �� I ��'� � � L �� `, , _... ..� >°� a -- i'^"'V �I / > `y ; � / �,. /f ,�� :� „ �' ,� �1,. r' :; .. �� G. U � � � .•, �:�� I • ✓`.I`� ✓' >� :�� .s '��. . �:; _ ` C �\ �, : �� ; i � • � �i�l i � � �� I � � �' j :-� ;; :� , -- E _ �` pj � � �ryr ' � tl�. �- � _� _ 0 :. ;f�1 I I � � � . � ��' � L' 1 I :__o ' � /— I L i � � � �i f F � � . , � �; . _ ,� . 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U �� G � �U � :�� Easterly line of Lot 16, Partition Plat and of McMillan's Addition, according to the respective plats thereof on file and of record in the office of the Registrar of Deeds of Ramsey County, NN, and the true bearing of which line is South 0 degrees 6 minutes East from the said � point of beginning) and along the extension of said line 1,931.1 f.eet; thence South 62 degrees 23 minutes West, 144.28 feet; thence South 49 degraes 30 minutes West, 500 feet; thence South 77 degrees 22 minutes West 33.54 feet to the intersection of said last described line with the W°sterly line of Lot 15, Partition Plat, extended Southerly, thence North along the said Westerly line of Lot 15, Partition P}at, extended Southerly (the true bearing of which line is North 0 degrees 6 minutes West) and zlong the said line 2,191.2 feet to the right-of-way of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Ornaha Railway; thence North 44 degrees, i minute East along the line of said right-of-way 193.6 feet to the North line of said Section 12; thence East along the North line of said Section 12 to the place of beginning, excepting therefrom the following described tract: Cormnencing at a point of beginning on tfie Westerly line of Lot 15, Partition Plat, 1,476 feet more or less North from the granite monument located at the intersection of said lioe and the North line of the Levee Road (the said point of beginning being the point where said Westerly line of Lot 15, Partition Plat, crosses the Easterly boundary of the right-of-way for stockyard tract conveyed by M. J. 0'Connor and Martin Delaney to St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad Company by deed recorded in 94 of Deeds, page 141); thence Northeasterly along said Easterly boundary of said right-of-way, 466 feet more or less to the North line of � said Lot 15, Partition P7at; thence West along said North line of Lot 15, Partition Plat, 35 feet more or less to the right-of-way of the C. St. P. M.�& 0. Ry. Co., thence Southwesterly along said right-of-way 193.6 feet more or less to the West line of said Lot 15, Partition Plat; thence South along said West line of Lot 15, Partition Plat, 285 feet more or less, to the place of beginning, which lies Northerly of a line drawn parallel with the North line of said Northwest Quarter of the Ncrtheast Quarter, and 216 feet Soutfierly thereof (the above described being a part of Lots 15 and 16, Partition Plat); also Lots 6(except Railroad), 7 and 8, Block 14, and Lots 4� 5, 6, 7 and 8, Block 15, South of Railroad in E. H. Hawke's Subdivision to Winslow's Addition to the Town of St. Pau1, Minnesota Territory, together with so much of Yon Minden Street, vacated, as accrued to said premises by reason of the vacation thereof. and together with so much of St. Clair Street, vacated, as accrued to said premises by reason of the vacation thereof; also Seginning at the most Northeasterly corner of J. T. McMillan Company's Plat, and the Southeasterly line of the joint railroad right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad; thence Southwesterly along the Southeasterly line of said rai)road right-of-way to the 5outh line of Block 15 of E. H. Hawke's Subdivision to � Winslow's Addition; thence West along the South line of Block 15 to the �D-7� � Southwest corner of Block 15; thence North along the West line of said Block � 5 and its Northerly extension to the intersection of the Northwesterly line .. f the joinL railroad right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul/Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railroad; thence in a Northeasterly direction along said Northwesterly line of said railroad right- of-way to the intersection with the Northeast line of Walnut Street and' Southeasterly line of Hill Street; thence Northeast along the Southeast line of Hill Street to the Southwesterly line of Chestnut Street; thence Northwesterly along the Southwesterly line of Chestnut Street to the Southeasterly line of ExchaRge Street; thence Southwest a7ong the Southeasterly line of Exchange Street to the Southwesterly line of Walnut Street; thence Northwesterly along the Southwesterly line of Walnut Street to the Northwesterly line of West Seventh Street; thence Northeasterly along the Northwesterly line of West Seventh Street to the intersection of the Northeasterly line of Kellogg Blvd. and Southeasterly line of Main Street; thence on a Southeasterly and Easterly line along Kellogg Blvd, to the Southeasterly line of St. Peter Street; thence Northwester7y along the Southwesterly line of St. Peter Street to the Southerly line of Fifth Street; thence Northeasterly to the intersection of•the Northwesterly line of Fifth Street and Northeasterly line of St. Peter Street; thence Northeasterly�along the Northwesterly line of Fifth Street to the Southwesterly line of Cedar Street as widened; thence Southeasterly along the SouthNesterly line of widened Cedar Street to the Northwesterly line of Fourth 'Street; thence Northeasterly along the t�orthwesterly 7ine of Fourth Street to the Northeasterly line of Minnesota Street; thence Northwesterly along the Northeasterly line of Minnesota Street to the Northwesterly line of Sixth Street as widened; thence Northeasterly along the Northwesterly line of Sixth .Street to the Northeasterly line of Robert Street; thence Southeasterly along the Northeasterly line of Robert Street to the Northwesterly line of Fifth Street as widened; thence Northeasterly along the Northwesterly line of Fifth Street to the Southwesteriy line of Broadway Street; thence Northwesteriy along the Southwesterly line of Broadway Street to the intersection of the Southwesterly extension of the Northwesterly line of Fifth Street; thence Northeasterly along Fifth Street and its extension to the Northeasterly righ±- of-way line of Highway 56 (Lafayette Road); thence Southeasterly along Highway 56 (Lafayette Road) right-of-way to the Northeasterly line of Kellogg Blvd. as widened; thence Northeasterly along the Northwesterly line of widened Kellogg Blvd. to the Northeasterly line of vacated