1975-5445r481
RESOLUTION N0. 5445
FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS BY, AND RESOLUTIONS. OF,
'THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA,
RELATIVE TO AND APPROVING A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR
AN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT FOR THE LYNDALE-HUB-NICOLLET
AREA IN RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA, ENTITLED
"LYNDALE-HUB-NICOLLET COMN~RCIAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM"
DATED OCTOBER 15, 1975
WHEREAS, it has-been the intent and desire of the''`Ci~y of Richfield for
many years to improve conditions in the section of the City of Richfield re-
ferred to as the Lyndale-Hub-Nlicollet commercial area; and
WHEREAS, .the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Richfield, Minnesota
(the "Authority"), has now prepared a redevelopment plan for an urban renewal
project for the Lyndale-Hub-Nicollet area of Richfield,.Minnesota (the "Project
Area")-, entitled "Lyndale-Hub-Nicollet Commercial Improvement Program", dated
October 15, 1975 (the "Plan"'); and
WHEREAS, the Plan has been prepared by the Authority with the cooperation
and assistance of the appropriate City departments; and
WHEREAS, the Authority, by resolutions duly adopted at a meeting held on
October 15, 1975, did approve the Plan and did authorize application to the
" City Council.of the Plan, including a statement of the method- proposed for
financing the project proposed by the Plan, and the written opinion of the
Planning Commission of the City of Richfield, dated October 15, 1975; and
WHEREAS, application for approval. of the Plan has now been made to the
City Council, and the Plan, a statement of the method proposed for financing
the project proposed by the Plan, .and the. written opinion of the Planning Com-
mission have now been duly submitted to the City Council, and the City Council
on November 10-and November 24, 1975, duly held a public hearing on the Plan
pursuant to published notice, all as required by Minnesota 'Statutes 5462.521; and
WHEREAS, the Authority may not proceed with the plan unless the City Council,
by resolution,. makes certain findings with respect to the Project Area. and Plan,.
and approves the-Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Authority has studied the location and-the physical condition
of structures, land use, environmental influences, and social,. cultural, and
economic conditions of the .Project Area, and the Planning Commission of the.
City of Richfield, Minnesota, being the duly. designated and acting. official ~ .
agency of Richfield, has found and determined that the Project area is a deter-
iorated and deteriorating area within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes 5462.421,
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 conside-red the written opinion of the
Planning Commission, the Findings and Determinations, and .Resolutions of the
Authority dated October 15, 1975, the material and- information included in the
Plan, and the testimony and evidence presented at the public hearing on November
10 and November 24, 1975, and'
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WHEREAS, the members of the City Council have knowledge of the conditions
prevailing in the Project Area and iri the locality. generally; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has been fully apprised of .all action that will
or may be necessary to be taken by the City of Richfield relating to the Plan.-
and the implementation and carrying out of the Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City_of Richfield, Minnesota, does
hereby make the following findings-and determinations:__
- 1. That-the Project Area is.a deteriorated and deteriorating area within
the meaning-of Minnesota Statutes X462.421, Subd. 11;
2. 7.'h.at the urban renewal project proposed by the Plan is necessary to
eliminate, and prevent the spread of, such deterioration;
3. That the acquisition of real .property as described in the plan is
necessary to eliminate, and prevent the spread of such deterioration;
4. That the Project Area 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;
• 5. That the Plan affords maximum opportunity for redevelopment of .the -
Project Area by private enterprise, consistent with the sound needs of the
_ locality as a whole;
6. That-the Plan provides an outline for-the development and redevelopment
of the Project Area. and is sufficiently complete to indicate the relationship of
the Plan to the objectives of the City of Richfield as to appropriate land-uses
within the Project Area, and to indicate. the general land uses and general standards
of development or redevelopment within the Project Area;
7. 7.'hat there is a feasible method for the temporary relocation. of families
who may be displaced from the Project Area, and that there are available, or will.
be provided, in the Project Area, 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, decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings at least equal in number to the number
of families who may be so displaced; that the Authority, in acquiring any prop-~
erti.es,-must and will provide all relocation assistance and benefits required by
the Federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real property Acquisition Policies
Act of 1970,- any acts amendatory thereof, any regulations duly adopted pursuant.
thereto, and any regulations duly .adopted by the State of Minnesota, its agencies,
or. political subdivisions pursuant to law;
8. _ That the Plan conforms to a general plan for the development of the
locality as~a whole;_
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9. That the method proposed for financing the project proposed by the Plan
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 Plan, in all respects, including the method proposed for
financing the project proposed by the Plan, is hereby approved;
B. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to maintain on file a copy of
the Plan as hereby approved, together with the written opinion of the Planning
Commission and the Findings and Determinations, and Resolutions of the Authority,
dated October 15, 1975;
C. That the City 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, and directs that all such officials, departments, boards, and
commissions cooperate in all appropriate ways to assist and expedite all actions
to implement and carry out the Plan, including, but not limited to, all actions
that .are necessary or desirable to implement. the method proposed for financing.
the project proposed by the Plan.
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
. ttiE Plan.
Passed by .the City Council, City of Richfield on the 24th day of November, l97 5.
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ATTEST:
Thomas J. Moran City Clerk
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