1999 HRA Resolution 0729
HRA RESOLUTION NO. 729
RESOLUTION REGARDING DEMOLITION OF
STRUCTURALLY SUBSTANDARD BUILDINGS AND INCLUSION OF LOTS
IN THE REDEVELOPMENT TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT FOR
RICHFIELD REDISCOVERED NEW CONSTUCTION PROGRAM, 1999
WHEREAS
, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of
Richfield, Minnesota (the “HRA”) is a public body corporate and politic under the laws of
Minnesota and organized and operated under Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.001
through 469.047 as amended (the “HRA Act”); and
WHEREAS
, the HRA has previously established a project (“Richfield
Rediscovered”) pursuant to the HRA Act which provides for the acquisition and removal of
substandard single family dwellings and the construction of decent, safe and sanitary
housing on those properties; and
WHEREAS
, the HRA has previously adopted one or more tax increment financing
plans for redevelopment tax increment financing districts composed of non-contiguous
parcels containing substandard single family residential structures; and
WHEREAS
, the HRA has previously indicated its intent to create additional tax
increment financing districts within Richfield Rediscovered when appropriate; and
WHEREAS
, seven additional parcels were previously identified which contained
structures which were so deteriorated and substandard as to pose an immediate threat to
health and safety and which required demolition prior to the date they could be added to a
new tax increment financing district; and
WHEREAS
,Minnesota Statutes, section 469.174, subd.10(d) allows the HRA to
remove structurally substandard buildings and to include those parcels in a new tax
increment financing district within three years of the date of demolition if the HRA adopts a
resolution finding the structures to be substandard and expressing the HRA’s intent to
incorporate them into a new tax increment financing district for the Richfield Rediscovered
New Construction Program, 1999; and
WHEREAS
, the HRA has previously authorized acquisition of the parcels and
subsequently demolished six of the substandard structures thereon after performing an
inspection of the interior of each principal structure to determine whether it was
substandard within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, section 469.174, subd. 10(b) but
prior to adopting a resolution pursuant to state statute regarding the HRA’s intent to
include said parcels within a tax increment financing district within three years of the date
of demolition of the structures; and
WHEREAS
, the substandard structures on one of the parcels has not been
demolished but has likewise been inspected for the condition of the principal structures
thereon.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
by the HRA as follows:
1.The principal buildings located on the seven parcels listed on Exhibit A attached
hereto are hereby found to be structurally substandard within the meaning of
Minnesota Statutes, section 469.174, subd. 10(b). The HRA’s finding in this regard
is based on a report prepared after an interior inspection of each of the properties by
HRA staff, which report is on file with the HRA and will be retained for the life of the
tax increment financing district.
2.The HRA hereby declares its intent to include the seven parcels listed on Exhibit A in
a new tax increment financing district at the current date and in doing so intends to
rely on Minnesota Statutes, section 469.174, subd. 10(d).
3.The HRA owns the parcels listed on Exhibit A and has demolished or will demolish
the substandard structures thereon.
Approved by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of
Richfield, Minnesota, this 20th day of September, 1999.
Thomas E. Harms, Chair
Attest:
Michael Sandahl, Secretary