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Department Approval Item Description: 1.0 BACKGROUND ks�bWSEN+EhE REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: 11/25/2013 ITEM NO: 7.d City Manager Approval Review the proposed acquisition and sale of 1840 Hamline Avenue by the Roseville Housing and Redevelopment Authority. 1.1 Minnesota Statute 462.356 establishes how a City is to effect or realize the goals of its Comprehensive Plan once adopted. This particular statute actually precedes the 4 requirement to adopt a zoning code that reinforces the Comprehensive Plan, and it 5 requires the City's "planning agency" to review all proposals by the City (or a "special 6 district or agency thereof') to acquire or dispose of land and to make findings as to the 7 compliance of the acquisition and /or disposal with the Comprehensive Plan. For 8 Roseville, the Planning Commission is the "planning agency" identified in the statute. 9 1.2 For the purposes of Minn. Stat. 462.356, the Roseville Housing and Redevelopment 10 Authority (RHRA) is a special district or agency of the City. Pursuant to RHRA's 11 Roseville Lot /Sale Replacement Program, they identified potentially- distressed residential 12 properties, using a property value $75,000 as a proxy, and contacted the owners of several 13 such properties to ascertain whether they were interested in selling to RHRA. Through 14 this process, 1840 Hamline Avenue was selected as the sub j ect of the program funding 15 available at this time; the location of the subject property is shown in the area maps 16 included with this report. Through the replacement program, the existing home on the 17 property would be demolished and the bare lot would then be returned to the real estate 18 market for development of a new home on the property, consistent with certain program 19 requirements. RHRA's discussions with the property owner about purchasing this parcel 20 are advancing, prompting the Planning Commission's review and formulation of findings 21 about the proposal's compliance with the Comprehensive Plan. 22 2.0 FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 23 The Planning Commission reviewed the proposed acquisition and disposal of 1840 24 Hamline Avenue at its meeting on November 6, 2013 and found the acquisition and 25 disposal to be consistent with the following goals and policies of the 2030 26 Comprehensive Plan. Draft meeting minutes are included with this report. 27 2.1 GENERAL LAND USE GOALS & POLICIES 28 Policy 3.2: Promote redevelopment that reduces blight, expands the tax base, enhances 29 the mix of land uses in the community, and achieves other community objectives. 3o 2.2 RESIDENTIAL AREA GOALS & POLICIES 31 Policy 6.1: Promote maintenance and reinvestment in existing residential buildings and 32 properties, residential amenities, and infrastructure to enhance the long -term desirability 33 of existing neighborhoods and to maintain and improve property values. 1840 Hamline Avenue RCA.doc Page 1 of 2