HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 79-28CITY
OF
CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
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RESOLUTION #79-28
FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS B~AND RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF COLUMBIA
HEIGHTS, MN RELATIVE TO AND AMENDING AN APPROVED REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA FOR A COmmeRCIAL BUSINESS DISTRICT REVITALIZATION
PROGRAM IN COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MN, ENTITLED "DOWNTOWN C.B.D. REVITALIZATION
PLAN", DATED MARCH 2, 1977.
WHEREAS, on June 27, 1977, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority
of Columbia Heights, MN adopted a redevelopment plan and redevelopment
project area entitled "Downtown C.B.D. Revitalization Plan" dated March 2,
1977, which was recommended for approval by the Downtown Development Council
on June 15, 1977, found consistent with the land use and related planning
objectives of the City by the Planning and Zoning Commission on June 28,
1977 and subsequently adopted as the City's official redevelopment plan
for the dow~tm~m Central Business District by the City Council on August 3, 1977, and,
, pursuant to MN Statutes 462.411 the redevelopment district
outlined in the plan set forth the boundaries of the downto~m project area
in which the financial tool of tax increment financing can be utilized, and,
IFHEREAS, the Columbia Heights Development Consortium, herein known
as the developer, provided in a letter dated April 30, 1979 a redevelopment
project for the downtown area and their intention to proceed with negotiations
required to reach a total development agreement with the City/H.R.A. of
Columbia Heights, MN, and,
WHEREAS, the land required by the developer for this proposed project
as described in this letter included a section of Block 5, Lot 12, Reservoir
Hills Addition included in the legal description of LaBelle Park, and,
~EREAS, the Park Board of Col~nbia Heights, MN at a Special Meeting
held on May 23, 1979, moved that the portion of LaBelle Park required for
the dm~mtown redevelopment project as indicated on the attached map, be taken
from park land and included on the redevelopment district, and,
WHEREAS, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority on May 22, 1979,
by Resolution #79-9 resolved that this property be included in the Development
District as presented in the "Downtown C.B.D. Revitalization Plan" dated
March 2, 1977, contingent upon a determination by the Planning and Zoning
Commission of Columbia Heights, MN that this ammendment is consistent with
the comprehensive land use plan for the City and that the plan modification
be approved by the City Council, and,
Bruce G. Nawrocki, Mayor
E. "Sebe" Heintz, Councilmember Walter Logacz, Councilmember
Gayle R. Norberg, Councilmember Kenneth E. Hentges, Councilmember
EQUAl. OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning C6mmission on June 5, 1979, found
the proposed ammendment to the redevelopment district to be consistent with
the goals and objectives of the city's Comprehensive Land Use Plan and
made the recommendation to the City Council that this parcel of land be
included in the redevelopment district, and,
WHEREAS the City Council has considered all information and input
associated with this ammendment and does find this action to be consistent
with the adopted revitalization plan for the downtown C.B.D. and in the
best interest of the community.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of Columbia Heights,
~ that the redevelopment district map as presented in the "Do~town C.B.D.
Revitalization Plan dated March 2, 1977 be ammended to include the property
legally described as follows:
Reservoir Hills, Columbia Heights, Anoka County,
Minnesota. That part of Lot 12 lying north of
the following line: beginning at a point 135 feet
south of the northeast corner of Lot 12, thence
southwesterly to a point on the west line of lot
12 being 238.5 feet south of the north line of
Lot 12, Block 5, Reservoir Hills.
Passed this
Offered by: Hein%z
Seconded by: [ogacz
Roll Call: All Ayes
9th day of ~u]y , 1979.
Secretary pro-rem
CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
Bruc& G. Nawrocki, Mayor