Meeting record · Richfield, Minnesota
Housing & Redevelopment Authority — Monday, May 18, 2026
3 items on the record
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Items on the record
Item 5.aOutcome pendingrecorded in the approved minutes — tally not yet extracted here
Approval of Minutes: April 20, 2026 Joint HRA/Council Work Session and Regular HRA Meeting
The HRA considered approving the minutes of the April 20, 2026 joint work session, which covered ongoing discussion of 4d(1) tax classification policy and its roughly $445,000 citywide tax shift impact, and the April 20, 2026 regular HRA meeting, which included approval of the sale of 6326 14th Avenue South for a new duplex. This is a routine record-keeping action with no new policy change.
Item 7.aOutcome pendingrecorded in the approved minutes — tally not yet extracted here
License Agreement with McNamara Contracting, Inc. for 7700 Pillsbury Avenue South
The HRA considered a License Agreement allowing McNamara Contracting, Inc. to use HRA-owned land at 7700 Pillsbury Avenue South as a construction office, laboratory trailer, and staging/parking area for the Nicollet Avenue reconstruction project, which closes Nicollet Avenue to through traffic between 70th and 77th Streets starting June 1, 2026. The agreement runs through November 30, 2027, charges no license fee, and requires the contractor to restore the site and carry at least $2,000,000 in liability insurance naming the HRA as an additional insured.
Item 11.aOutcome pendingrecorded in the approved minutes — tally not yet extracted here
Memorandum of Understanding with Hennepin County for Bring It Home Schools to Housing Voucher Set-Aside
The HRA considered an MOU with Hennepin County to set aside 12 Bring It Home (BIH) rental assistance vouchers for Richfield Public Schools families facing housing instability, combining rental assistance with up to 12 months of County case management through the School to Housing program. The HRA was awarded $1,004,264 from Minnesota Housing to run BIH for up to 42 families through December 31, 2027, with BIH-SH referrals starting June 1, 2026 and the general BIH waiting list opening June 9-16, 2026.
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