HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-018 EDARCommissioner Ed Nelson introduced the following resolution and
moved its adoption:
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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SALE OF CERTAIN EDA OWNED PROPERTY
LOCATED AT 66TH AVENUE NORTH AND WILLOW LANE IN BROOKLYN
CENTER MINNESOTA AND CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON HE SALE
THEREOF, PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 469.012
SUBDIVISION 7 AND SECTION 469.029
WHEREAS, the EDA is authorized pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 469.012
Subdivision 7 within its area of operation, and without the adoption of an urban renewal plan, to
acquire real property, demolish the buildings and improvements thereon and sell such property in
accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Section 469.029 as long as the buildings on such real property
are substandard; and
WHEREAS, the EDA has determined that the buildings located on the property
described below were dilapidated and obsolescent and the clearance thereof was in the best interest
of the public health and welfare of the City of Brooklyn Center; and
WHEREAS, the EDA purchased and acquired the parcels legally described as:
Lot 1 Block 1 E H Properties Addition PID 36- 119 -21 -13 -0111 and Lot 2 Block 1 E
H Properties Addition Pid 36- 119 -21 -13 -0112 (6550 West River Road)
Lot 16 except that part of thereof embraced in Farr's First Addition, "Auditors Subdivision
310, Hennepin County, Minnesota according to the recorded plat thereof, and situated in
Hennepin County Minnesota PID 36- 119 -21 -13 -0008 (6500 West Rive Road)
Lot 1 Block 2 Farr's First Addition PID 36-119-2-1-13-0108 (6525 Willow Lane); and
WHEREAS, the EDA has received a proposal to develop the property from Eagle
Crest Northwest, Inc. for residential development of the property; and
WHEREAS, the EDA has determined it is in the best interest of the EDA and the
public health, safety and welfare of the community to convey the property to Eagle Crest Northwest,
Inc. in accordance with Minnesota Statutes Section 469.012, Subdivision 7 and Minnesota Statutes
Section 469.029; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 469.029, Subdivision 2 requires a public
hearing for the sale of land by the EDA.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Economic Development Authority
in and for the City of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota that it is in the best interest of the EDA and the
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public health and welfare of the City of Brooklyn Center to authorize the EDA Executive Director
to negotiate a purchase agreement for the sale of the property to Eagle Crest Northwest the sale
price of the property to be negotiated as part of the purchase agreement, with the sale price of the
property and additional terms of such purchase agreement to be subject to the further review and
acceptance by the EDA.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the EDA hereby authorizes a public hearing to
be held on November 13, 2000 at 7 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard in the
Brooklyn Center City Hall Council Chambers regarding the proposed sale of the property described
herein to Eagle Crest Northwest and the provisions of such sale.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Executive Director is hereby authorized and
directed to publish the attached notice of public hearing in the City's legal newspaper on
October 18, 2000.
October 9, 2000
Date
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by commissioner
Debra Hilstrom and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
Myrna Kragness, Debra Hilstrom, Kay Lasman, Ed Nelson, and Robert Peppe;
and the following voted against the same: none;
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.