Brook Street; thence SoutheasterTy along the Northeasterly line of vacated Brook Street to the East line of the Southwest Quarter of Section 32, Township 29, Range 22; thence South along the East line of said Southwest Quarter to the Harbor Line on the Northerly line of the Mississippi River; thence Southwesterly along the Northerly Harbor Line to the Northeasterly right-of-way line oF Highway 56 (lafayette Road); thence Southeasterly along Highway 56 (Lafayette Road) right-�f-way to the Harbor Line of the Southerly side of the Mississippi River; thence Northeasterly along the Southerly Harbor Line to the Northeasterly corner of Block 17 of Brooklynd; thence Southeasterly along the Northeasterly line of Block 17 and its extensiorr, to the SoutheasterTy 7ine of Atabama Street; thence Southwesterly along the Southeast2rly line of Alabama Street and its extension, to the centerline of State Street; thence Southerly along the centerline of State Street to the Northeasterly extension of the Southeasterly l line of fillmore Street; thence Southwesterly along the extension and Southeasterly line of Fillmore Street to the Northeasterly line of Robert Street; thence Southeasterly along the Northeasterly line of Robert Street to the intersection of the Northeasterty extension of the Southeasterly line of Lot 7, Auditor's Subdivision No. 39; thence Southwesterly along the Extension and Southeasterly line of Lot 7, Auditor's Subdivision No. 39 to tfie Northeasterly line of Lot 12, Auditor's Subdivision No. 39; thence Southeasterly along the Northeasterly line of said Lot 12, to the Southwesterly line of an easement for South Robert Street; thence Sovtherly • along the Southwesterly line of said easement to a line 40 feet Northeasterly of and parallel with the Northerly line of Tract B of Registered Land Survey No. 366; thence Northwesterly along said 40 foot line for 975 feet rore or less to a point; thence left at right angles to the Southwesterly line of the railroad Right-of-Way; thence Northwesterly along the Southwesterly railroad right-of-way to the center of vacated Plato Ave.; thence Southwesterly alon9 said centerline to the Southwesterly line of Starkey Street; thence Northwesterly along the Southwesterly line of Starkey Street to the Southerly line of new Plato Blvd.; thence westerly along the Southerly line of Plato Bivd. to the Northeasterly line af South Wabasha Street; thence Southeasterly along the M1ortheasterly line of South Wabasha Street to the Norther]y eztension of the East line of Hall Avenue; thence South zlong the East line of Hall Avenue to the Northerly line of Prospect Btvd.; thence Westerly along the �ortherly line of Prospect B1vd. to the East line of vacated Bello�s Street; thence South along the East line of vacated Bellows Street to the foot of the Bluff; thence Southwesterly along the Foot bf the Bluff to the centerline of Beliows Street; thence South along the centerline of Bellows Street to the North line of Delos Street, which is also the North line of Section 7, 7ownship 28, Range 22; thence West along the North line of Section 7, Township 28, Range 22, to the Northeast corner of Lot 15, Block 198 of Irvine's Addition; thence South along the East line of Lot 15 for 80 feet to a point; th=nce West, parallel with the North line of Lots 15 through 11, said Block 198, to the West line of Lot 11; thence North along the West line of Lot 11 to the Northwest corner of Lot lI; thence West along the Westerly extension of the North line of Lat 11 to the centerline of Ohio Street; thence in a • Southwesterly direction along the centerline of Ohio Street to the Southeesterly extension of the Southerly line of Cherokee kvenue; thence Northwesterly and Southwesterly along the Southerly line of Cherokee Avenue to the Southwesterly right-of-way line of Smith Avenue; thence Northwesterly along the Southwesterly right-of-way line of Smith Avenue and its extension across the Mississippi River to the intersection with the West line of the Northwest Quarter of Section 7, 7ownship 28, Range 22, which is the Southerly extension of the West line of Wilkin Street; thence North along the West line of Wilkin Street and its extension, to the Northwest line of Spring Street; thence Northeasterly along the Northwest line of Spring Street ta the North line of the Southwest quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section 6, Township 28, Range 22; thence West along said quarter quarter tine to the Southeasterly line of Hill Street; thence Southwesterly to the Northwesterly corner of Block 1, Norihern States Power Company's Plat; thence South a]ong the West line of 61ock 1 of Northern States Power Company's Plat to the Southeasterly line of Hill Street; thence Southwesterly along the Southeasterly line of Hilt Street to the Southeasterly extension of tfie Southwest line of Lot 8, Block 1 af Rearrangement of Oppenheim's Addition; thence Northwest to the Northwesterly corner of said Lot 8, Block 1, which is also the Southwesterly line of the joint railroad right-of-way track of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paut/ Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad; thence Soutnwesterly along said right-of-way line to the Northeasterly line of Smith Avenue; thence Southeasterly along said Northeast line of Smith Avenue to the Southeasterly line of Hill Street; thence Southwest along the Southwest line of Hill Street to the�East line of vacated McMillan Street; thence South and Southwest along � the east line of vacated McMillan Street to the East line of J. T. McMillan Company's Plat; tfience North on said East line to the North line of Section 12, Township 28, Range 23, to the point of beginning. 5 •• ob-�� • 6. BACKGROUND The Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area is located in and near downtown St. Paul, on the north and south shores of the Mississippi River. 7he Mississfppi River is the city's birthplace, and dominant natural feature. 