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RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO SELL OR CONVEY CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY IN THE CODY NEIGHBORHOOD.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
WHEREAS, Section 2-176(a) of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended (“Code”), 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 as Lots One (1), Two (2), Three (3), and Four (4), Block Seventy-eight (78), WEST DULUTH, SIXTH DIVISION.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The purpose of this resolution is to authorize the sale or conveyance of certain real property located at 5706 West 8th Street in the Cody neighborhood. The real property to be sold or conveyed is depicted on the attached Exhibit A.
The prior owners of this property voluntarily donated it to the City in 2015. The former structure located on the property was ordered for demolition on August 26, 2015 under Demolition Order #2297. Resolution 15-0744 authorized the City’s Building Official to take appropriate action to remove the structure. At the time of demolition, the structure was in an inhabitable, dilapidated, unsafe, and unsightly condition and was deteriorated in excess of 60% of its market value.
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 property currently has an estimated market value of $33,100.