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RESOLUTIO�1 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA APPROVING AND
AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION
FOR AN URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACTION GRANT FOR
SEVENTH PLACE PROJECT
WHEREAS, St. Paul is eligible for grant assistance under the
Urban Development Action Grant Program (UDAG) of the Community
-- Develop�nent ��ct of 1977; and
WHEREAS, the Seventh Place Project has been reviewed and
approved by the Planning Commission and Housing and Rede�elopment
Authority; and
WHEREAS, said Project has been approved by the City Council,
and there has been submitted to and considered by the Counci�' an
application on behalf of the City for an Urban Development Action
Grant to assist in the provision of the Galleria and related public
improvements as a part of the Seventh Place Project; and
WHEREAS, the required public hearings upon said application
have been held.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of
Saint Paul does hereby approve the filing of the Application for
an Urban Development Action Grant for the Seventh Place Project,
and the project and activities therein proposed, and be it
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FURTHER RESOLVED that Mayor George Latimer, as Chief Executive
Officer of the City, is hereby authorized and directed to submit
said Urban Development Action Grant Application to the Department of
Housing and Urban Development in such form as prescribed by the
regulations of said Department, and be it
FINALLY RESOLVED that the City Attorney is hereby authorized
and directed to provide the Depa�#�nent of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment with such Assurances and Certifi�cations as may be required in
connection with the Application. ,
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612-298-5586
George Latimer
Mayor
MEMORANDUM
To: Interested Citizens
From: Cor�nunity Development Division
Date: January 30, �978
Re: Urban Development Action Grants (UDAG)--a New Federal Program to Assist our
Neighborhoods
The Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG) Program is a cornerstone of President Carter' s
initiatives in the 1977 Housing and Community Development Act, carrying into action his
commitments to our Nation's cities to encourage a public and private urban reinvestment
process. "Action Grants" will assist severely distressed cities and severely distressed
urban counties in revitalizing stagnating local economies and reclaiming deteriorated
neighborhoods. The program will seek targets of opportunity through which qualifying
communities can stimulate new, increased private investments. The financial commitment
from the private sector must be secured by communities before Action Grant projects can
be started. These projects should generally take no more than four years to complete.
Urban Development Action Grants, authorized by Section 119 of Title I of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1977, have been appropriated $400 million for Fiscal
Year 1978. At least 25 percent of Action Grant funds will be set aside for small
communities with populations under 50,000.
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program is well suited to provide communities
with a basic level of assured, ongoing financial support for basic community and economic
development functions and activities. Action Grants, HUD' s new discretionary program,
is a greatly needed strategic, flexible, and complementary tool through which HUD can:
-- respond to unique opportunities while they are current;
-- provide "front-end" funding that allows communities to capture and leverage
significant private investments; and,
-- make substantial resources available when needed to join other Federal
Departments in coordinated efforts to meet the urban reinvestment needs of
the most distressed of our Nation's communities.
Action Grant funds will be available to carry out projects in support of a wide variety
of economic revitalization or neighborhood reclamation activities which involve
partnerships with the private sector. These projects may include such activities as
land clearance, site improvements, provision of infrastructure, rehabilitation,
construction of public, commercial , industrial , and residential structures, and the
provision of financial participation in the form of equity funding, loans, loan
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guarantees, lease guarantees, or other appropriate arrangements for joint public-
private development. Priority will be given to those proposals where the community
will be in a position to recapture and recycle its financial participation for other
economic development activities.
Used as a catalyst to private investment, Action Grant funding can address a wide
range of problems and opportunities, such as:
-- a major employer announces its intention of leaving the community, but will
stay if the community can provide land for expansion;
-- a distressed cor�nunity can get commitments for new housing construction if it
can demolish abandoned structures, provide open space, lessen density, and
upgrade infrastructures;
-- major organizations promise to continue their growth in employment if the
community can improve neighborhoods proximate to work for lower-income
employees;
-- financial institutions will commit mortgage availability if the distressed
community can stabilize and improve blighted or declining residential and
commercial areas;
-- an opportunity arises to convert underutilized land or structures to more
productive use;
-- a developer is ready to undertake a major commercial , residentiai or mixed use
development if the community will provide additional public facilities and
services; and
-- there is an opportunity to develop air rights over public utilities or transit
facilities.
Proposals should reflect discrete projects for which plans are already complete and which
have substantial participation from the private sector. Funding will not be available
for purely "speculative" ventures or for project planning and application development.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
CONTACT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
AT 612-298-5586