'fhroughout the history of Saint Paul, the river has determined the eztent and nature of the city's growth, development and geographic/economic/social climate. For the past several decades, the prominence of the riverfront as an economic and social center has declined. The city has grown 'up and zway' firom the riverfront as the importance of the port function has changed with technoiogicai advances in transportation and industrial processes, and as the fbcus of the regiona7 economy has changed from manufacturing to services. The present conditions of use and development ref�ect the deterioration � that one would expect as the city looked elsewhere for development opportunities. The entire downtown rtver corridor is characterized by large areas of neglected vacant and underutilized land, transportaYion networks and facilities that are functionally obsolete, and inefficient labor-extensive activities that waste the potential of inherently valuable land. Public improvements have deteriorated; are inadequate to serve demands; and in some � ases are potentially hazardous. B�th public facilities and remaining pr9vate tructures present severe barriers to access and use of the shoreline; environmental conditions are such that ma�e public use and appreciation of the river difficult. Such a�ondition is generally incompatible with contemporary public objective5 • which consider the Mississippi River the city's mast unique natural attribute, to be enhanced as a reso�rce of aesthetic, eco]ogica�, cu]tural and economic importance. Without positive intervention, the downtown riverfront is unlikely to fulfill its public potentiai. Current patterns of land use and economic attrition are likely to continue. Private reinvestment needs Will not be met. New development will be hampered by poor soil conditions, lack of infrastructure, fragmented property ownership, and perhaps most importantly, a public perception of the area as one in decline. C� �: 6 C. PREVIOUS AND CURREN7 EFFORTS Since 1960, there have been several �••fforts by the City of Saint Paul to plan for and direct change in the Project Area. Several Redevelopment P1ans and Corrmercial and Industrial Development Projects have been prepared under provisions of Chapter 469 of Minnesota Statutes, and approved for areas of tha city that include small portions of the Riverfiront Redevelopment Project area. These include: - Riverview Renewat Project {R-26): 1963 (W. of Robert St.) - Riverview Industrial Project: 19b4 (E. of Robert St.) - Upper Levee ReneNal Project (R-3): 1958, rev. 1965 - West Seventh Neighborhood Development Project (Mian. A-1-7): 1973 - Seven Corners Neighborhood Development Project (Ninn. A-1-6): 1973 - Downtown Urban Renewal Project (R-20): 1963 - Central Core Neighborhood Development Project (Minn. A-1-5): 1973 - Seventh Place Redevelopment_Project: 197B 8°cause of the incremental nature of past efforts and the frzctured a roach to establishino redeveloRment districts, the Riverfront Project Hrea is not addressed comRrehensively. Plan incorporates and supercedes those edevelopment lans (identified above that ibed in Section A of this lp an, The above-referenced redevelopment plans have resulted in one significant change in the Project Area. Riverview Industrial Park was established. Riverview Industrial Park is a praject resulting from the combination of the Riverview Renewal Project and Riverview Industrial Project cited above. It consists of 190 acres within and adjacent to the Project Area. It was established after continual spring flooding had made the housing that was originally located there untenable. From 1967-64, the Saint Paul Port Authority purchased and cleared the land. The existing floodwall was constructed in 1962, after which site development began. In 1965, the area was subjected to a record flood. The land within the floodwall remained dry, and the success of Riverview Industrial Park was assured. Since then, Riverview has been one of the city's most productive industrial parks. Of the original 190 acres, less than 7X remains available. Emp}oyment currently exceeds 6000. In 1980, the Saint Paul City Council adopted the Saint Paul Mississippi River Corridor Plan as a component of the Comprehensive Plan of St. Paul. The River Corridor Plan estabiished tity objectives, policy and general recommendations for the treatment of tfie entire river valley, including the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area. Since 1980, it has periodically been amended, and in fact, is being amended concurrently with the adoption of this Redevelopment Plan. The River Corridor Plan, as amended, remains the most definitive city statement of riverfront development objectives. �� • � LJ oo- �7� �.n 19B5, the single most important private investment decision was made in the Riverfront Redevelopment Project Area, when American Hoist & Derrick Company (A�nhoist) abandoned its primary administrative, research, development, manufacturing and assembly facilities. These facilities {cortrnoniy refer:red to as the 'Amhoist Plant') are located in an unintegrated complex of 14 buildings, occupying 50 acres that dominate the south shore of the river. The buildings range in age from 9-87 years, with a weighted age of 51+ years. In abandoning the plant, Amhoist cited the deteriorated condition and functional obsolescence of the ent9re plant and site as its primary reasons for relocating. Adjacent to the Amhoist property, a chemical tank farm owned by the Union Oil Co., and 1930's vinta9e industrial buildings once ox�ned by Technical Sealants Co., are vacant, idle, and marked as potentially hazardovs. These sites, plus broken and unused railroad trackage that bisect them, are synptomatic of the obsolescence of riverfront-dominated industrial and transportation uses. On the north (downtown) side of the river, redevelopment efforts to revitalize the riverfront have been piecemeal. In 1957, Shepard Rozd wes constructed in the Project Area. This single public works project complete',y changed the nature of the riverfront by introducing a major traffic artery that cut off the river from the rest of the city. In addition, it created ne� access for an emerging industrial area on the fringe of the Central Business District. ,In conjuction with building the road, the City created the Upper Levee Renewal Project in 1958, to clear continually flooded residential areas west of Chestnut Street, and replace them with flood-protected industrial sites. In the most visible site development case, Kaplan Scrap Iron & Metal Co. was ` relocated from the Riverview area across the river to the Upper Levee in 1965. Since then, the Kaplan operation has been the subject of numerous complaints regarding noise, odor, visual pollution, and damage to city sewers. In response to these ongoing aggravations, the HRA' acquired the property in 1985 for purposes of c]earance and making the site available for redevelopment. Adjacent to the Kaplan's site, the HRA has secured a long-term option for purchase of the Harvest