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CITY OF HOPKINS
RESOLUTION NO. 92-92
RESOLUTION APPROVING A MODIFICATION OF THE
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT NO. 1
AND APPROVING THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PLAN FOR
TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT NO. 2-6
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council ("Council") of the City of Hopkins, Minnesota
(the "City") as follows:
Section 1. Recitals.
1.01. The Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of
Hopkins ("Authority") and the City have previously created Redevelopment Projects
No.1 and 2 (the "Projects") within the City and have approved Redevelopment
Project Plans ("Project Plans") for the Projects, all pursuant to Minnesota Statutes,
Sections 469.001 to 469.047 (the "HRA Act").
1.02. The Authority has determined a need to expand the boundaries of
Redevelopment Project No.1 and to create a new Tax Increment Financing District
No. 2-6 (the "TIF District") within Redevelopment Project No. 2 and within the
expanded Redevelopment Project No.1, and to that end has caused to be prepared
a document titled "Modification of Redevelopment Project No.1, and Tax Increment
Financing Plan No. 2-6 for Tax Increment Financing District No. 2-6, City of
Hopkins Housing and Redevelopment Authority, City of Hopkins, Minnesota," dated
October, 1992.
1.03. In accordance with the HRA Act, the amended Project Plan for
Redevelopment Project No.1 and the Tax Increment Financing Plan ("TIF Plan") for
the TIF District were referred to the City of Hopkins Planning Commission, which
submitted to the Council its written opinion that the amended Project Plan and the
TIF Plan conform to the general plan for the development of the City as a whole.
1.04. Estimates of the fiscal and economic implications of the TIF Plan were
timely presented to Independent School District No. 270 and to Hennepin County in
advance of the public hearing on the TIF Plan, as provided in Minnesota Statutes,
Sections 469.174 to 469.179 (the "TIF Act").
1.05. By Resolution No. 295 approved October 6, 1992, the Authority
approved the modified Project Plan and the TIF Plan and referred them to the Council
for public hearing as provided by the HRA Act and the TIF Act.
1.06. This Council has fully reviewed the contents of the modified Project
Plan and the TIF Plan and has on October 20, 1992 conducted a properly noticed
public hearing thereon at which the views of all interested persons were heard.
Section 2. Findings; Redevelopment Project.
2.01. It is hereby found and determined that within the area added to
Redevelopment Project No. 1 by this modification of the Project Plan, there exist
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conditions of economic obsolescence, underutilization and inappropriate used of land
constituting blight within the meaning of the HRA Act.
2.02. It is further specifically found and determined that:
(a) the land within the expanded boundaries of Redevelopment
Project No. 1 would not be made available for redevelopment without the public
intervention and financial aid to be sought as described in the modified Project
Plan;
(b) the Project Plan as modified will afford maximum opportunity,
consistent with the sound needs of the City as a whole, for the redevelopment
of the Project by private enterprise;
(c) the Project Plan as modified conforms to the general development
plan of the City as set forth in the comprehensive municipal plan.
2.03. The findings in this section are made in compliance with the HRA Act
for the purpose of showing the City's intent to exercise, in conjunction with the
Authority, the powers granted to the City and the Authority by the HRA Act in
order to achieve the objectives of that act.
Section 3. Findings; TIF District No. 2-6.
3.01. It is found and determined that it is necessary and desirable for the
sound and orderly development of the Projects and the City as a whole, and for the
protection and preservation of the public health, safety, and general welfare, that
the authority of the TIF Act be exercised by the City to provide public financial
assistance to the TIF and the Projects.
3.02. It is further found and determined, and it is the reasoned opinion of the
City, that the development proposed in the TIF Plan could not reasonably be
expected to occur solely through private investment within the reasonably
foreseeable future and that therefore the use of tax increment financing is
necessary.
3.03. The proposed public redevelopment costs to be financed in part through
tax increment financing are necessary to permit the City to realize the full potential
of the TIF District and the Projects in terms of development intensity, employment
opportunities and tax base.
3.04. The TIF Plan for TIF District No. 2-6 conforms to the general plan of
development of the City as a whole.
3.05. The TIF Plan for TIF District No. 2-6 will afford maximum opportunity,
consistent with the sound needs of the City as a whole, for the development of the
TIF District and the Projects by private enterprise.
3.06. TIF District No. 2-6 is a housing district under Section 469.174, Subd.
11 of the TIF Act, because the development anticipated therein is intended for
occupancy, in part, by person or families of low and moderate income, as defined in
chapter 462A, Title II of the National Housing Act of Minn. Stat. 937, as amended,
Title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, any other similar present or future
federal, state, or municipal legislation, or the regulations promulgated under any
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of those acts; and no more than 20 percent of the fair market value of the
improvements called for in the TIF Plan will consist of commercial uses or uses other
than low and moderate income housing.
3.07. The establishment of TIF District No. 2-6 and the approval of the TIF
Plan therefor is intended, and in the City's judgment its effect will be, to promote
the public purposes and accomplish the objectives specified in the TIF Plan and the
modified Project Plan.
3.08. The city has relied upon the reports and recommendations of its staff
and the Authority as well as the personal knowledge of members of the Council in
reaching its conclusions regarding TIF District No. 2-6.
Section 4. Actions Ratified; Plans Adopted; Certification; Filing.
4.01. The City Council hereby ratifies all actions of the City's staff and the
City's fiscal and legal consultants in preparing the modified Project Plan and TIF
Plan and arranging for their approval in accordance with the TIF Act and the HRA
Act.
4.02. The modified Project Plan and the TIF Plan are hereby approved and
adopted.
4.03. The geographic boundaries of Redevelopment Project No.1 as expanded
and of the TIF District are described in the modified Project Plan and TIF Plan, and
are incorporated herein by reference.
4.04. The Authority is authorized and directed to transmit a certified copy
of this resolution together with a certified copy of the modified Project Plan and TIF
Plan to the Director of Pr.operty Taxation of Hennepin County with a request that the
original tax capacity of the property within TIF District No. 2-6 be certified to the
Authority pursuant to Section 469.177, Subd. 1 of the TIF Act, and to file a copy of
the modified Project Plan and TIF Plan with the Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue
as required by the TIF Act.
4.05. The City Administrator is authorized and directed to transmit a certified
copy of this resolution to the Authority.
Approved by the City Council of the City of Hopkins, Minnesota this 20th da
of October, 1992.
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