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HRA will consider sale of eight parcels to Dayton’s Bluff Neighborhood Housing Services for Village on Rivoli
Summary
Staff introduced a land sale and development agreement amendment to transfer eight parcels at the Village on Rivoli site to Dayton’s Bluff Neighborhood Housing Services; a public hearing and resolutions are scheduled next week.
St. Paul HRA staff introduced a proposal to sell eight parcels at the Village on Rivoli site to Dayton’s Bluff Neighborhood Housing Services to support the next phase of homeownership development on Railroad Island.
Sarah Zoran of PED’s housing division described decades of redevelopment at the site on the western edge of Railroad Island, northeast of downtown Saint Paul, and said Dayton’s Bluff has worked with the city, HUD, MHFA, the pollution control agency and neighborhood groups to remediate the former street‑sweeping dump and prepare lots for housing. ‘‘The site itself is located on the Western edge of Railroad Island just Northeast of Downtown Saint Paul,’’ Zoran said.
Dayton’s Bluff has completed three phases of single‑family development on the site — seven homes in phase one, five in phase two and nine in phase three — for a total of 21 homes now occupied by households earning roughly 80–115% of area median income, Zoran said. The next action would sell eight parcels to Dayton’s Bluff and amend the existing development agreement to add those parcels and the associated budget. A public hearing and possible action on the land sale and amendment are scheduled for next week.
Jim Urchell, executive director of Dayton’s Bluff Neighborhood Housing Services, told commissioners the new houses in the coming phase will be designed to match the neighborhood character and explained differences between north‑side and south‑side lots, including tuck‑under garages on sloped lots. Urchell said the organization has built 71 homes in Railroad Island to date and aims for 100 when current and planned phases are complete.
Zoran said Dayton’s Bluff has secured funding for the infrastructure and development from multiple sources, including HUD, LCDA, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA), new market tax credits, private financing and some city and HRA financing. She also said the project received a MHFA grant of more than $2 million and that the land sale action under consideration would not itself require new city or HRA dollars.
No vote was taken. Staff asked that the matter be set for public hearing next week so the council and HRA can consider the sale and amended development agreement at a subsequent meeting.