States Cooperatives' Chestnut St. Grain 7erminal. The grain elevators and terminal operations have been declared surplus by the owner, citing obsolescence of the facility for contemporary grain shipment processes. Earlier, in 1980, Harvest States demolished approximately half of the grain storage silos on the site because they were unused, unnaintained, and considered a safety hazard. East of Harvest States' terminal is the site of former Industrial Steel Container Corporation. The plant had been on the site for over 40 years, • manuf acturing and reconditioning metal barrels and containers. In 1970, the HRA purchased the site for purposes of removing a blighting influence and an impediment to potential roadway improvements. Soil contarnination was � discovered on the site. On the other end of downtown, the riverfront is dominated by the Union Depot. The former train station is composed of an extremely large headhouse, concourse and train platform covering over 6 acres at the city's original riverfront steamboat landing. In its heyday, the Depot serviced over 60 trains per day. By the early 1960's, however, train service had dramatically _ declined in St. Paul and across the country. The consortium of railroads which owned and operated the depot (known as the Saint Paul Union Depot Company) oversaw its closing. Throughout the 1960's and� 1970's, the Union Depot Company declined to iRprove the depot, and slowly dismantled it. Snali subareas were leased for storage and parking. In. aba�doning and neglecting the massive depot, the railroads left the city with a blighting influence on the riverfront. In 1982, the Union Depot Co. sold the headhouse to Asset Development Services, a commercial developer which proceeded to renovate the headhouse. This project has instilled new activity into the area, and is the basis for anticipated continued private investment interest. trevertheless, the site remzins isolated from the riverfront by railroad right-of-wzy and Shepard- Narner Road. In 1984, the City embarked on a program entitled the Riverfront Initiative, an energ=_tic and comprehensive effort to r�claim the riverfront from its current condition, and to implement physical and prograrm�atic changes that reflect public objectives identified in previous activities. To oversee this effort, and to advise the Mayor and City Council on zppropriate zctions, the City Council established the Saint Paul Downto�n Riverfront Co�rnission. Since its inception in 1984, the Riverfront Comnission has actively engaged in current riverfront issues. In 1986, the Riverfront Comnission completed znd recorrrnended to the City Council a detailed riverfront redevelopment strategy. This strztegy, entitled • the Saint Paul Riverfront Pre-Development Plan, suggested several long-term and short-term publiC and pr�vate actions which would stimulate redevelopment. It clarified redevelopment objectives, and detailed specific actions the City • can take to initiate the redevelopment process in a timely manner. Currently, the City of Saint Paul is using this plan as the basis for a�ending the city's Comprehensive Plan, and as a guide in preparing this Redevelopment Plan. As a result. the City is planning to undertake several significant activities which are identified by the Riverfront Cortmission as important. In 1984, the US Army Corps of Engineers proposed to upgrade the floodwall and levee protecting Riverview Industrial Park by increasing the height of the flood control sturctures 4'. This project, presently authorized by Congress, is currently being considered for funding. It is a significant public works project that wilt increase flood protection to existing and planned development. . In addition, the City has initiated efforts to reconstruct Shepard Road to alteviate original design shortcomings that have contributed to excessive numbers of traffic accidents. As a part of the requisite Environmental Assessments of this project, alternative road alignments and configurations are being considered. In conjunction with the reconstruction of Shepard Road, the city has received a cortmittment from the Federal Highway Administration to contribute funds from the Great River Road program to realign and rebuild portions of Warner Road in the vicinity of La�bert Landing. This will also contribute to improvements in the safety and aesthetic characteristics of the � road on the riverfront. oo-�� In 1984, the City established the River£ront Enterprise Zone. which � compasses most of the project area. Authoriied under Minnesoia Statutes, c. 273.13 (rev. 1983) and approved by the State of F�innesota, the Enterprise Zone allows for individuals or companies making investments to qualify for combinations of several types of state and local tax credits. 7o date;'four companies have invested over 53,000,000 in industrial and cortcnercial p�ojects in those portions of the Enterprise Zone located witi�in the project area. The current condition of the important riverfront sites, plus the opportunities presented by the city's announced initiatives to upgrade public facilities and to promote new investment along the entire downtown riverfront dictate the need for a comprehensive redevelopment effort based on an updated redevelopment plan for the project area. � � ,� D. DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES � The objectives of the Riverfront Redevelopment Project are based upon the policy directives of the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and the Saint Paul Mississippi River Corridor Plan. Both documents were prepared by the St. Paul Planning Commission and adopted by the City Councit. Objectives generally include: 1. To protect and preserve the Mississippi River Corridor as a unique resource that benefits the citizens of the city and region. 2. To maintain the river corridor's value and utility for residential, commercial, industrial and recreational functions; 3. To preserve the river corridor's biological and ecological functions; 4. To enhance the river corridor's aesthetic, cultural, scientific and historic attributes; 5. To develop an economic value for the downtown riverfront, white insuring the preservation of its natural and aesthetic characteristics; 6. To stimulate private investment and reinvestment along the downtown riverfront; 7. 