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RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO SELL OR CONVEY CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY IN THE GARY-NEW DULUTH NEIGHBORHOOD.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
WHEREAS, Section 2-176(a) 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 offer for sale or conveyance real property in the city of Duluth legally described as:
A strip of land 25 ft on either side of the center line of Duluth Trans RY as formerly laid out across SE¼ of SE¼ of NE¼ of SW¼, EXCEPT MINERALS
St. Louis County, Minnesota
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The purpose of this resolution is to state the City’s intent to sell certain real property in the Gary-New Duluth neighborhood located off Commonwealth Ave. (across from Atlas Industrial Park). The real property proposed to be sold is an approximately 190’ x 25’ strip of land depicted in red on the attached Exhibit 1 (the “Property”). The Property is currently owned by the State of Minnesota and managed by St. Louis County as tax-forfeited land. The City intends to acquire the Property as a pass-through sale to a third party for economic development purposes. The Property is completely surrounded by property owned by the third party, and the City’s involvement is needed to facilitate the transfer to the third party. The third party’s property is depicted in blue on the attached Exhibit 1.
The city’s planning department reviewed the proposed sale or conveyance for conformity to the city’s comprehensive plan and determined that a sale or conveyance of the property conforms with said comprehensive plan and the property is surplus to the city’s future needs. The letter of conformity is attached as Exhibit 2.
According to the St. Louis County assessor, the real property intended to be sold has a current estimated market value of $4,000.