HRA Meeting Date: February 1, 2024
To: Members of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority
From: Melissa Hanson, Housing Coordinator
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Consider Land Disposition Policy of the Northfield HRA.
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Action Requested:
The HRA is asked to review the attached Land Disposition Policy to be shared with the City Council for feedback prior to final HRA adoption.
Summary Report:
The Northfield HRA's mission is to be a partner in providing a sufficient supply of affordable, adequate, safe and sanitary dwellings in Northfield.
Our goal is to create a community with housing opportunities available along the entire housing spectrum: from renters to homeownership, first-time homeowners, to senior living, workforce housing and empty-nesters. We strive to create affordable housing opportunities and strengthen our neighborhoods utilizing:
* Sustainability
* Innovation
* Partnerships
* Community Input
Throughout the years, the HRA has come to own Real Property through various means: foreclosure, tax forfeiture, purchase, etc. The HRA has also sold to and partnered with developers for the development of land owned by the HRA: Spring Creek I & II, Hiley-Neff development, and the Cannon River Community Land Trust to name a few.
As the HRA contemplates the future of HRA owned land, establishing criteria and a path forward was needed. Staff first reviewed current City and Department policies to determine the policy and procedure for selling property. Staff determined that there was no existing policy in place that addresses the disposition of Real Property. In the absence of a formal City policy, staff consulted with City Attorney and the HRA convened a subcommittee to develop a disposition policy.
The subcommittee comprised of Commissioner Crow, Commissioner Nystrom, Commissioner Zuccolotto, and former Commissioner Dee and former Commissioner Gerdes.
Attached (Att. 1) is the policy that the subcommittee developed. Mayor Pownell has requested that, prior to the HRA B...
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