7o increase the tax base and job-producing capacity of the riverfront in � dow�town; Furthermore, the primary purposes of this Redevelopment Plan, as recortmended by the St. Paul Riverfront Comnission in the St: Paul Riverfront Pre- De�•elopment Plan, are: 1. To eliminate and/or ameliorate the adverse physical and environmental conditions that exist in the Riverfront Redevelopment Project area, and to prevent the spread of such detrimental conditions within and without the project area; 2. To improve the attractiveness and desirability of the area as a place in which to live, work, shop and/or secure cultural and recreational enrichment; 3. To re-establish viable residential neighborhoods on the riverfront by creating opportunities for, and attracting, new housing and residential services; 4. To maintain and strengthen employment and services by attracting institutions� high-tech industrial and office space, personal and professional services; by retaining and attracting regional culturat and � entertainment attractions; 5. To create an attractive pedestrian-oriented ptace in which people are able to enjoy personal or social interaction, and where public access to and along the riverfront is maximized; 11 aa_��8' �. To provide the public improvements necessary to stimulate private investment and reinvestment in the project area, and to make private land mere marketable, usable and valuable; 7. 7o develop the Riverfront Redevelopment Project in a manner that conforms to the city's Comprehensive Plan, and complements the existing attractiveness and future development of nearby areas, most particularly the West Side, the Central Business District, Lowertown, and the West Seventh/Fort Road neighborhood; 8. To utilize public financial resources in a manner that conforms with the city's adopted capital allocation and tax policies. Irt:ple�nenta:ion of this Plan will be undertaken by providing for incentives and lznd use controls that encourages sound development that is.consistent with the needs of the cortmunity as a whole, and is supported by types of market growth that can reasonably be expected in Saint Paul. . � �_� REDEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES This plan envisions the permitted use of >11 techniques or powers authorized � through appl` able statutes by the City, ��A, Port Authority, or other public agencies as �ropriate and necessary to carry out the inplen�ntation of this Plan. No pr:.ision of the Plan is to be taken to limit the full exercise of these powers. The following techniques are cited as examples of ineans to achieve the objectives presented in Section D above: 1. SUPPORT PRIVA7E INITIATIVES. Hs a primary course of action, the HRA and the City will promote and support those initiatives by property owners or other persons in control of project sites to market, develop, redevelop, rehabilitate or otherwise improve their property in accordance with this plan. Private initiative and investment is the preferred means of achieving the objectives of this plan, and will be encouraged. The HRA or the City may, without acyuiring property, enter into agreements with property owners or other persons in control of project sites which identify specific private responsibilities for the improvement of sites, and witl seek private guarantees to undertake redevelopment in accordance with this Plan. 7o induce such agreements, the HRA and the City will provide for, or cause to provide for, the following, as is necessary and appropriate: A. ADMINISTRATION of those public processes and requirements deemed � necessary to support or a11ow development/redevelopment of property to occur in accordance with this Plan. If applicable and advisable, the HRA and the City will provide assistance to developers to allow them to take responsi- bility for administrative activities. These include, but ar� not limited to: - Coordination of project activity, financing and review with human service agencies, citizen participation entities, and other state, regional and federal government agencies; - Initiation of vacations, rezonings, dedication of public rights-of- way, or other public actions as may become necessary to implement this Plan, in accordance with state and local statutes. This will be undertaken by the HRA or the redeveloper. - Provision of standard municipal services to adequately insure public health, safety, and welfare; - Enforcement of building codes, design controls, site covenants, provisions to insure compliance with state and local requirements relating to non-discrimination, income levels, environmental quality, faithful performance, and any other public objectives relating to the purchase, development, improvement or use of the land; - Property exchanges. � � �b-�� B. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, as needed to provide for adequate public access � and use of riverfront space and project sites. These include, but are not imited to, installation/construction/reconstruction of streets, parkways, utilities (mainline collection systems}, parks, walkways and trails, bridges, flood control structures, and other public improvements or facilities as necessary or desirable to carry out the objectives of this Plan. Public improvements will be undertaken in phases (of time and location) that coincide with and promote rational development patterns. Costs of such improve�nents may be assessed to the sites served by them. C. FINANCING to provide affordable sources of fina�cing to private companies involved in developing components of this Plan. Tnere are several financing mechanisms that can be used as apprepriate to acco�plish the objectives of this Plan. 7hey include, but are not limited to: - Tax Increment Financing - Industrial Development Revenue Bond Loans (Taxable or 7ax-:xempt) - Other Revenue Bond Loans (Taxable or Tax-Exempt) • � - Housing Revenue Bond loans - Mortgage Subsidy Bonds ' - Urban Developm=nt Action 6rant (UDAG) Loans - Acquisition/Lease/Sublease - Land Lease - Equity Participation - Development and Rental Assistznce Payments - Interest Rate Reduction - Impiementation o£ statutory authority for creation of projecYs and undertaking of activities where it is appropriate to use other financing methods. In selecting methods of project finance, the HRA and the City will take into account the forms of other assistance availabte�and negotiate with individual developers so that a method can be chosen which provides sufficient incentive for the developer to create a quality product. 