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RESOLUTION 2000 - 8 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM TO PURCHASE HOMES IN THE CITY'S CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT WHEREAS, The City of Hugo has prepared a redevelopment strategy for Downtown Hugo, dated November, 1998, which proposes to replace residential uses along portions of Forest Boulevard and 14e Street with new commercial development; and WHEREAS, the City has in the adoption of its Comprehensive Land Use Plan and revised zoning ordinance designated this area as the City's Central Business District; and WHEREAS, the City of Hugo established Development District No. 1, on August 19, 1996, to facilitate development activities in the community, to remove physical and economic barriers to development, provide infrastructure improvements, and create sites for development; and WHEREAS, the City of Hugo has prepared a Transportation Planning Study, dated September 1999, which predicts that both Forest Boulevard (T.H. 61) and 14e Street (CSAH 8) will require expansion to four lanes to serve the increasing traffic demands of the community; and WHEREAS, the City of Hugo has agreed to jointly prepare a CSAH 8 corridor realignment study with Washington County to determine in what manner and location this highway should be improved; and WHEREAS, the City's Master Park Plan proposes the establishment of a community park at the intersection of 145"' Street and Forest Boulevard to enhance the commercial area; and WHEREAS, it will be necessary for the City to purchase property in the Central Business District for road expansion and commercial redevelopment; and WHEREAS, it is to the City's benefit to acquire these properties without the use of its powers of eminent domain where possible, thus avoiding high legal and relocation costs; and WHEREAS, property owners in the Central Business District have, and are expected to continue placing, their properties on the open market for sale; and WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Chapters, 412.211, 465.28, and 469.012, 469.137 and 471.191, and other applicable laws, grant the City authority to acquire property for public purposes, including, but not limited to, construction of streets and public utilities, parks and recreation purposes, and economic development and redevelopment; and NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Council of the City of Hugo, Washington County, Minnesota, that the following program to purchase residential properties in the City's Central Business District is established to promote and encourage the redevelopment of the District. 1.0 Purpose and Intent. The program is established to acquire selected residential properties in the City's Central Business District in preparation for road improvement and commercial redevelopment projects, on a willing -seller basis.