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05-18-81 agenda HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Office of Executive Director HRA Letter No. 14 Agenda May 18, 1981 Housing and Redevelopment Authority Commissioners City of Richfield Dear Commissioners: Subject: Purchase of Adams Property At their February 17, 1981 meeting, the HRA authorized the following actions related to purchase of the Adams property: 1. Set just compensation at $175,000 2. Authorized the initiation of eminent domain and quick take proceedings, 3. Authorized the execution of a joint agreement with the city for pursuing those proceedings. These actions were taken because negotiations for purchase of the property had not been successful. However, since the February 17 1981 HRA meeting, the staff has continued to seek a negotiated purchase for this property, although the eminent domain proceed- ings were initiated. A tentative agreement for this purchase has now been reached, and is being presented for HRA consideration. Attached to this letter is the purchase agreement. The agree°° ment has been proposed to the property owner subject to approval by the HRA. The agreed upon purchase price is $205,000, which is $30,000 higher thanthe just compensation established by the HRA. However, this increase is the result of the negotiation process, and has been modified from the seller's initial asking price of $255,000.°-~Adjustments for the increase in value of the. property since the time when just compensation was established are also re- flected in this figure. The purchase agreement provides that the HRA will assume par- tial responsibility for real estate taxes and special assessments. (Mrs. Adams has agreed to drop her appeal of the CP 705 special assessments). Under terms of the developer's agreement with the Lyndale Garden Center, the taxes due and payable this year are to be prorated, so the HRA will not have to pay the taxes for the entire year. The HRA cost fcr taxes will approximate $3,000. The HRA would purchase all the Adams property including part of the bottom of Richfield Lake. At a subsequent time, it is anticipated that the city will purchase the lake bottom from the HRA. The city desires to own-and control this area as part of the storm water HRA Letter No. 14 -2- May 18, 1981 • ponding function of Richfield Lake. Lyndale Garden Center has agreed to pay the HRA $210,000 for the purchase of the property needed for their development. For this price, the Garden Center will receive the Adams Property, excluding the lake bottom, three small triangular shaped areas of ground owned by the city and adjacent to Richfield Lake, and the development (map attached). An additional cost to be incurred by the HRA will be relocation benefits. At this time, it appears that three payments will be made including two residential payments, totaling approximately $10,000 (approximately $5,000 per dwelling), and a payment for a plant business operating from the house at 6329 Aldrich Avenue. The difference between the acquisition and relocation costs incurred by the HRA and the revenue which the HRA will receive from the Garden Center and city from sale of the property would be covered by the L/H/N capital fund and recovered by a subsequent bond issue. It is recommended that the HRA adopt the attached resolution, authorizing the purchase of 'the Adams property. KN/eja Res/plectfully submitted, Karl Nollenberger Executive Director cc: Community Development Director Finance Coordinator Housing and Redevelopment Coordinator • ~ r • gowned by City to be sold to Garden Center through HRA. , • A ` ` ~, ~ ~'~ \1~ pupland, to be purchased from Adams by HRA and sold ~ ~. ~ ' ~TIf ITl ~ ~ , to Garden Center. ~- , ~, - ~ ~ .~ ~, ( I ~ _~~_ ~ ~ ~ Qlake bottom to be purchased from Adams by H~~ ~ ~' i ~1 -~ __ and sold to City. ~ f , / / ~ „ / ,. ~ -/ ! ~~ . 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City of Richfield, Minnesota ("buyer"), the sum of Five Thousand ,_~~,«,_,,,x.~.t,;,,,,n.~ ($5,000) Dollars as earnest money and in part payment for the property situated in the County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, - and legally described as follows, to-wit: ~- That part of Government Lot 3, Section 28, - - Township 28, Range 24, described as follows: _ ~` Beginning at a point on the. east line of said _ ~- - _ Goverrknent Lot 3 distant 1131.3 feet .south n~--{ --_--- -= - from the northeast corner of said Government Lot 3; thence•on an'aassumed bearing of north _ - -- `~ along said east line a distance of 70.36 feet; thence west at a right angle a distance of _ - 176.5 feet to the actual point of beginning of __, , ~°-j . - -- .. the tract to be described; thence north at a -right angle a distance of 16.0 feet;. thence west at a right angle a distance of approximately _.~Y,,.,;.,..,,.,...,...~_ . '~--.-->.-~---- • --• -~ 183.5 feet to the southerly extension of the. _. .. east line of Block 2, "RAY'S LYNNHURST 2D1D ADDITION"; thence south along such southerly extension to the intersection with a line parallel with and 225.00 feet south of the '~~` _:-~ '~ south line of Lot 4 in said Block 2; thence west along said parallel line 128.00 feet to the southerly extension of the east line of ~ ~ the north and south alley in said Block 2; _ thence north along said last described extension to the south line of the east and west alley - in said Block 2; thence west along the south line of said alley and its extension a distance _ - of 202.00 feet; thence southwesterly to Judicial ~ Landmark No. 7 set pursuant to Torrens Case _ No. A-2547 on the mean center line of the bed of Grass Lake; thence southeasterly. along said - mean center line, determined in Torrens Case - No. A-2547, to a line