HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2025-68 Approving Acquisition of Property at 5146 Eden Ave
RESOLUTION 2025-68
APPROVING THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY AT 5146 EDEN AVENUE
WHEREAS, the City of Edina (“City”) intends to acquire certain property from the Edina Housing
and Redevelopment Authority (“HRA”) as legally described in Exhibit A (“HRA Property”);
WHEREAS, the City previously owned the property and transferred title to the HRA in 2021 so
that the HRA could be in a position to study re-use alternatives, solicit input from the real estate
development community, consider design alternatives and solicit input from the general public to facilitate
the redevelopment of the site; and
WHEREAS, the HRA solicited redevelopment proposals from eleven (11) real estate developers in
March 2025 and after interviewing multiple teams in July 2025, the HRA is prepared to recommend a
preferred development team who is believed to offer the best terms and the best project for the site; and
WHEREAS, the City is considering a future sale of the Subject Property for a privately redeveloped
mixed-use project anticipated to include multi-family housing, commercial use(s) and outdoor walkways and
spaces some of which are available to the general public; and
WHEREAS, the future sale and redevelopment plans for the site will be subject to the City’s
standard development review process, including but not limited to advance notice to the public, public
hearing with Planning Commission and public hearing with City Council in accordance with applicable
Minnesota Statutes; and
WHEREAS, Minn. Stat. § 471.64 and related legal authority allows political subdivisions of the State
of Minnesota, which include cities and housing and redevelopment authorities, to transfer real property to
each other; and
WHEREAS, Minn. Stat. § 462.356, subd. 2 requires that the Planning Commission review the City's
proposed acquisitions and dispositions of property for compliance with the comprehensive municipal plan,
unless the City Council finds upon a 2/3 vote that such action has no relationship to the comprehensive
municipal plan.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Edina that:
1. The acquisition of the HRA Property has no relationship to the comprehensive municipal plan.
2. Review by the Planning Commission of the acquisition of the HRA Property is hereby
dispensed with, the acquisition of the HRA Property by quit claim deed is hereby approved,
and the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized and directed to execute all documents, and take
all appropriate measures to acquire the HRA Property.
ADOPTED this 19th day of August, 2025, by a 2/3 vote of the City Council of the City of Edina.
CITY OF EDINA
BY: _______________________________
James Hovland, Mayor
ATTEST:
______________________________
Sharon Allison, City Clerk
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN ) SS
CITY OF EDINA )
CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I, the undersigned duly appointed and acting City Clerk for the City of Edina do hereby certify that the attached is a
true and correct copy of the Resolution duly adopted by the Edina City Council at its regular meeting of August 19th,
2025, and as recorded in the Minutes of said regular meeting.
WITNESS, my hand and seal of said City this ______ day of________________________, 2025.
_______________________________
Sharon Allison, City Clerk
Sharon Allison (Aug 21, 2025 06:48:28 CDT)
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EXHIBIT "A"
Legal Description of HRA Subject Property :
Common Address: 5146 Eden Avenue, Edina Minnesota 55436
Parcel ID #s: 28-117-21-31-0014, 28-117-21-31-0015, and 28-117-21-31-0016
Legal Description:
Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, and the East 90 feet of Lots 11 to 19 inclusive, all in Block 2,
Grandview Heights, Hennepin County, Minnesota according to the recorded plat thereof;
And
That part of Government Lot 8, Section 28, Township 117, Range 21, lying North of the
centerline of Eden Avenue and East of a line drawn parallel to the main track of the
Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway from a point on the North line of said
Government Lot 8 distant 582 feet East from the Northwest corner of said Government
Lot 8.