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OUR NATION'S
BICENTENNIAL
BRUCE Go NAWROCKt, MAYOR
E. ~SEBE" HEINTZ, COUNCILMAN
WALTER LOGACZ, COUNCILMAN
GAYLE R. Ik:ORbERG, COUNCILMAN
KENNETH E. HENTGES, COUNCILMAN
"SERVICE IS OUR BUSINESS"
RESOLUTION #76- 48
BE t f!C~ A RESOLUT J ON AUTHOR t Z t NG AN AGREE,~",ENT
With THE
HOUSING AND REDEVELOPHENT AUTHORITY
OF
COLUHBiA HEIGHTS, Hi'N~,!ESOTA
WHEP, EAS, the City Council in attempting to provide a fire safety
system for the Sen[or Citizenls high rise appropriated the sum
of $6~,OO0 to the Housing and Redeveiopment Authority of Coiumbia
Heights, Hinnesota~ and
WHEREAS, the said fire safety system ultimat~:~]y became an e, ligib}c
project cost reimburs,~d by the Department of Housing am~ Urban
elopment~ and
WHEREAS, the Housing and Redevelopment Autt~ori?y and City Council
now wis[; to enter into agre. er~nt which would a] ]ocat~ the said
monies in the best interests of the taxpayers of the City of Co!umbia
Heights,
NO\'! THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COL-
UHBIA HEIG!!TS,
1. That the Hayor and City ,~,;anager be authorized to enter into
the fo]lowing agreement:
A. That the Housing and Redevelopment Authority be
authorized tm place the said sum of $6~,000 in ~
?roj~c~ to a
Special ..... Fund be lloceted as fo]lows:
Downtown Revitalization ........
Community Action Horna
Winterization ........ 2,000
West Side Centre! Avenue
Rehabilitation ........ 8,000
'~,000
B. That tl,e Downtown Revitalization Fund shall be
used for the purchase of the properties at ~037 and
402t Van Buren Street Hortheest ~'~ the CTty of Columbia
Heights, commonly known as the Wetdon and Voss
ties, that said parcels shal! be used for parking lots
to serve the business community in their vicinity. That
the ltousin9 and Redevelopment Authority shall make pay-
ments to the City of Columbia Heights in lieu of taxes
in an amount of at least equal to the taxes currently
levied against such parcels. That the Housing ~nd Redev-
elopment Authority shall make a good faith effort to ob-
tain rental payments from the businesses who are benefited
by the parking availability. No funds in the Dewntown Re-
vitalization fund may be used for any purposes other than
the acquisition and improvement, along with expenses in-
cidental thereto, of the aforementioned psrcets.
Should the Housing and Redevelopment Authority ~ot have
acquired the said parcels on or before Hay 31~ t977, alt
monies remaining in the Downtown Revitalizatipn'.fund shall be
immediately paid to the City of Columbia Hei~ht~. Should
the Housing a~d Redevelopment Authority be unable to enter
into lease arrangements such that the continued ownership of
the parcel or parcels by the Housing and Redevelopment Auth-
ority is not economically feasible, the Housing and Redevel-
opment Authority shall convey the parcel or parcels purchased
hereunder to the City of Columbia Heights by warranty deed
without further payment by the City. The City Council of the
City of Columbia Heigl~ts shall have the sole discretion to
determine the economic feasibility and shall no~ make its
judgements regarding economic feasibility and continued owner-
ship by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority prior to Dec-
ember 31, 1978.
This agreement may not be varied without the express written
consent of the City Council or except by mutual agreement of
~he City Council and ~he Housing and Redevelopment Authority.
2. This resolution shall constitute a binding agreement between
the City of Columbia Heights and the Housing and Redevelopment
Authority upon the Housing and Redevelopment Authority passing a
resolution accepting the terms hereof at any time more than thi~rty
(30) d~ys after the passage of this resolution. Should the Housing
and Redevelopment Authority pass a resolution witlain thirty (30)
days of the passage of this resolution, the agreement contained
herein shall be in full force and effect from and after thirty '(30)
days of the passage of this resolution.
Passed this 28th day of September, 1976.
Offered by: Heintz
Seconded by:
Rotl Call:
Hentges
Heintz, ltentges,
and Nawrock i --ay~,~ Nor~r g--nay.~