12-28-78 agendaCITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA
Office of City Manager
Council -Letter_No. 381
Agenda December 28, 1978
The Honorable Mayor
and ^
Members of the City Council
City of Richfield
Gentlemen:
Subject: Hearing to Amend the L/H/N Redevelopment
Project Boundaries
The city council has set December 28, 1978 as the date for
a hearing on a; proposal to approve a boundary modification to the
L/H/N Redevelopment Project.
A map showing the proposed boundary modification is attached.
The Planning and Redevelopment Director will make a full presenta-
tion at this hearing concerning the proposed boundary, change.
The action required by the city council to implement the bound- '
ary change can be taken at the close of the hearing orb December 28.
The form_of the action should be adoption of the attached resol-
ution which has been prepared for council consideratidn.
It is recommended that the city council amend th boundary `
by incorporating the four additional properties on Lakeshore Drive
to permit further consideration of land use changes which would
.result in a multiple residency development in that area.,
Respectfully submitted,
Wayne S. Burggraaff
City Manager
WSB/ej a
CC,. Planning & Redevelopment Director
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RESOLUTION NO.
FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS BY, AND RESOLUTIONS OF,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA,
RELATIVE TO AND APPROVING A BOUNDARY MODIFICATION T0- THE
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR AN URBAN RENE6'rL PROJECT FOR THE
LYNDALE-HUB-NICOLLET AREA IN RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA, ENTITLED
"LYNDALE-HUB-NICOLLET COMMERCIAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM",
DATED OCTOBER 15, 1975
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Richfield did on
November 24, 1975, by resolution number 5445 approve a redevelopment
plan and method for financing an urban renewal project for the
Lyndale-Hub-Nicollet area of Richfield, Minnesota, entitled
"Lyndale-Hub-Nicollet Commercial Improvement Program dated October
15, 1975; and
WHEREAS, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority (the Authority)
has prepared a modification to the redevelopment plan which modification
would result in the inclusion in the project area of four parcels
known as Lots 15, 16, 17 and 18, Block 3, Fairwood Shores Addition,
Hennepin County, Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, the Authority by resolution duly adopted at a meeting
on December 11, 1978, did approve the plan modification and did
authorize application to the City Council for approval of the plan
modification; and
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WHEREAS, application for approval of the Plan modification has
now been made to the City Council. The application was accompanied
by the redevelopment plan showing the project area boundary modification,
the statement in the redevelopment plan of the proposed method of
financing and the written opinion of the Planning Commission and the
City Council on December 28, 1978, duly held a public hearing on the
Plan modification pursuant to published notice, all as required by
Minnesota Statutes §462.52 ; and
WHEREAS the Authorit has studied the location and the physical,
condition of structures, land use, environmental influences and social,
cultural, an economic conditions of the Project Area as modified
and the Planning Commissio of the City of Richfield, Minnesota,
being the duly designated and acting official agency of Richfield,
..has found an determined that the Project area as modified is a
deteriorated and deteriorating area within the meaning of Minnesota
Statutes §462.421, Subd. 11, as set out in its written opinion
submitted to the City Council, which finding and determination was
concurred in by the Authority; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has duly considered the written
opinion of the Planning Commission, the Findings and Determinations,
and Resolutions of the Authority dated December 11, 1978, the material
and information included i the Plan modification and the testimony
and evidence presented at the public hearing on December 28, 1978
and
WHEREAS, the members o the City Council have knowledge of-the
conditions prevailing in the Project Area as modified and in the
locality generally;
NOW THEREFORE, the Cit Council of the City of Richfield,
Minnesota, does hereby make the following findings and determinations:
1. That the Project Area as modified is a deteriorated and
deteriorating area within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes 5462.421,
Subd. 11;
2. That the urban renewal project proposed by the Plan s
modified is necessary to eliminate, and prevent the spread of
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such deterioration;
3. That the acquisition of real property as described in
the Plan as modified is necessary to eliminate, and prevent
the spread of such deterioration;
4. That the Project Area as modified is subject to
conditions preventing private development and would not be
made available for redevelopment without the governmental
assistance and financial aid proposed by the Plan modification;
5. That the Plan as modified will afford maximum oppor-
tunity consistent with the sound needs of the locality as a
whole for the redevelopment of such areas by private enterprise.
6. That the Plan as modified provides an outline for the
development and redevelopment of the Project Area and is sufficiently
complete to indicate the relationship of the Plan as modified to
the objectives of the City of Richfield as to appropriate land
uses within the Project Area as modified, and to indicate the
general land uses and general standards of development or redevelop-
ment within the Project Area as modified;
7. That there is a feasible method for the temporary relocation
of families who may be displaced from the Project Area as modified,
and that there are available, or will be provided, in the Project
Area as modified, or in other areas not less desirable in regard
to public utilities and public and commercial facilities, and at
rents or prices within the financial means of the families who
may be displaced from the Project Area as modified decent, safe,
and sanitary dwellings at least equal in number to the number of
familes who may be so displaced; that the Authority, in acquiring
any properties, must and will provide all relocation assistance and
and ben fits required by the Federal Uniform Relocation
Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970,
any act amendatory thereof, any regulations duly adopted
pursuan thereto, and any regulations duly adopted by the State
of Minnesota, its age cites, or political subdivisions pursuant
to law;
8. That the Plait as modified conforms to a -general plan
for the redevelopment of the locality as a whole;
9. That the method proposed for financing the project as
modified and proposed by the Plan modification is feasible and
adequate to properly and fully finance the project-,
THEREFORE, the City Council does hereby resolve and direct
as follows: •
A. That the Plait' as modified in all respects, including the
method roposed for financing the project is hereby approved;
B. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to maintain on
file a copy of the Plain modification hereby approved, together
with th written opinion of the Planning Commission and the
Finding and Determinations, and Resolutions of the Authority,
dated D cember 11, 1958;
C. That the Cit Council pledges its cooperation, and that
of all officials, departments, boards and commissions of the City,
in helping to implement and carry out the plan as modified and
directs that all such officials, departments, boards, and commissions
coopera e in all appr priate ways to assist and expedite all actions
to impl ment and carry out the Plan as modified including, but nom
limited to, all actions that are necessary or desirable to
implement the method proposed for financing,the project as
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modified;
D. That the Mayor and Manager be, and they hereby are,
authorized and directed, for and on behalf of, and in the name
of, the City of Richfield, to execute all such documents and
agreements, and to take all such action, as they deem necessary
or desirable to assist in the.implementation and carrying out
of the Plan as modified
Passed by the City Council, City of Richfield on the 28th day
of December, 1978.
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ATTEST:
Loren L. Law, Mayor
Thomas J. Moran, City Clerk
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