2. LAND ACQUISITION. As an alternative and/or complementary redevelopment technique, the HRA or the City may choose to acquire certain property, as authorized under Minnesota Statutes. Acquisition of property wiil be considered when such property is f ound to have any of the following characteristics: � A. Bli9hted areas, buildings, and other real property, Mhere removing such can remove, prevent or reduce blight or the causes of blight; B. Open or undeveloped land blighted by virtue of conditions which have prevented normal deveiopment by private enterprise; C. Underused or inappropriately used uses recommended by this Ptan at clearance activities; land which nay be converted to other a reasonable cost without ma3or D. Land necessary to complete parcels which would be suitabte for development; � E. Lands or property declared to be unsafe or otherwise hazardous to- public health and safety; f. Other real or personal property as necessary to accomplish the objectives of this Plan. Acquisition of property will be undertaken in strict adherance to state and federal statutes {as applicable) governing procedures for such activity, including the provision of relocation services, assistance .and benefits in accordznce with Minnesota Statutes Chapter 117. 3. SITE PREPARATION. The HRA or the City will undertake or cause to �ndertake those actions deemed necessary to p"repare acquired sites for redevelopment. These include, but are not limited to: A. Demolition, removal or rehabilitation of buildings and improvements; 8. Activities to correct adverse characteristics of the land, soil or subsoil conditions, unusable subdivision or plat of lots, inadequate access or utiTity service, flood protection, or other development- inhibiting conditions; � , C. Activities deemed necessary or desirable to remove, reduce or prevent other blighting factors and causes of blight; D. Other activities deemed necessary or desirable to improve and prepare sites for development rehabilitation or r�edevelopm=_nt for uses in accordance with this Plan; E. Installation, construction or reconstruction of streets, parkways, utilities, parks, walkways and trails, and other public improvements or facilities as necessary or desirable for carrying out the objectives of this Plan; F. Provision of relocation services, assistance and benefits in accordance with Minnesota Statutes Chapt. 117. 4. LAND DISPOSITION AND IMPROVEMENT A6REEMENTS. The HRA and the City will sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of acquired property at fair use values in accordance with the requirements of applicable laws and plans, and subject to purchaser's contract obligations, by any or a conbination of the foltowing methods: � a �o,� g � A. After clearance andJor provision of site improvements; . 6. After rehabilitation at its fair market or reuse value so improved; C. Without clearance, to rehabilitate, clear, or otherwise improve the property for the purposes and accordance with the otrjectives and requirements of this Plan; D. To public bodies for the purposes of providing pu6lic improvements or supporting facilities; � L� F. GENERAL LAND USE PLAN Predominant land uses and related elements of the Riverfront Redevelopment � Project shall be in accord with the ob3ectives of the Comprehensive Plan of the CitY of Saint Paul. A description of intended purposes and character of each follows. Proposed general land uses are sho�n on Map B. 1. PUBLIC OPEN SPACE It is a highest priority to reanimate the riverfront by promoting those activities and facilities which make the riverfront an appealing place for the public at large to visit. The best way to do that is to develop recreational QPAortunities and attractions that encourage public access to and use of riverfront spaces. The Mississippi River shoreline will_be a continuous, pubticly-supported, river-oriented park and trail corridor. It will unite the major elements of the project area. Development of public facilities within and�adjacent to the trail corridor M•ill be undertaken according to site-specific standards, based on the physical czpaci�ies and progrartming needs of the particular Site. �t a minimum, provision of open space, trails and associated public facitities shall maximize public access to the shoreline and views of the river and provide those physicat improvements that increase pedestrian comfort, safety and pleasure. Major components include: A. A continuous pedestrian/bicycle TRAIL CORRI�OR, adjacent to the river, extending from Harriet Island-lilydale Park to the � Pier foundry site on the south shore of the river, and from • Randolph Street to Warner Road on the north shore. Plazas, ' cortenemorative markers, and other elements will be provided as appropriate; B. "UPPER LANDING SITE", a passive open space extending eastward at the river from the foot of Chestnut Street, to provide for a focal point at the site of the historic Upper Landing, to enhance the historic and physical connection between the landing and adjacent Irvine Park and West 7th Street neighborhoods, and to enhance the entry into downtown along Shepard Road. C. KELL066 MALL, to continue as a major bluff-top park, promenade and look-out on the north siCe of the river. The bluff-face overlooking the river offers extraordinary opportunities to extend the use of the park, both physically and seasonally, if it were enclosed, reconfigured, and terraced to the river below; D. LAMBERT LANDIN6, to provide for pedestrian movements and trail connections to upstream and downstream parks, a plaza, and a servicable landing.for cortmercial and pleasure boats; E. 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HARRIET ISLAND, to continue to be the major urban open space of the downtown riverfront, providing the variety of active and passive recreational uses and opportunities consistent with its setting and � designation as a regional park; G. NAVY ISLAND, to continue to provide passive open space on the city's only true island; H. Privately developed open space, as may be required by land sale and development contracts. 