bearing 82 degrees west _ _ _ __ +- y '- (assuming the east line of said Government Lot _ 3 as bearing north) from a point on the east line of said Government Lot 3 distant 1176.30 feet south from the northeast corner of said Government Lot 3; thence north 82 degrees East to the intersection with a line drawn parallel with and 176.50 feet west of the East line of said Government Lot 3; thence North along said parallel line to the actual point of beginning. (The parties acknowledge that in order for the seller to fulfill her obligation of conveying marketable title in recordable form, it may be necessary to revise the description or to describe the property as several parcels). All of Which property the undersigned m hereby agrees to sell to the buyer for the sum of Two Hundred and _ • '"' '" Fi Th d ($205 000 D hi ll h a ve ousan , ) ars w o grees. to pay in c the buyer. the following manner: -~ ~' ~ ~~~ ~~f~~~1~~i~'iil~iiiY , . i id 00 h 5 t • $ Earnest money ere n pa , 0, and he balance of $200,000 in cash on the date of closing, which shall not occur later than May 31, 1981, time being of the essence. In the event that any of the following conditions shall occur, this agreement shall be null and void and any earnest c.,,,,~~,,.;,.,,r,;~,,,,,.z,;,,~ ;,;~.~ ,~...,h.., money paid hereunder. shall promptly be returned and refunded to the buyer: 1. The Commissioners of the Richfield Housing and '-- - Redevelopment Authority do not, on or before ~~~ 5 1981, th ff ay/ , approve e o er contained in - K~'! this agreement. __ 2. The seller shall fail to make title to the - - property marketable on or before the date of - - - - closing. The failure of the seller to complete __ - - - registration of the property hereby sold on or before the date of closing shall constitute - - 1 such a failure. .~.. - Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit or restrict the ;,r,~,_ ~ - opportunity of buyer to withdraw, modify, or cancel the offer hereby made prior. to its acceptance by the seller, and to obtain the return of any earnest money theretofore paid. , Subject to performance by the buyer, the seller agrees to ...,..: execute and deliver a Warranty Deed. in recordable form conveying marketable title to said premises above described subject only to -- the following exceptions: (a) Building and zoning laws, ordinances, state and - federal regulations. ~~-~ (b) Restrictions relating to the use or improvement _. _ of the premises not subject to forfeiture. (c) Reservation of any minerals or mineral rights to the State of Minnesota . (d) Utility easements. ``"' " ~ " "` (e) The right of month to month tenants or tenants at-will. Seller represents that no leasehold interests except month to month tenancies exist. on the property. The buyer shall pay all real estate taxes payable in 1981 together with all installments of special assessments payable therewith and thereafter. e~seller agrees that`it will withdraw ....,__ its appeal of the levy 'of certain special' assessments as` they relate fo the property being sold hereby levied by the City of" ~ .:: 2 . s ~~7vs~h~ kA' _ _ ;`. 1 `'~~r~~. tee- `d- y$ • R~:chfield iri•connecton with public improvement project CP-705. The seller warrants that all real estate taxes payable in 1980 and prior years, together with installments on special assessments due in 1980 or prior years, have been paid in full. The seller agrees to deliver possession to the property sold hereby not later than the date of closing provided that the buyer has complied with all the conditions of this agreement. In the event this property is destroyed or substantially. damaged by fire or any other cause before the closing date, this agreement shall become null and void at the buyer's option and if declared null and void, all monies paid hereunder shall be refunded to it. The buyer and seller mutually agree that pro-rata adjustments of rents, insurance, city water. and current operating expenses, if any., will be made as of the date of closing. The seller shall, within a reasonable time, after approval of this Agreement, furnish proper documents of title certified to date, also to include proper searches covering bankruptcies and state and federal judgments and liens. The buyer shall be allowed 20 days after receipt thereof for examination of said title and the making of any objections thereto, said objections to be made in writing or deemed to be waived. If any objections are so made, the seller shall be allowed until the date of closing to make such title marketable. If said title is not marketable and is not made so by the • last date of closing, this agreement shall be void and no principal shall be liable for damages hereunder to the other principals and all money theretofore paid by the buyer shall be refunded, but if _.. the title to said property be found marketable, or be so made •r~ ~"~^~ ~ ~"•~ - ~ within said time, and said buyer shall default in any of the agreements and continue. to default after written notice of such ,. r `*~ ~ .. ,,,~ .. ..~ .. ~~ _ :e. • default for a period of 20 days, then and in that case, the seller may terminate this contract, and on such termination, all the payments made upon this contract shall be retained by said seller as liquidated damages, time being of the essence hereof; but this provision shall not deprive either party of the right of enforc- ing the specific performance of this contract .provided such contract shall not. be terminated as aforesaid, and provided action. to enforce such specific performance shall be commenced within six months after such right of action, shall arise. I, the undersigned owner of .the above land, do hereby agree to the above .agreement and the sale thereby made. The undersigned, acting on behalf- of the Buyer, agrees for the Buyer, to purchase the said prop- erty for the price and upon the terms abovementioned and subject to all conditions herein expressed. Harriet L. Adams Karl Nollenberg r Executive Director • • ... _._ ... ... ... . .........._.,. 