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RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO SELL OR CONVEY CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF DULUTH TO ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A DRY POND.
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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.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The purpose of this resolution is to authorize the conveyance of certain real property to St. Louis County, Minnesota. A request has been made by St. Louis County to purchase and/or obtain a permanent easement over the property described on Exhibit A (“property”) for the installation of a dry pond off of Rice Lake Road.
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 St. Louis County 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 $3,400.