79-02 CITY OF CHANHASSEN .
HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
RESOLUTION
Dated: May 10, 1979
Motion by Commissioner Przymus
Resolution No. 79-02
Seconded by Commissioner Niemeyer
Resolution Modifying Downtown Redevelopment Plan
WHEREAS, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Chanhassen, Minne-
sota, has previously, by its resolutions dated November 29, 1977, and
December 18, 1978, approved a tax increment redevelopment plan and
district under §462.585 of Minnesota Statutes for downtown Chanhassen;
and
WHEREAS, S462.525(6) of Minnesota Statutes allows the modification of
a redevelopment plan at any time; and
WHEREAS, the above described redevelopment plan identifies Lots 1 and
2, Block 2 of Frontier Development Park, Carver County, Minnesota
(hereinafter the Subject Premises) for redevelopment as an open space
zone serving as a gateway to an auto oriented retail service zone; and
WHEREAS, the Authority has received from one Lawrence N. Zamor (herein-
after the Developer) a proposal to replat the Subject Premises as Lots
1, 2 and 3, Block 1, Zamor Addition; and to construct upon said Lot 1 a
Holiday Stationstore, Inc. combination automobile fuel station/retail
convenience shopping facility and to construct upon said Lot 2 a Happy
Chef Systems, Inc. restaurant; and
WHEREAS, the Subject Premises lie within the boundaries of the above
described redevelopment district; and
WHEREAS, the Authority has advised the Developer that the proposed
development would be approved only if a significant portion of the
Subject Premises were to be developed so as to have a park-like appearance
which would project an open space image into the commercial use area of
said redevelopment district; and
WHEREAS, said condition has the effect of requiring the Developer to
expand the area of the above described development proposal to include
additional land; and
WHEREAS, the Developer has advised the City of Chanhassen and the
Authority that such expansion of the development area would render the
proposed development economically unfeasible; and
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Ho~y/Happy Chef
EXHIBIT A
That part of Lot 1, Block 1, ZAMOR ADDITION, Carv.er County,
Minnesota, described as follows:
Beginning at the northeast corner of said Lot 1; thence
southwesterly along the easterly line of said Lot 1 to the
southeast corner of said Lot 1; thence on an assumed bearing
of North 85 degrees 10 minutes 11 seconds West along the
south'line of said Lot 1 a distance of 25.76 feet; thence
North 26 degrees 06 minutes 27 seconds East a distance of 62.35
feet; thence North 5 degrees 59 minutes 42 seconds East a
distance of 103.41 feet more or less to the north line of
said Lot 1; thence easterly along the north line of said
Lot 1 to the point of beginning.
Together with the southerly, southeasterly, and easterly twenty-five
(25) feet of Lot 2, Block 1, Zamor Addition, Carver County,
Minnesota.
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WHEREAS, the Authority finds that the Subject Premises would, in all
probability, not be developed for open space purposes by private
enterprise in the absence of some form of financial assistance from
the Authority.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Governing Body of the Housing
and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Chanhassen:
1. That the above described redevelopment plan be modified as
follows:
a. That that portion of the S.ubject Premises'which is described
on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof is hereby identified
for acquisition by the Authority for development as an open space area
available for resale at a cost write-down to one or more private.
developers provided that said developers assume by written contract
appropriate maintenance duties as to said open space;
b. That the remaining portion of the Subject Premises be
incorporated into the auto-oriented retail services redevelopment zone
more specifically described in the above described redevelopment plan.
2. That application is hereby made to the City Council of the
City of Chanhassen, the governing body of the municipality in which
the above described redevelopment project is located, for the approval
of the foregoing plan modifications and the Executive Director of the
Authority is hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the Authority
to transmit said modification to said City Council, together with a copy
of this resolution and the written opinion of the City Planning Commission
of the City of Chanhassen, and to take such other action as he, the
said Executive Director, may deem necessary and advisable in order to
secure from said City Council its approval of the 'foregoing plan modi-
fications. Said City Council is hereby requested to hold a public hearing
on said plan modifications after giving published notice of the date,
time, place and purpose of such hearing in a newspaper of general circu-
lation in the City of Chanhassen, such notice to be published once at least
ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing. Said City Council is
.hereby requested to approve the foregoing plan modifications. Said
Executive Director is hereby authorized and directed to transmit to the
State Planning Officer of the State of Minnesota and to the State Housing
Commission and to the Minnesota State Planning Agency certified copies
of the resolution and any other papers and documents described in or
referred to in S462.445, Subd. 8 of Minnesota-Statutes.
3. That it is hereby found that the objective of the above
described redevelopment plan cannot be achieved through more extensive
private redevelopment of the Subject Premises.
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Passed this 22nd day of May, 1979, by the Chanhassen Housing and
Redevelopment Authority.
Executive Director
YES
Bill Gullickson
Mike Niemeyer
John Przymus
None
Absent: Clifford Whitehill
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