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Commissioner Ed Nelson introduced the following resolution and
moved its adoption:
EDA RESOLUTION NO. 2001 -09
RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SALE OF EDA
OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF 69
AVENUE NORTH AND BROOKLYN BOULEVARD
WHEREAS, the Economic Development Authority in and for the City of
Brooklyn Center (EDA) is an Economic Development Authority duly constituted and organized
under law, with all the powers enumerated in Minnesota Statutes Section 469.090 to 469.1081
(including specifically the powers to carry out redevelopment projects pursuant to Minnesota
Statutes Section 469.002, subdivisions 14 and 15; and
WHEREAS, on April 25, 1994, the EDA adopted a Redevelopment Plan (the
Plan) in an area of the City of Brooklyn Center identified as Housing Development and
Redevelopment Project #1 (the Project Area) and has approved various modifications to that plan
on December 19, 1994, and February 24, 1997; and
WHEREAS, the Plan incorporates, consolidates and expands the redevelopment
plans for projects formally known as the Earle Brown Farm Development Project and the
Housing Development Project #1, which projects were created by the Brooklyn Center City
Council and the former Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Brooklyn
Center, control over such projects was then transferred from the Housing and Redevelopment
Authority in and for the City of Brooklyn Center to the EDA by City Council Resolution No. 87-
170, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 469.094, subdivision 2; and
WHEREAS, the Plan contemplates the acquisition of certain properties located in
the project area; and
WHEREAS, the EDA has determined that the buildings located on the property
described below were dilapidated and obsolescent and the clearance thereof is in the best interest
of the public health and welfare of the City of Brooklyn Center; and
WHEREAS, the EDA acquired the parcels legally described as Lots 8 14, Block
1; Lots 1 -5, 9 14, 16 18, parts of Lots 6 8, and part of Lot 15, Block 2, Lanes Brooklyn
Center Addition Hennepin County, Minnesota, the property being more commonly described as
the northeast quadrant of 69 Avenue North and Brooklyn Boulevard; and
WHEREAS, the EDA has received a proposal to develop the property from
Christenson Corporation for retail development of the property; and
WHEREAS, the EDA has determined it is in the best interests of the EDA and the
public health, safety and welfare of the community to convey the property to RonSam LLC
(Christenson Corporation proposal), in accordance with Minnesota Statutes Section 469.029; and
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RESOLUTION NO. 2001 -09
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 469.028, 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 public health and welfare of the City of Brooklyn Center to sell the property to
RonSam LLC (Christenson Corporation proposal) for the purpose of a retail development,
conditional upon approval of a Development Agreement between the EDA and RonSam LLC.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the EDA hereby authorizes a public hearing
to be held on May 29, 2001 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 RonSam LLC and the provisions of such sale, pursuant to the required
published notice.
May 14, 2001
Date
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by commissioner
Kay Tasman and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
Myrna Kragness, Kay Lasman, Ed Nelson, Bob Peppe, and Tim Ricker;
and. the following voted against the same: none;
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.