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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 462-07 k c 3 • RESOLUTION FINDING A PARCEL TO BE OCCUPIED BY A STRUCTURALLY SUBSTANDARD,BUILDING BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council (the "Council") of the City of Rochester, Minnesota (the "City"), as follows: 1. Recitals. a. It has been proposed that the City create a tax increment financing district in an area within the City's area of operation to be designated a redevelopment district as defined in Minnesota Statutes, Section 469.174, Subd. 10. b. If a building is to be demolished before creation of a redevelopment tax increment district, in order to include the parcel on which the building is located in the tax increment financing district, the City must adopt a resolution making certain findings before the demolition or removal of the substandard buildings. c. There exists in the City's area of operation on the parcel • described in Exhibit A attached hereto a building to be demolished or removed by a private developer and the City intends to include the parcel in a tax increment district within three years of the demolition (the "Substandard Building . Condition"). 2. Findings. The City hereby finds that 100% of the area of the Parcel identified on Exhibit A attached hereto is occupied by buildings, streets, utilities, paved or gravel parking lots, or other similar structures, the parcel contains 1 building and the building is "structurally substandard" as defined in Minn. Stat. §469.174, subd. 10, and the City intends to include this Parcel within the proposed tax increment financing district. The substandard building, identified as 2 South Broadway, has been inspected by the Rochester Building Safety Department. The Department has found the building to be structurally substandard to a degree requiring substantial renovation or clearance and has issued a Declaration of Unsafe Building to the Developer. The Department deems the Building too unsafe for entry for any additional inspections. The Rochester Fire Department Building Detail Report describes the building as dangerous and recommends no entry during fire conditions. Copies of these reports are incorporated herein by • reference in their entirety. • 3. Demolition Agreement. A Demolition Agreement between the City and 2 South Broadway, LLP, a Minnesota limited liability partnership, pursuant to which the partnership will demolish the substandard buildings, at its sole expense, has been prepared and is on file with the City Clerk. The Demolition Agreement is hereby approved in substantially the form on file, and the Mayor and Clerk are authorized to sign the Agreement on behalf of the City. PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS /5r DAY OF 2007. PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL ATTEST: CITY CLERK APPROVED THIS ;Wd DAY OF 12007. MAYOR OF SAID CITY (Seal of the City of Rochester, Minnesota) Res051Resolu.S ubstandardSBdwy • EXHIBIT A Address: 2 South Broadway Owner: 2 South Broadway LLP Legal Description: Lot 7 of Block 33, Original Plat, City of Rochester Plat/Parcel: 2830/17933 CERTIFICATION The undersigned, being duly qualified and acting as the City Clerk for the City of Rochester, Minnesota, hereby certifies the following: The foregoing is a true and correct copy of a Resolution on file and of official, publicly available record in the Office of the City Clerk, which Resolution relates to finding of a parcel to be occupied by a structurally substandard building in the City's area of operation. Said Resolution was duly adopted by the governing body of the City (Common Council) at a regular or special meeting of the Common Council held on August 6, 2007. Said meeting was duly called, regularly held, open to the public, and held at the place at which meetings of the Common Council are regularly held. Councilmember Snyder moved the adoption of the Resolution, which motion was seconded by Councilmember Marcoux . A vote being taken on the motion, the following members of the Common Council voted in favor of the motion to adopt the Resolution: President Dennis Hanson, Councilmembers Pat Carr, Ed Hruska, Marcia Marcoux, Sandra Means, Bob Nowicki , Bruce Snyder And the following voted against the same: None Whereupon, said Resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. The Resolution is in full force and effect and no action has been taken by the Common Council which would in any way alter or amend the Resolution. WITNESS MY HAND officially as the City Clerk of the City of Rochester this 3rd day of October, 2007. City C erk City of Rochester, Minnesota •