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RESOLUTION NO. 2020 -PZ04
A RESOLUTION FINDING THAT THE PROPOSED SALE OF CERTAIN LAND FOR
REDEVELOPMENT PURPOSES BY THE COLUMBIA HEIGHTS ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBIA
HEIGHTS' COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
WHEREAS, the Columbia Heights Economic Development Authority (the "Authority ")
proposes to convey certain property (the "Property ") located at 3989 Central Avenue NE, 3889
Central Avenue NE, 950 40`h Avenue NE, and 961 Gould Avenue NE in the City of Columbia
Heights (the "City") and described on the attached Exhibit A, for the purposes of redevelopment
as mixed -use multifamily housing and a city hall facility, pursuant to a Purchase and
Redevelopment Contract with Alatus Columbia Heights LLC; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes, Section 462.356, subd. 2 requires the City Planning and Zoning
Commission (the "Commission ") to review the proposed acquisition or disposal of publicly -
owned real property within the City prior to its acquisition or disposal, to determine whether in
the opinion of the Planning and Zoning Commission, such acquisition or disposal is consistent
with the comprehensive municipal plan; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has reviewed the proposed sale of the Property, and has
determined that the Property is located in an area of the City which, on February 4, 2020, was
approved by the Commission for designation as Planned Unit Development with allowed uses of
market -rate apartments, commercial/retail, and office, that the Authority's purpose is to redevelop
the Property consistent with these uses, and that the proposed acquisition is therefore consistent
with the City's comprehensive plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Planning and Zoning Commission of the
City of Columbia Heights, that the sale of the Property by the Authority is consistent with the
City's comprehensive municipal plan, will promote the elimination of blight and blighting factors,
and will foster redevelopment consistent with the zoning designation of the Property.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be communicated to the Board of
Commissioners of the Authority.
Adopted this 2nd day of June, 2020, by the Columbia Heights Planning and Zoning Commission.
Chair, EW�htsPla Heig and Zoning Commission
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EXHIBIT A
Description of Property
Lot 32, Block 6, Reservoir Hills, Anoka County, Minnesota.
Lots 25 through 28, Block 1, Walton's Rearrangement of Lots 33 and 34, Block 6, Reservoir
Hills, Anoka County, Minnesota.
The vacated alley adjacent to Lots 25 through 28, Block 1, Walton's Rearrangement of Lots 33
and 34, Block 6, Reservoir Hills, Anoka County, Minnesota.
Those parts of Lots 28 through 31, Block 6, Reservoir Hills; Lots 23 and 24, Block 1, Walton's
Rearrangement of Lots 33 and 34, Block 6, Reservoir Hills; and of the vacated alley adjacent to
Lot 24, Block 1, Walton's Rearrangement of Lots 33 and 34, Block 6, Reservoir Hills; lying
Southwesterly and Westerly of the following described line: Beginning at a point on the South
line of Block 1, Walton's Rearrangement, said point being 18.00 feet West of the Southeast
corner of Lot 23, of said Block 1, Walton's Rearrangement; thence Northerly on a line 18.00 feet
West of and parallel with the East line of Lot 23, a distance of 87.00 feet; thence on a straight line
to a point on the North line of Lot 30 of said Block 6, Reservoir Hills, said point being 47.23 feet
Easterly of the Northwest corner of said Lot 30 and there terminating.
Anoka County, Minnesota
Abstract and Torrens Property
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Those parts of Lots 27 through 31, Block 6, Reservoir Hills and those parts of Lots 23 and 24,
Block 1, Walton's Rearrangement of Lots 33 and 34, Block 6, Reservoir Hills and of the vacated
alley abutting Block 1, " Walton's Rearrangement of Lots 33 and 34, Block 6, Reservoir Hills ", as
dedicated in said plat, lying within the following described tract: Commencing at a point on the
South line of said Block 1, Walton's Rearrangement distant 18.00 feet West of the Southeast
corner of Lot 23, said Block 1, Walton's Rearrangement; thence Northerly on a line 18.00 feet
West of and parallel with the East line of said Lot 23, a distance of 87.00 feet, to the actual point
of beginning of the tract to be described; thence continuing Northerly on the extension of said line
to the North line of Block 6, Reservoir Hills; thence Westerly along said North line of Block 6, to
a point being 47.23 feet Easterly of the Northwest corner of Lot 30, Block 6, Reservoir Hills;
thence Southeasterly, to the point of beginning;
Excepting therefrom Tract A, Registered Land Survey No. 250, Anoka County, Minnesota.
Abstract Property
AND
Tract A, Registered Land Survey No. 250, Anoka County, Minnesota.
Torrens Property
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Lots 24, 25, and 26, Block 6, Reservoir Hills
Lots 20, 21, and 22, Block 1, Walton's Rearrangement of Lots 33 and 34, Block 6, Reservoir
Hills, and all of the vacated alley adjacent to said Lots 20, 21, and 22.
Those parts of Lot 27, Block 6, Reservoir Hills and of Lot 23, Block 1, Walton's Rearrangement
of Lots 33 and 34, Block 6, Reservoir Hills and of that part of the vacated alley abutting Block 1,
" Walton's Rearrangement of Lots 33 and 34, Block 6, Reservoir Hills ", as dedicated in said plat,
which lies westerly of the northerly extension of the east line of Lot 23, said Block 1, lying
easterly of the following described line:
Beginning at a point on the south line of said Block 1, Walton's Rearrangement, said point being
18.00 feet west from the Southeast corner of Lot 23 of said Block 1, Walton's Rearrangement;
thence northerly on a line 18.00 feet west of and parallel with the east line of said Lot 23, to the
north line of said Block 6, Reservoir Hills.
Reserving and subject to easement to the City of Columbia Heights for roadway purposes over
the north 4.00 feet of the west 232.00 feet of said Block 6, Reservoir Hills.
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Lot 19, Block 1, Walton's Rearrangement of Lots 33 and 34, Block 6, Reservoir Hills.
Anoka County, Minnesota.
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