2. PUBLIC FACILITIES & UTILITIES There are several facilities on the riverfront that serve a city-wide population. As such, they provide services that enhance the economic, social, cultural, recreational and educational base of the city. Hs necessary, they wiil be improved to accommodate projected demands upon them, and/or to extend their useful life. They include: A. 7he floodwall/levee flood-control structures; B. Sidewalks, bridges and roads; C. The Civic Center parking ramp; D. Water, sewage and drainage systems; E. District heating. Other facilities wilt be encouraged as activity centers, to be developed � public�y or in conjunction with private ventures: A. Marinas and marina services; 8. facilities for exhibition, public entertainment, research, teaching, muse�m/aquarium or other institutional� purposes; C. Parking faci7ities required to serve predominant uses; D. Cortgnercial recreation and navigation servicing facilities; E. Comnercial uses in limited amounts, intended primarily to pr.ovide service to the predominant public user, such as food and beverage establishments, vending, etc. 3. RESIDENTIAL One of this Plan's primary objectives is to provide for land use patterns that reintroduce residential neighborhoods to the riverfront. Market study and planning analysis indicate that housing is a private development initiative that offers most opportunity to achieve development in accordance with the objectives of this Plan, and which would create conditions that entice other preferred development. The types, amounts and prices of various housing units will ali depend on prevailing market and finance conditions at the time specific projects are conceived. Sites for residential projects are recortmended as follows: � A. On t6e south shoreline of the river, on a site bordered by Wabasha Street on the west, Fillmore Ave. on the south, and Robert St. on the east; (Note: See Par. 4(E) below.) �o-�� B. In the SOUTHBANK ItiLAND AREA, in the vicinity of Harriet Island Park, � on a site roughly bounded by Water St.and Plato Blvd., west of . Wabasha St.; C. At the LOWER LANDING, where new development utilizing air rights over the railroad should be encouraged and include housing in conjunction with office, commercial, hospitality and entertainment elements. Where appropriate, adaptive reuse of the depot concourse and other significant structures should be considered. D. On the north shore of the river, at the UPPER LANDIKG, where a new residential site would be established in the area west of Chestnut St. and below the bluff, by realigning Shepard Road to r�move the roadway from the shoreline betwe�n Chestnut St. and the t1SP High Bridge power plant. E. In the vicinity of the Civic Center, on a site bounded by Fort Road/W. 7th St., Kellogg Blvd., Exchange St., and k'zlnut St., where new development will be encouraged and include housing in conjunction with office, commercial, entertainment and hospitality elements. 4. COMhtERCIAL: RETAIL & OFfICE To a large degree, development of retail and office space will occur as a market response to other population generators such as housing and other � regional attractions. Most likely, this response will manifest in a combination of rehabilitated existing buildings and development of newly- construtted buildings to accomnodate 'special opportunities' such as • restaurants, a single-owner headquarters complex, convenience com�nercial services, or smaller offices that prefer to be located close to, but not in, the Central Business District. Sites for commercial (office and retail) space are recomnended as follows: A. At the LOWER LANDING, where new development utilizing air rights over railroad property should be encouraged, and should include cortmercial space in conjunction with housing, hospitality and entertainment elements. Where appropriate, adaptive reuse of the depot concourse should be considered. B. At the UPFER LANDING, between Shepard Rd., Chestnut St., Exchange St., and Kellogg Blvd. C. In the vicinity of the Civic Center, on a site bounded by fort Rd./W. 7th St., Kellogg Blvd., Exchange St., and Walnut St., where new development will be encouraged and include commercial space, hospitality and entertainment elements in conjunction with housing. D. On the south shore of the river, along Wabasha St. to Plato Blvd., � and in the vicinity of HARRIET ISLAND MARINA, including sites west of Wabasha St. on Water St., and on the upstream end of Navy Island; E. Along the river, on a site bordered by Robert St. on the west, Fillmore Ave. on the south, and the Pier Foundry site on the east, including the site of the existing office building on the northwest corner of Robert St. and Fillmore Ave. INDUSTRIAL New industrial development or expansion of existing uses will be encouraged at higher employment densities and construction concentrations than currently exist on the sites. Prime sites for additional industrial development are: A. At the UPPER LANDIN6, in the area roughly bound by the existing NSP High Bridge plant, the river, a realigned Shepard Rd. (west of Chestnut St.) and the existing bluff; Q C At the far-eastern end of the AMHOIST SITE, in the vicinity of the Lafayette Bridge; In the SOUTHBANK INLAND AREA, on a site roughly bound by Fillmore Ave., Wabasha St., Plato 81vd., and Robert St. 6. VEHICULAR CIRCULATION Ptajor vehicular access to and through the Project Area will take place on existing roadways. Major streets, to be maintained and improved as appropriate, are: Chestnut Street, Kellogg Boulvard, Jackson Street, Sibley Street, Wabasha Street, Robert Street, and P1ato Boulevard. A. Shepard Road and Warner Road (between Randolph St. and Childs Rd.) will be redesigned and rebuilt to improve engineering characteristics and traffic safety. The City will investigate advisable ways of realigning segments of these roads to provide additional shoreline space along the north shore of the river. The final decision on the alignment of Shepard Road and its intersection with Chestnut Street may have impacts on the reasonable and appropriate redevelopment of the Upper Landing site. When the alignment and intersection decisions have been made, the reuse of the Upper Landing will be evaluated by the City and the HRA, in conjunction and after consultation with the appropriate District Council, the Riverfront Commission and the Planning Cormiissian. As properties are developed, public collector roads and private access roads will be established. All streets (collectors and internal circulators alike) will be treated with appropriate landscaping, lighting, signage, rest/overview stops where advisable, and.other materials to establish a pleasant character. Costs for such improvements will be assessed as appropriate. � � � ��-�7g 7. DESIGN CONTROLS � The HRA will develop detailed Design Controls that address specific considerations of exterior design on each site, and will arbitrate design discussions. The Design Controls are not intended to dictate specific design solutions or inhibit design freedom. Rather, they ��ill be used to insure an integrated and mutually supportive approach in the development of subareas, and to insure a consistently high 7evel of design quality throughout the riverfront. As a component on the St. Paul Riverfront Pre-Development Plan, the St. Pa�l Riverfront Commission prepared "Urban Design 6uidelines" to support the various planning decisions and development choices which have been recommended in this Plan. The Urban Design Guidelines will be used as tne basis for the �Design Controls. 