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HRA introduces plan to buy 415 Clarence Street adjacent to Gold Line Aetna Street Station
Summary
The St. Paul HRA introduced a plan to acquire 415 Clarence Street, a single‑family parcel immediately adjacent to Metro Transit’s Gold Line Aetna Street Station, citing relocation requirements under state law and potential for higher‑density redevelopment; staff said a purchase agreement and relocation plan are drafted and the board will vote at a
The St. Paul City Housing and Redevelopment Authority on Wednesday introduced a plan to acquire 415 Clarence Street, a single‑family parcel that staff says sits immediately adjacent to Metro Transit’s Gold Line Aetna Street Station.
The item was introduced by Jonathan Reester, project manager in the HRA economic development team, who said Metro Transit’s Gold Line “is a bus rapid transit line that runs between Downtown Saint Paul and Woodbury,” and that construction removed a planted berm that previously separated the house from the freeway corridor and station. Reester said the HRA has drafted a purchase agreement with the property owner and will return to the board next week with a vote.
The move affects one occupied house and is being driven, staff said, by both the disruption to the resident and by what the agency described as a transit‑oriented redevelopment opportunity.…
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