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Item No. Meeting Date: 10-26-98 Staff Report No. Type of Business: CB WK:Work Session;PH:Public Hearing; CA:Consent Agenda;CB:Council Business Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Steve Dorgan, Housing Inspector Item Title/Subject: Proposed Multi-Family Development- Salvation Army Date of Report: October 22, 1998 SUMMARY At the EDA meeting on October 13, 1998,the Commission requested the Salvation Army proposal be placed on the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting for action because of procedural requirements for the EDA. At the Worksession on September 8,the Council reviewed a proposal from the Salvation Army requesting the City to acquire and sell a tax-forfeited parcel(PID#08-30-23-22-0002)to them for a proposed development. The Salvation Army is proposing to acquire the parcel, as well as an adjacent lot(PID#08-30- 23-22-0003)owned by Glen Thorpe Realty,for the development of an 8 unit multi-family building. The subject site is located on Woodlawn Drive south of County Road I. The Salvation Army has secured funding necessary for the development of the proposed project and has obtained a purchase agreement for the acquisition of the lot owned by Glen Thorpe Realty. The Salvation Army is requesting the City Council approve the acquisition and resale of the proposed parcel contingent upon the approval of the rezoning and development review by the City Council. The City filed a"use deed' on the proposed lot in 1995 for the purposes of multi-family residential parking. The use deed has a five-year term. According to the Ramsey County Assessor,because the property is not currently being used for the intended purpose of the use deed,the property must either be used for the requested use, acquired by the City or the use deed released back to the County. Therefore,the Council should decide the City's interest in the subject parcel. ACTION TO BE CONSIDERED Staff requests direction for further process in this matter. Options include: 1. Arrange for the purchase and resale of the property to the Salvation Army contingent upon the City approving the development proposal for the subject site. 2. Release the use deed and acquire the property for the assessed value of approximately$29,000 for future development purposes. 3. Release the use deed and turn back the property to the Ramsey County where the property would be sold at a public auction. Steve Dorgan, g Inspector 717-4023 N:\DATA\GROUPS\COMDEN OUSINGVSALVAIN\EDA9_8.98