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Council ,�'.��r
P K - FINANCE GITY OF� SAINT PAUL
� CA� �ARV - DEPAR NT File NO.
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� � Co cil Resolution
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Presented By '
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
WHEREAS, for several years the City as well as the Civic Cazter
Authority has recognized the need to complete the development of
the Civic Center b� replacing the rapidly deteriorating Theatre and
expanding the inadequate exhibition space; and
Wf�REAS, in January, 1975, a Theatre Committee was appointed
to research and plan for replacing the existing Th.�atre; and
Wf�REAS, on April 24, 1975, the City Council unanimously passed
a resolution supporting the Civic Center' Authority' s recommendation
that a ne� Theatre should be constructed and recognizing that the
cost of financing the new Theatre should be borne by the private
and public sectors; and
WHEREAS, extensive research defining the proposed Theatre' s
program and design concept has been completed, and a result of that
research is that the Civic Center Authority recognized the need to
proceed with programming and planning for the Exhibition Hall and
tc� coordinate its development w�.th a proposed Theatre; and
WHEREAS, initial programming for the Exhibitior� Hall has been
completed and the total project cost for the Theatre and Exhibition
Hall has been estimated at $41 millifln; and
WHEREAS, the research havin��been reviewed, the Civic Center
Authority adopted the follc�wing recommendations:
COU[VCILMEIV Requested by Department of:
Yeas Nays
Butler In Favor
Hozza
Hunt
Levine __ Against BY
Roedler •
S ylvester
Tedesco
Form Approved by City Attorney
Adopted by Council: Date —
Certified Passed by Council Secretary BY
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Approved by IVlayor: Date _ Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council
By BY
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2.
1. That the Civic Center Authority should proceed with the
Theatre & Exhibition Hall Project.
2. That funding for the Theatre should come from the private
sector and from the public sector, specifically focusing on metro-
politan, county and local sources, and that funding for the Exhibition
Hall should come entirely from the public sector, specifica�l�Z focus-
ing on federal, state and metropolitan sources and, if possible,
actual c onstruction of the Theatre and Exhibition Hall should be as
one building project rather than as two projects, but if two proj-
ects are necessary, priorities will be determined at that time.
3. That the design plan which should be followed is that knawn
as Scheme B, which faces the Theatre toward Rice Park and which
orients the Exhibition Hall in a north-south direction; it being
acknowledged that Scheme B proposes the best trafficking and circula-
tion patterns and centralizes the services, and is the most aesthet-
ically acceptable plan because it faces the Theatre, rather than the
Exhibition Hall, toward Rice Park.
4. That a concerted effort should be made to obtain federal
Ec�nomic Development funds and the balance of the public funds should
come from bonds on the state, metropolitan and/or county tax base,
but no further bonded indebtedness should be placed on the City of
Saint Paul.
5. That the Theatre and/or Exhibition Hall Project construction
should not begin until the funds are committed; and
WHEREAS, the Civic Center Authority, on February 23, 1977, pre-
sented the Project plans to the Ramsey County House and Senate
Legislative Delegation, the Ramsey County Board of Commiasioners
and other interested parties for their information, advice and
counsel; and
WHEREAS, theCivic Center Authority on March 24, 1977, appointed
a Theatre and Exhibition Hall Steering Committee consisting of rep-
resentatives from the various interested and affected parties; now,
therefore, be it
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y Council Resolution
Presented By
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
3.
RESOLVED, That the Cit� Council of the City of Saint Paul
approves in concept the planning done for the Civic Center complex
to date; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the City Council requests the Civic
Center Authority, through its Theatre and Exhibition Hall Steering
" Committee, to share its plans and seek approval from the Saint Paul
Planning Commission, the Metropolitan Council and any other and all
bodies that may have an interest in this proposed complex; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the City Council requests that the Saint
Paul Port Authority consider the possibility of participating in the
front end funding for those portions of the complex that may be
eligible and feasible for possible revenue bonding; and be it
FINALLY RESOLVED, That the Civic Center Author.ity, working with
appropriate City personnel, may apply for an EDA Technical Assistance
grant for an Economic Impact Assessment.
COUNCILMEN
Yeas Nays Requested by Department of:
Butler �
Hozza '' [n Favor
Hunt �
Levine _ __ Against BY
Roedler
Sylveste
T �� 1977 �
�(f(t) Z; Form pprove C' rn
Ado d by Council: Date �
ertified Pas y Council Secretar}1 BY
Approv IVlayor: Date �U� � t977 Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council
By BY
QuB�isN�o JUN 1 l 1977