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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY IN THE DULUTH HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE DULUTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR NOMINAL CONSIDERATION. (REPLACEMENT)
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1.
(a) Pursuant to Section 2-176(a) of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended (the "Code"), the city council stated its intention to sell or convey certain property as set forth in Resolution 16-0614.
(b) Pursuant to Section 2-177.3 of the Code, the city council finds that the conveyance to the Duluth Economic Development Authority ("DEDA") of that certain real property legally described as:
The Southerly Twenty feet (S'ly 20') of Lots One (1) through Five (5), inclusive, Block Thirty-three (33), all in DULUTH HEIGHTS, SIXTH DIVISION, according to the recorded plat thereof, including that part of vacated Maple Street as platted in said DULUTH HEIGHTS, SIXTH DIVISION, also known as Oregon Avenue and Niagara Street, accruing thereto by reason of the vacation thereof, reserving a utility easement under, over, upon, across, and along the Westerly Forty feet (W'ly 40') of said portion of vacated Maple Street; and
Lots Six (6) and Seven (7), Block Thirty-three (33), DULUTH HEIGHTS, SIXTH DIVISION, according to the recorded plat thereof; and
The Southerly Twenty feet (S'ly 20') of Lots Eight (8) through Sixteen (16), inclusive, Block Thirty-three (33), DULUTH HEIGHTS, SIXTH DIVISION, according to the recorded plat thereof.
("City Property")
is in the best interests of the citizens of the city and exceeds the needs of the city to retain the property.
(c) Pursuant to Section 2-176(b) of the Code, the City's planning department reviewed the proposed conveyance of the City Property for conformity to the City's comprehensive plan and reported that the conveyance of the City Property to DEDA conforms with said comprehensive plan, as shown on the attached Exhibit A.
(d) Pursuant to Section 2-176(c) of the Code, the...
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