7hey are attached as Appendix A. � �. � 6. OTHER NECESSARY PROVISIONS TO MEET STATE/LOCAL REQUIREtdENTS NON-DISCRIMINATION Every contract for sale, lease or redevelopment of project property will include provisions against land speculation, require compliance with all applicable state and local laws, prohibit discrimination or segregation by reasons of race, religion, color, sex, or national origin in the sale, lease or occupancy of the property, and require that this latter provision be made a covenant running with the land and be binding upon the redeveloper and every successor in interest to the property. The redeveloper must comply with provisions of Sec. 73.03-A of the Human Rights Ordinance on aff:rmative action employment. Agreement conpliance by the redeveloper will be asserted in all subcontracts, suhcontracts or purchase orders, where the redeveloper will also be the "contractor" or "subcontractor" as appropriate. 2. DURATION OF CONTROLS The provisions of this Plan respecting land uses and associated and controls that govern redevelopment will be in effect for a thirty (30) years from the date of approvzl of this Plan by the of the City of Saint Paul. 3. ADVISORY BOARD St. Paul for defined as regulations period of City Council The Saint Paul Riverfront Comnission may function as an advisory baard to the Council of the City of Saint Paul and Board of Commissioners of the Housing and Redevetopment Authority for purposes of advising the Council and Board on the implementation of the Development Program and Redevelopment Ptan. and the construction, maintenance and operation of the Project and District. The designation of the Commission as the Advisory Board, and the delineation of the scope of advisory powers and duties wiil be made and prescribed by future resolution of the Council of the City of Saint Paul. Approval of this Plan and Program by the City Council constitutes a statement of present intention to designate the Riverfront Cortmiission as Advisory Board. 4. EFFECT OF PLAN ADOPTION ON PREVIOUS REDEVELOPMENT PLANS AND DISTRICTS Adoption of this Plan will have the following effects on previous redevelopment plans and districts: A. Upper Levee Renewal Project (R-3): Adoption of this Plan will rescind the R-3 project and program. � � B. Riverview Renewal Project (R-26): Adoption of this Plan will amend � land use recommendations for those portions of Riverview Renewal Project that are located within the Riverfront Redevelopment Project, as described in Section A of this Plan. Land use amendments are described in Section F of this Plan. 22 � C. Riverview Industrial Project West Seventh Neighborhood Development Project (Minn. Seven Corners Neighborhood Development Project (Minn. Downtown Urban Renewal Project (R-20) Central Core Neighborhood Development Project (Minn. Seventh Place Redevelopment Project : A-1-7) A-1-6) A-1-5) -• �D,�� Plans for these projects will remain in effect to the extent that they are consistent with the provisions of this Plan. Where they are inconsistent, provisions of this Plan shall control, and effected provisions of said plans shall be amended by relevant provisions of this Plan. 5. RELOCATION PLAN A. Policies and Regulations - A family, individual, business firm, or nor,-profit organization required to move from property that has been directly affected by a publicly sponsored acquisition activity is eligible for relocation payments to assist in obtaining and moving to a replzcement dwelling or location in accordance with the provisions and requirements of the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1970, and of Minnesota Statutes, 1984, Section 117.50. In the event any redevelopment prbject does not involve acquisition for a federal or federally-assisted project, nor involve acquisition within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, 1984, Section 117.50, the City elects to provide relocation assistance for families and tenants indirectly. � It is the intent of the City to provide relocation assistance to each person to be displaced in locating a suitable housing unit or place of business. The , following services are provided: - Eligible persons are informed at the earliest possible date as to the availability of relocation payments and assistance, the eligibility requirements, and procedures for obtaining such payments. - 7he extent of need of each eligible person for relocation assistance is determined through direct personal interview. - Current and continuing information is provided on the availability and prices of comparable sales and rental housing, and of comparable cortmercial properties and locations. - Information concerning federal and State housing programs, loans and other special programs offering assistance is supplied to eligible displaced persons. - Other Lity, property owner, and referral services concerning housing, financing, employment, training, health, welfare and other assistance is provided in order to minimize hardships. � - Assistance is provided in completed any required apptications and forms. - Services are provided to insure that the relocation process does not result in different or separate treatment on account of race, color, religion, national origin� sex or source of income. B. Organization and Staffing - The relocation staff is part of the Saint Paul Department of Planning and Economic Development (PED). Supervisory personnel, relocation advisors, and technical and clerical employees are responsible for administering the above policies for Federal programs, and for such other programs as the Section 312 Rehabilitation Program and acquisitions for Ramsay and Washington Counties. The PED relocation staff will work directly with property owners in administering the locally adopted Relocation Guidelines. PROVISION EOR PLAN MODIFICA7ION AND AMENDMENT This Redevelopment P1an may be amended at any time in the manner provided by law. The Saint Paul Planning Corrmission will review all amendm�nts for conformance with the city's Comprehensive Plan. s � u