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RESOLUTION TO APPROVE VACATION OF A SLOPE AND FILL EASEMENT, EFFECTING LOTS 70, 72, AND 74, DULUTH PROPER FIRST DIVISION, EAST FIFTH STREET.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that:
(a) The city council finds a sufficient petition was filed with the city requesting the vacation described in (e) below; and
(b) Pursuant to Section 100 of the City Charter and Section 50-37.6 of Chapter 50 of the Duluth City Code, as amended, such petition was duly referred to the city planning commission and such commission gave due notice of public hearing and did consider same in a public hearing and the city planning commission found that the slope and fill easement is not and will not be needed for public purposes; and
(c) The city planning commission, at its regular meeting on Tuesday, January 13, 2026 regular meeting, recommended approval of the vacation petition; and
(d) The city council finds that the petitioned slope and fill easement proposed to be vacated:
1. is not and will not be needed for the safe and efficient circulation of automobiles, trucks, bicycles, or pedestrians or the efficient supply of utilities or public services in the city; and
2. is not otherwise needed to promote the public health, safety or welfare of the citizens of Duluth.
(e) The city council of the city of Duluth approves the vacation of the slope and fill easement legally described and depicted on the attached Exhibit A; and
(f) That the city clerk is, pursuant to Section 100 (b)(7) of the Home Rule Charter of the city of Duluth, 1912, as amended, authorized to record, with the register of deeds and/or the registrar of titles of Saint Louis County, Minnesota, a certified copy of this resolution showing the easement to be vacated; and
(g) That the vacation shall lapse if this resolution is not recorded within 90 days of city council approval.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution vacates a slope and fill easement o...
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