Housing & Redevelopment Authority
Regular MeetingSt. Paul, MN · October 22, 2014
Minutes
City Hall and Court House
City of Saint Paul 15 West Kellogg Boulevard
Council Chambers - 3rd
Floor
Minutes - Final - Final Jonathan Sage-Martinson,
Executive Director of the
Housing & Redevelopment Authority HRA, 651-266-6565
Britney Wyatt, Recording
Secretary, 651-266-6604
Chair Amy Brendmoen
Commissioner Dan Bostrom
Commissioner Kathy Lantry
Commissioner Russ Stark
Commissioner Dai Thao
Commissioner Dave Thune
Commissioner Chris Tolbert
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 2:00 PM Council Chambers, City Hall
Roll Call
Present 6 - Commissioner Dan Bostrom, Commissioner Kathy Lantry, Commissioner
Russ Stark, Commissioner Dai Thao, Commissioner Dave Thune, and
Chair Amy Brendmoen
Absent 1 - Commissioner Chris Tolbert
Consent
1 Min 14-48 Approval of the October 8, 2014 HRA Meeting Minutes.
Commissioner Stark moved approval. The HRA minutes were adopted.
Yea: 6- Commissioner Bostrom, Commissioner Lantry, Commissioner Stark,
Commissioner Thao, Commissioner Thune, and Chair Brendmoen
Nay: 0
Absent: 1- Commissioner Tolbert
2 RES 14-1839 Resolution Authorizing Acceptance of a Home Ownership Education,
Counseling, and Training Fund Grant from the Minnesota Housing Finance
Agency for the Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Program, Citywide.
Sponsors: Brendmoen
Attachments: Board Report
Commissioner Stark moved approval. The resolution was adopted.
Yea: 6- Commissioner Bostrom, Commissioner Lantry, Commissioner Stark,
Commissioner Thao, Commissioner Thune, and Chair Brendmoen
Nay: 0
Absent: 1- Commissioner Tolbert
Public Hearings
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Present 7 - Commissioner Dan Bostrom, Commissioner Kathy Lantry, Commissioner
Russ Stark, Commissioner Dai Thao, Commissioner Chris Tolbert,
Commissioner Dave Thune, and Chair Amy Brendmoen
3 RES PH 14-309 Authorization to Acquire Vacated Right of Way Owned by the State of
Minnesota in the Area of Fourth Street East and Mounds Boulevard and
Subsequently Convey Same to Linda Chmiel Kelly and Patrick P. Kelly, the
Owners of Adjacent Property at 654 Fourth Street East for Purpose of
Sideyard, Dayton's Bluff District 4, Ward 7.
Sponsors: Lantry
Attachments: Board Report
Attachment B - Map
Attachment C - District 4 Profile
Commissioner Lantry moved approval. The resolution was adopted.
Yea: 6- Commissioner Bostrom, Commissioner Lantry, Commissioner Stark,
Commissioner Thao, Commissioner Thune, and Chair Brendmoen
Nay: 0
Absent: 1- Commissioner Tolbert
4 RES PH 14-310 Authorization to Convey 674 Rivoli Street to Dayton’s Bluff Neighborhood
Housing Services, Payne Phalen District 5, Ward 5.
Sponsors: Brendmoen
Attachments: Board Report
Attachment B - Map
Attachment C - District 5 Profile
Commissioner Lantry moved approval. The resolution was adopted.
Yea: 6- Commissioner Bostrom, Commissioner Lantry, Commissioner Stark,
Commissioner Thao, Commissioner Thune, and Chair Brendmoen
Nay: 0
Absent: 1- Commissioner Tolbert
5 RES PH 14-311 Resolution Approving and Authorizing Action Related to the Saint Paul
Housing and Redevelopment Authority’s (HRA) Disposition Strategy and
Work Plan: 1) Sale and Conveyance of the Parcel 420 Minnehaha Avenue
East to Robert Johannes, Payne-Phalen, District 5, Ward 5; 2) Sale and
Conveyance of the Parcel 570 Bush Avenue to Robert and Shirley Woller,
Payne-Phalen, District 5, Ward 5; 3) Sale and Conveyance of the Parcel 614
Wells Street to Dayton’s Bluff Neighborhood Housing Services,
Payne-Phalen, District 5, Ward 6; 4) Sale and Conveyance of the Parcel 938
York Avenue to Robert Callahan, Payne-Phalen, District 5, Ward 5; 5) Sale
and Conveyance of the Parcel 780 Buffalo Street to Tanya Ninneman, North
End, District 6, Ward 5; 6) Sale and Conveyance of the Parcel 474 Edmund
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Avenue to Zhi Kai Yu, Frogtown, District 7, Ward 1; 7) Sale and Conveyance
of the Parcel 472 Sherburne Avenue to Nang Tran, Frogtown, District 7,
Ward 1.
