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RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO RECONVEY CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY IN THE KENWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
WHEREAS, Section 2-176 of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended, requires that prior to any city-owned property being offered for sale or conveyance, the city council shall, by resolution, state its intention to sell or convey such property.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Duluth city council hereby states its intention to reconvey property in the city of Duluth to the State of Minnesota, legally described as the Westerly eight feet (W’ly 8’) of the Southerly half (S’ly ½) of Lot Eight (8), Block Ten (10), Homewood Garden Tracts.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The purpose of this resolution is to authorize the reconveyance of certain real property to the State of Minnesota, legally described as the Westerly eight feet (W’ly 8’) of the Southerly half (S’ly ½) of Lot Eight (8), Block Ten (10), Homewood Garden Tracts (“City Parcel”). The city originally acquired this property in 2007 under a conditional use deed exclusively for street and utility purposes, but the city has not used the property for this purpose and does not intend to in the future.
City and county staff recently reviewed new tax-forfeited properties within city limits to determine which properties should be listed for sale. An adjacent parcel to the City Parcel is tax-forfeit property that could be sold (“State Parcel); however, the adjacent parcel is landlocked by the City Parcel. If the city conveyed its parcel back to the state, then the state can combine the City and State Parcels and list the combined property for sale as one lot. The combination of the parcels is desirable to provide for the sale of a developable lot (instead of a landlocked parcel).
The city conducted an internal review of the property and determined that: (a) the property is surplus of the city’s future needs, (b) the needs of the state of Minnesota are greater in importance than the need of the city to retain the property, and (c) the best interests of the citizens of the city will be best served by accomplishing such conveyance.
The property has an estimated market value of $1,900.