HomeMy WebLinkAboutEDA RES 2004-02 RESOLUTION 2004-02
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
RESOLUTION APPROVING AND SPECIFYING
TERMS OF THE INTER-FUND LOAN FOR THE NEI PROPERTY
RECITALS
A. The City of Columbia Heights. ("City") and its Economic Development Authority
("Authority") have undertaken a program to promote the development and redevelopment of land
which is underutilized within the City, and in this connection the Authority administers the
Redevelopment Project No. 1 ("Project") pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.001 to
469.047 and Sections 469.090 to 469.1081 (the "Act").
B. Pursuant to the Act, the Authority is authorized to acquire real property for development
and redevelopment by private enterprise or public use.
C. The Authority proposes to acquire certain property in the Project located at 825 41st
Avenue NE, known as the "NEI Property."
D. The Authority and City may establish a tax increment financing district ("TIF District")
under Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.174 to 469.176 (the "TIF Act") that includes the NEI
Property in order to facilitate development of that property; or the Authority and City may develop
the property for various public uses.
E. Under Section 469.178, Subdivision 7 of the TIF Act, the City is authorized to advance
or loan money from any fund from which such advances may be legally made in order to finance
expenditures that are eligible to be paid with tax increments under the TIF Act.
F. The City has determined that it is in the best interests of the City to loan funds to the
EDA in order to acquire the NEI Property, which loan may be reapaid from tax increments or other
sources, all as further described in this resolution.
G. By Resolution No. 2004-04 approved January 26, 2004 (the "Loan Resolution"), the
City Council authorized a loan from the City to the Authority in the maximum principal amount of
$600,000 (the "Loan").
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the Columbia
Heights Economic Development Authority as follows:
1. The Authority accepts and approves the Loan from the City to the Authority as
described in the Loan Resolution, and approves all terms of the Loan Resolution.
2. The Board authorizes and directs staff to take all actions and execute any collateral
documents necessary to carry out the intent of this resolution.
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Approved by the Board of Commissioners of the Columbia Heights Economic Development
Authority this ~ day of February, 2004.
Presideng'-Don Mur~yn, Jr.
ATTEST:
Secretary"Cheryl Bakken
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