Sponsors: Brendmoen, Bostrom and Thao
Attachments: Board Report
Attachment B - Map 420 Minnehaha Avenue E
Attachment C - Map 570 Bush Avenue
Attachment D - Map 614 Wells Street
Attachment E - Map 938 York Avenue
Attachment F - Map 780 Buffalo Street
Attachment G - Map 474 Edmund Avenue
Attachment H - Map 472 Sherburne Avenue
Attachment I - District 5 Profile
Attachment I - District 6 Profile
Attachment I - District 7 Profile
Attachment J - Public Purpose Form
Attachment K - Comprehensive Plan Applicability
Commissioner Tolbert arrived.
Commissioner Tolbert moved approval. The resolution was adopted.
Yea: 7- Commissioner Bostrom, Commissioner Lantry, Commissioner Stark,
Commissioner Thao, Commissioner Tolbert, Commissioner Thune, and
Chair Brendmoen
Nay: 0
Discussion
6 RES 14-1855 Resolution (i) Approving the Establishment of the 2700 University at
Westgate Station Housing Tax Increment Financing District, (ii) Adopting a
Tax Increment Financing Plan Therefor, (iii) Authorizing Execution of a Tax
Increment Development Agreement, (iv) Authorizing a HOME Loan and
Execution of Related Documents, and (v) Approving an HRA Budget
Amendment, District 12, Ward 4.
Sponsors: Stark
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Attachments: Board Report
Attachment A - Budget Amendment
Attachment B - Map
Attachment C - Project Summary Form
Attachment D - Sources and Uses Summary Form
Attachment E - Public Purpose Form
Attachment F - District 12 Profile
Commissioner Stark moved approval. The resolution was adopted.
Yea: 6- Commissioner Bostrom, Commissioner Lantry, Commissioner Stark,
Commissioner Thao, Commissioner Thune, and Chair Brendmoen
Nay: 1- Commissioner Tolbert
7 RES 14-1858 Resolution Approving and Designating Opus Development Company, L.L.C.
and Greco, LLC as Tentative Developers for the HRA-Owned Parcel Known
as Seven Corners Gateway Site, District 17, Ward 2.
Sponsors: Thune
Attachments: Board Report
Attachment B - Background on Opus & Greco
Attachment C - Map
Attachment D - Description of Proposal
Attachment D - Seven Corners Gateway
Attachment E - Review Team
Attachment F - Public Purpose Form
Attachment G - District 17 Profile
Commissioner Thune moved approval. The resolution was adopted.
Yea: 7- Commissioner Bostrom, Commissioner Lantry, Commissioner Stark,
Commissioner Thao, Commissioner Tolbert, Commissioner Thune, and
Chair Brendmoen
Nay: 0
Adjournment
Commissioner Stark moved adjournment. The HRA meeting was adjourned.
Yea: 7- Commissioner Bostrom, Commissioner Lantry, Commissioner Stark,
Commissioner Thao, Commissioner Tolbert, Commissioner Thune, and
Chair Brendmoen
Nay: 0
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Agenda
City Hall and Court House
City of Saint Paul 15 West Kellogg Boulevard
Council Chambers - 3rd
Floor
Meeting Agenda Jonathan Sage-Martinson,
Executive Director of the
Housing & Redevelopment Authority HRA, 651-266-6565
Britney Wyatt, Recording
Secretary, 651-266-6604
Chair Amy Brendmoen
Commissioner Dan Bostrom
Commissioner Kathy Lantry
Commissioner Russ Stark
Commissioner Dai Thao
Commissioner Dave Thune
Commissioner Chris Tolbert
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 2:00 PM Council Chambers, City Hall
Roll Call
Consent
1 Min 14-48 Approval of the October 8, 2014 HRA Meeting Minutes.
2 RES Resolution Authorizing Acceptance of a Home Ownership Education,
14-1839 Counseling, and Training Fund Grant from the Minnesota Housing
Finance Agency for the Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Program,
Citywide.