4. ~?° ~.b~ ~:. HRA RESOLUTION N0. . RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY AT 6329-35-40-99 ALDRICH AVENUE. WHEREAS, the Richfield Housing and. Redevelopment Authority (HRA) desires to purchase certain real property pursuant to and in furtherance of the L/H/N Redevelopment Project heretofore adopted by the City of Richfield (the "City") and the HRA, said real property being as described on the attached Exhibit A. _ WHEREAS, the HRA has caused appraisals of the subject. property to be made-and has carefully considered such appraisals, and WHEREAS, the HRA is authorized by Minnesota Statutes, Section 462.445 to purchase real property, and WHEREAS, the HRA has instructed the Executive Director and Attorney to commence negotiations for the real property described in said Exhibit A, and WHEREAS, the negotiations for the above .described real `~~property has resulted in the execution of a purchase agreement by the seller, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE RICHFIELD HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: 1. The Executive Director is directed to purchase the above described property for two hundred and five thousand no/100 dollars ($205,000.00), plus taxes. Passed by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Richfield this 18th day of May, 1981. T omas E. Harms, C airman ATTEST: Mi e Freeman, Secretary :;; ~ . ~.~ . ,,:4...~ ~' . EXHIBIT A Legal description for the property situated in the County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, and legally described as follows, to-wit: That part of Government Lot 3, Section 28, Township 28, Range 24, described as follows: Beginning at a point on the east line of said. Government Lot 3 distant 1:131.3 feet south from the northeast corner of said Government Lot 3; thence on an assumed bearing of north along said east line a distance of 70.36 feet; thence west at a right angle a distance of 176.5 feet to the actual point of beginning of the tract to be described;. thence north at a right angle a distance of 16.0 feet; thence west at aright angle a distance of approximately 183.5 feet to the southerly extension of the east line of Block 2, '"RAY'S LYNNHURST 2DtD ADDITION"; thence south along ~such'~southerly extension to the intersection with a line parallel with and 2'25.00 feet south of the. south line of Lot 4 in said Block 2; thence west-along said parallel line 128.00 feet to the southerly extension of the east line of -the north and south alley in said Block 2; thence north along said last described extension to the south line of .the east and west alley in said Block 2; thence west along the south line. of said alley and its extension a distance of 202.0.0 feet; thence southwesterly to Judicial Landmark No. 7 set pursuant to Torrens Case No. A-2547 on the mean center line of the bed. of Grass Lake; thence-southeasterly along said mean center line, determined in Torrens Case. No. A-2547, to a line bearing 82 degrees west. (assuming the east line of said Government Lot 3 as bearing north) from a point on the east line of said Government Lot 3 distant 1176.30 ..feet south from the northeast corner of said Government Lot 3; thence north 82 degrees East to the intersection with a line drawn para~lel with and 176.50 feet west of the East line~of said Government Lot 3;'thence North along aid parallel line to the actual point of begin ing. • • • HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Office of Executive Director HRA Letter No. 13 Agenda May 18, 1981 Housing and Redevelopment Authority Commissioners City of Richfield Dear Commissioners: Subject: Resolution Designating Additional Depository Attached to this HRA letter is a resolution designating First Federal Savings and Loam of Richfield as a depository for the Richfield Housing and Redevelopment,:~iuthority for the year 1981. HRA funds are protected by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Coproration insurance in the amount of $100,000. It is recommended that the HRA adopt the attached resol- • ution. Respectfully submitted, i c~ Karl Nollenberger Executive Director KN/eja cc: City Council Administrative Services Director Finance Coordinator HRA RESOLUTION NO. • RESOLUTION DESIGNATING FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION AS DEPOSITORY OF FUNDS OF THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF RICHFIELD FOR THE YEAR 1981 WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 475.66 and 118.17, municipal funds may be deposited in any Savings and Loan Association which has its deposits insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, and WHEREAS, the amount of said deposits may not exceed the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation insurance covering such deposits which insurance amount is presently $100,00, and WHEREAS, the deposit of Housing and Redevelopment Authority funds in Savings and Loan Associations would provide greater flexibility in their investme~it program and maximize interest income thereon. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Richfield, Minnesota as follows: The following savings and loan association be designated as depository for municipal funds: • First Federal Savings and Loan Association 6445 Nicollet Avenue Richfield, MN 55423 Passed by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Richfield, Minnesota, this 18th day of May, 1981. `Thomas E. Harms Chairman ATTEST: Michael Freeman, Secretary ~~._~_ ~.,~..~_.____._. w.....~,,._w>.".~€