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OF CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
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RESOLUTION 79-32
RESOLUTION ENDORSING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA AND RUVELSON & ASSOCIATES, INC., CONCERNING A PROPOSED
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN A SECTION OF THE DOWNTOWN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, on August 3, 1977, the City Council approved the Downtown CBD Revital-
ization Plan as prepared by the Downtown Development Council and the Housing and
Redevelopment Authority, and
WHEREAS, on May 10, 1978, the City/HRA entered into an agreement with the
Columbia Heights Development Consortium for the exclusive right to negotiate a
development within a section of our downtown central business district, and
WHEREAS, the building now owned and occupied by Ruvelson & Associates, Inc.,
will be acquired and demolished by the City/HRA should the redevelopment project
now being negotiated with the Columbia Heights Development Consortium proceed as
planned, and
WHEREAS, Ruvelson & Associates have indicated their desire to remain in Columbia
Heights should the Consortium's project be implemented and their building acquired, and
WHEREAS, the offer for exclusive negotiations, attached herein generally outlines
the responsibilites of the Developer and the Housing Authority in collectively
developing a specific plan for the revitalization of a designated section of our
Central Business District, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed this agreement and compared it to the
goals and objectives of the "Downtown Revitalization Plan" dated March 2, 1977.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council that:
1) The agreement executed between the Housing & Redevelopment Authority of Columbia
Heights, MN and Ruvelson and Associates, Inc. is found to be consistent with the
goals and objectives of the City's approved "Downtown Revitalization Plan" dated
March 2, 1977.
2) The City Council concurs with the intent of this agreement dated August 6, 1979
and authorizes the HRA to work with Ruvelson and Associates, Inc. in the redevelop-
ment of an area within the boundaries identified on the attached map.
Passed this 20th
Offered by: Hentges
Seconded by: Logacz
Roll Call: Alt Ayes
Secretary
day of August
, 1979.
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Ma~r--Bruce G. Nawrocki
Bruce g. Nawrocki, Mayor
E. "Sebe" Heintz~ Councilmember Walter Logacz, Councilmember
Gayle R. Norberg, Councilmember Kenneth E. Hentges, Councilmember
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