HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 16-063 LOWRY GROVE MANUFACTURED HOME PARK CLOSURE PUBLIC HEARING SEPTEMBER 8, 2016CITY OF ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE
RESOLUTION 16 -063
LOWRY GROVE MANUFACTURED HOME PARK CLOSURE PUBLIC HEARING
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016
WHEREAS, Minn. Stat. § 327C.095, subd. 3 requires a municipality receiving a manufactured
home park closure notice to hold a public hearing on the park closure; and
WHEREAS, the City of St. Anthony Code § 111.094 requires the City of St. Anthony to hold a
public hearing on a manufactured home park closure within 90 days of receiving a closure
statement concerning that park; and
WHEREAS, Minn. Stat. § 327C.095, subd. 4 requires that a public hearing concerning the
closure of a manufactured home park accomplish the following:
➢ Review the closure statement;
➢ Review and evaluate the impact the closure may have on displaced residents and the
park owner;
➢ Inform displaced residents that they may be eligible for payments from the Minnesota
manufactured home relocation trust fund under Minnesota Statute § 462.A.035 as
compensation for reasonable relocation costs; and
➢ Appoint a neutral third party to act as paymaster and arbitrator, with decision - making
authority to resolve any questions or disputes regarding any contributions to the trust
fund by the park owner and disbursements from the trust fund to home owners; and
WHEREAS, Minn. Stat. § 327C.095 directs the City to "review" the closure statement and does
not empower the City to determine the legal sufficiency of the closure statement; and
WHEREAS, Minn. Stat. § 327C.095, subd. 4, requires the City to appoint a neutral third party
that has been agreed upon by both the manufactured home park owner and manufactured home
owners, or to determine the appointment of a neutral third party if the parties cannot agree; and
WHEREAS, on June 15, 2016, the City of St. Anthony received from Continental Property
Group notice that it had purchased the Lowry Grove manufactured home park ( "the Park "); and
WHEREAS, the notice also contained a closure statement indicating that Continental Property
Group intends to close the Park by March 15, 2017; and
WHEREAS, the City of St. Anthony City Council held a public hearing concerning the closure
of the Lowry Grove manufactured home park on September 8, 2016, which public hearing met
the requirements of Minn. Stat. § 327C.095, subds. 3, 4, and City of St. Anthony Code §
111.094;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the closure statement concerning the Lowry Grove
manufactured home park has been reviewed, as required under Minn. Stat. § 327C.095; and
FURTHER RESOLVED, the impacts of the closure of the Lowry Grove manufactured home
park on displaced manufactured home resident, and the manufactured home park owner have
been reviewed and evaluated; and
FURTHER RESOLVED, manufactured home residents have been informed of their potential
eligibility for payments from the Minnesota manufactured home relocation trust fund as
compensation for their reasonable relocation costs; and
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FINALLY RESOLVED, 0o n\ `A . U)son
has been appointed neutral third party by agreement of the parties / determination of the Council
(underline one and strike the other) to act as paymaster and arbitrator, with decision - making
authority under Minn. Stat. § 327C.095, subd. 4, to resolve any questions or disputes regarding
any contributions to the trust fund by the park owner and disbursements from the trust fund to
home owners.
Adopted this 8`" day of September, 2016.
Jerome O. Faust, Mayor
ATTEST:
Nicole Miller, City Clerk
Review for Administration: _y // IU��
Mark Casey, City anager