2000 HRA Resolution 0786
RESOLUTION NO. 786
RESOLUTIONAUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE USE OF
“QUICK-TAKE” PROCEEDINGS IN PENDING
CONDEMNATION ACTIONS
WHEREAS,
the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Richfield,
Minnesota (the "HRA") is a housing and redevelopment authority duly constituted and
organized under law, with all of the powers enumerated in Minnesota Statutes, Sections
469.001 to 469.047 (the "Act"); and
WHEREAS,
the HRA is authorized to develop and carry out redevelopment plans and
redevelopment projects, as those terms are respectively defined in Minnesota Statutes,
Section 469.002, subdivisions 16 and 14; and
WHEREAS,
the City of Richfield on June 14, 1993 adopted a redevelopment plan (the
“Redevelopment Plan”) for the Richfield Redevelopment Project Area (the “Project Area”),
and on June 14, 1999 adopted a modification to the Redevelopment Plan and established the
Interchange West and Lyndale Gateway Tax Increment Financing District (the “TIF District”).
WHEREAS,
the Plans, as modified, contemplate the acquisition of certain real
properties which are located in the Project Area; and
WHEREAS,
the HRA has entered into a contract for private redevelopment (the
"Contract") of land lying within the TIF District portion of the Project Area and
WHEREAS,
by Resolution No. 771, adopted on July 17, 2000 and Resolution No.
781, adopted September 18, 2000, the HRA has authorized the acquisition of certain
properties in the Project Area by eminent domain (the “Properties”); and
WHEREAS,
the Contract contemplates acquisition of all of the properties necessary
for the project, including those properties identified in Resolution Nos. 771 and 781, by
February 1, 2001; and
WHEREAS,
in order to meet completion deadlines set forth in the Contract,
construction on the project is scheduled to commence on or about April 30, 2001; and
WHEREAS,
in order to meet the construction deadlines for the redevelopment project
contemplated by the Contract, it is necessary for the HRA to acquire title to and possession
of the Properties in accordance with MinnesotaStatutes, 117.042; and
WHEREAS,
the HRA desires that property owners and tenants be given as much
advance notice of the so-called “quick-take” date as possible.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
by the Housing and Redevelopment
Authority in and for the City of Richfield, Minnesota as follows:
1.The HRA deems it necessary, in order to meet anticipated construction schedules, to
acquire title to and possession of the Properties prior to the filing of a final report of
commissioners, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Section 117.042.
2.TheHRA’s attorney and staff are authorized and directed to take all necessary and
appropriate actions to acquire title to and possession of the Properties in accordance with
Minnesota Statutes, Section 117.042. The HRA’s attorney and staff are authorized to
establish the so-called “quick-take date” at the latest date that can be negotiated with the
developer. The date of possession shall be not earlier than February 1, 2001 (as
contemplated by the Contract) and shall not be later than April 30, 2001 (the construction
commencement date necessary to complete the required improvements by the deadline
established in the Contract).
3.The Properties to be acquired are described on the attached Exhibit A.
Adopted by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Richfield,
Minnesota this 16th day of October, 2000.
ATTEST:Joan Helmberger, Vice-Chair
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Mike Sandahl, Secretary