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RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO SELL OR CONVEY CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF DULUTH TO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #709 FOR AN ENTRANCE TO DENFELD HIGH SCHOOL.
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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 offer for sale or conveyance property in the City of Duluth legally described on the attached Exhibit A and depicted on the attached Exhibit B.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The purpose of this resolution is to authorize the conveyance of certain real property to Independent School District #709 (“ISD 709”). The Property is a part of vacated West 4th Street, and ISD 709 uses the Property as an entrance to Denfeld High School. ISD 709 requested the Property to maintain safe and reasonable access to the Denfeld High School property.
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 ISD 709 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 $14,500.