HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-018 EDARCommissioner Debra Hilstrom introduced the following resolution and
moved its adoption:
EDA RESOLUTION NO. 97 -18
RESOLUTION APPROVING RELOCATION CLAIM FOR PROPERTY IN THE
53RD AVENUE DEVELOPMENT AND LINKAGE PROJECT
WHEREAS, EDA Resolution No. 96 -33 authorizes acquisition, establishes offer
of just compensation, authorizes negotiation and execution of purchase agreement, authorizes
payment for acquisition, closing costs and relocation claims for various properties located in the
53rd Avenue Development and Linkage Project; and
WHEREAS, EDA Resolution No. 96 -33 includes the property at 5311 -4th Street
North, legally described as the south '/a of Lot 9, Block 2, Bellvue Acres (the "Property and
located in the 53rd Avenue Development and Linkage Project area; and
WHEREAS, Evergreen Land Services Company, which is providing acquisition
and relocation services for the EDA in the 53rd Avenue Development and Linkage Project, has
performed a comparable housing analysis for purposes of establishing a replacement housing
payment in the amount of $24,400 for the property in accordance with the Uniform Relocation
Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended (Uniform Relocation
Act); and
WHEREAS, the owner of the property has appealed the replacement housing
payment prepared by Evergreen Land Services Company; and
WHEREAS, the EDA Executive Director has directed Evergreen Land Services
Company to reexamine the comparable housing analysis for the property prepared by Evergreen
Land Services Company; and
WHEREAS, Evergreen Land Services Company has prepared a revised comparable
housing analysis for the property; and
WHEREAS, the revised housing analysis prepared by Evergreen Land Services
Company has established a revised replacement housing payment of $30,400; and
WHEREAS, EDA Resolution No. 96 -33 requires that claims for relocation benefits
required by the Uniform Relocation Act duly submitted and in accordance with the requirements
of the Uniform Relocation Act may be approved by the EDA Executive Director and paid in
accordance with the City's purchasing policy; and
WHEREAS, the revised replacement housing payment established for the property
at 5311 -4th Street North, in accordance with the Uniform Relocation Act, is in excess of $25,000;
and
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EDA RESOLUTION NO. 97 -18
WHEREAS, the City's purchasing policy provides that payments in excess of
$25,000 must be authorized by the Economic Development Authority Board of Commissioners.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Economic Development
Authority in and for the City of Brooklyn Center that the EDA Executive Director is hereby
authorized to approve the replacement housing payment to a maximum of $30,400 for the property
at 5311 -4th Street North, contingent on the owner of 5311 -4th Street North executing a purchase
agreement, prepared by the Brooklyn Center EDA, for the sale of 5311 -4th Street North,
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, in the amount of $79,000 purchase price.
June 9, 1997
Date
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by commissioner
Kay Lasman and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in
favor thereof:
Myrna Kragness, Kathleen Carmody, Debra Hilstrom, Kay Lasman, and Robert Peppe;
and the following voted against the same: none,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.