1994-531101
HRA RESOLUTION N0. 531
THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT IN AND FOR THE
CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION APPROVING MODIFICATION TO RICHFIELD
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT PLAN, CONSISTING OF
ADOPTION~OF REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE EAST
66TH STREET ~tEDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA;
REQUESTING THE RICHFIELD CITY COUNCIL TO
.~ CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING THEREON;
.~ RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE PLANS
BE iT RESOLVED by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in
and for the City of Richfield, Minnesota as follows:
Section 1. Recitals.
1.01. The Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for
the City Of Richfield, Minnesota (the "HRA") 3s a public body
corporate and politic under the laws of the state of Minnesota
and authorized by Minnesota Statutes, sections 469.001 through
469.047 (the "HRA~Act") to establish projects within the City of
Richfield.
1.02. The HRA has identified an area of the city as being
in need of development and redevelopment because of the existence
of substandard buildings and under utilized property located
within such area.
1.03. The HRA has conducted a study of the physical
conditions within the East 66th Street Redevelopment Project Area
(the "Project") and has considered the need for public assistance
to encourage development and redevelopment within the area.
1.04. The HRA has caused to be prepared a redevelopment
plan for the Project which is contained. in a document entitled
"Redevelopment Plan for the East 66th Street Redevelopment
Project Area" dated October 17, 1994 and on file in the office of
the executive director of the HRA. The Redevelopment Plan for
the East 66th Street Redevelopment Project Area constitutes a
modification to the Richfield Redevelopment Project Plan.
Collectively, the documents shall be known hereinafter as the
"Plans".
1.05. Notice of the public hearing
on the establishment of the Project and
will be published as required by law an
will be held by the City Council of the
"City") on November 14, 1994.
Section 2. Findings.
required by the HRA Act
the adoption of the Plans
d a public hearing thereon
City of Richfield (the
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2.01. The HRA finds that the land in the Project would not
be made available for development or redevelopment without the
financial assistance authorized by the Plans.
2.02. The HRA finds that the Plans will afford maximum
opportunity, consistent with the needs of the city as a whole,
for the redevelopment of property within the Project by private
enterprise.
2.03. Subject to approval by the planning commission, the
HRA finds the Plans conform to the general plan for development
of the city as a whole.
2.04. The HRA finds that the Project is a redevelopment
project within the meaning of section 469.002, subd. 12 of the
HRA ACt.
Section 3. HRA Approval.
3.03. The HRA approves and hereby adopts the Plans.
Section 4. Further Proceedinvs.
4.01. The HRA requests that the Richfield Planning
Commission review the Plans and comment thereon regarding their
consistency with the City's comprehensive plan.
4.02. The HRA requires that the City hold the public
hearing on the Plans as required by section 469.028 of the HRA
Act and recommends that the Plans be approved. by the city.
Adopted by the Housing and elopment Authority in and
for the City of Richfield this st day of November/, 1994.
E. Harms, Chairperson
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