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MEMORANDUM To:Saint Anthony Village City Council From:Charlie Yunker, City Manager Date:April 14, 2026 Request: 3803 Stinson Boulevard RFP Criteria BACKGROUND The City is interested in seeking proposals for development of the City owned property at 3803 Stinson Blvd. Staff is looking for input from Council on the direction of the RFP. The City acquired the site in 2019 and the site has been vacant since. The site was utilized as a filling station until 2015. In 2025, the underground storage tanks (USTs) and canopy were removed. Due to the conditions of the existing building, any proposal of the property would require the demolition of the existing 7,245 square foot building. Proposed Use The property is 0.95 acres or 41,300 square feet. The site is zoned Planned Unit Development as a part of the Silver Lake Village PUD district. The City has considered opportunities to redevelop this site, including utilizing the Urban Land Institute to conduct a Technical Assistance Panel for the site and surrounding properties in 2023. In 2024 and 2025, Staff heard from Council and Planning Commission that the interest from the site was medium density owner-occupied housing with a percentage at least at 60 percent AMI and favorability towards developers who can incorporate sustainability principles. Other Considerations Environmental Clean-Up Due to previous uses of the site, the soil is contaminated. Any development will require maintaining the conditions. Grants are available to offset costs, but would require a level of effort from the developer to manage. Given the existing site conditions to manage the contamination will benefit from an experienced developer who is familiar with Minnesota Pollution Control Agency grants. Staff expects the environmental conditions of the site to impact the interest in the site. Land Trust Council had previously indicated interest to Staff to accommodate affordable units on the site. Affordability has consistently been one of the Council’s goals. One option that had been considered to ensure affordable units of the site was to put the property in a land trust. With this model, a developer would lead the development project and manage the property, but the site could remain in the City’s ownership, thus guiding long term affordability. This would require additional steps and working closely with Ehlers. In addition, given the size of the site and input from Council, medium density is the preferred option. Based on our zoning code and Council direction, Staff anticipates a reasonable development would 14