Attachments: Board Report
Public Hearings
3 RES PH Authorization to Acquire Vacated Right of Way Owned by the State of
14-309 Minnesota in the Area of Fourth Street East and Mounds Boulevard and
Subsequently Convey Same to Linda Chmiel Kelly and Patrick P. Kelly,
the Owners of Adjacent Property at 654 Fourth Street East for Purpose
of Sideyard, Dayton’s Bluff District 4, Ward 7.
Attachments: Board Report
Attachment B - Map
Attachment C - District 4 Profile
4 RES PH Authorization to Convey 674 Rivoli Street to Dayton’s Bluff
14-310 Neighborhood Housing Services, Payne Phalen District 5, Ward 5.
Attachments: Board Report
Attachment B - Map
Attachment C - District 5 Profile
5 RES PH Resolution Approving and Authorizing Action Related to the Saint Paul
14-311 Housing and Redevelopment Authority’s (HRA) Disposition Strategy and
Work Plan: 1) Sale and Conveyance of the Parcel 420 Minnehaha
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Avenue East to Robert Johannes, Payne-Phalen, District 5, Ward 5; 2)
Sale and Conveyance of the Parcel 570 Bush Avenue to Robert and
Shirley Woller, Payne-Phalen, District 5, Ward 5; 3) Sale and
Conveyance of the Parcel 614 Wells Street to Dayton’s Bluff
Neighborhood Housing Services, Payne-Phalen, District 5, Ward 6; 4)
Sale and Conveyance of the Parcel 938 York Avenue to Robert
Callahan, Payne-Phalen, District 5, Ward 5; 5) Sale and Conveyance of
the Parcel 780 Buffalo Street to Tanya Ninneman, North End, District 6,
Ward 5; 6) Sale and Conveyance of the Parcel 474 Edmund Avenue to
Zhi Kai Yu, Frogtown, District 7, Ward 1; 7) Sale and Conveyance of the
Parcel 472 Sherburne Avenue to Nang Tran, Frogtown, District 7, Ward
1.
Attachments: Board Report
Attachment B - Map 420 Minnehaha Avenue E
Attachment C - Map 570 Bush Avenue
Attachment D - Map 614 Wells Street
Attachment E - Map 938 York Avenue
Attachment F - Map 780 Buffalo Street
Attachment G - Map 474 Edmund Avenue
Attachment H - Map 472 Sherburne Avenue
Attachment I - District 5 Profile
Attachment I - District 6 Profile
Attachment I - District 7 Profile
Attachment J - Public Purpose Form
Attachment K - Comprehensive Plan Applicability
Discussion
6 RES Resolution (i) Approving the Establishment of the 2700 University at
14-1855 Westgate Station Housing Tax Increment Financing District, (ii) Adopting
a Tax Increment Financing Plan Therefor, (iii) Authorizing Execution of a
Tax Increment Development Agreement, (iv) Authorizing a HOME Loan
and Execution of Related Documents, and (v) Approving an HRA
Budget Amendment, District 12, Ward 4.
Attachments: Board Report
Attachment A - Budget Amendment
Attachment B - Map
Attachment C - Project Summary Form
Attachment D - Sources and Uses Summary Form
Attachment E - Public Purpose Form
Attachment F - District 12 Profile
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7 RES Resolution Approving and Designating Opus Development Company,
14-1858 L.L.C. and Greco, LLC as Tentative Developers for the HRA-Owned
Parcel Known as Seven Corners Gateway Site, District 17, Ward 2.
Attachments: Board Report
Attachment B - Background on Opus & Greco
Attachment C - Map
Attachment D - Description of Proposal
Attachment D - Seven Corners Gateway
Attachment E - Review Team
Attachment F - Public Purpose Form
Attachment G - District 17 Profile
Adjournment
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