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RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO SELL OR CONVEY CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY IN THE LINCOLN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
WHEREAS, Section 2-176(a) 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 as the East Half (E ½) of Lot Three Hundred Twenty-eight (328), Block Thirty-seven (37), DULUTH PROPER, SECOND DIVISION, according to the recorded plat thereof.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The purpose of this resolution is to authorize the sale or conveyance of certain real property located at 2014 W. Superior Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. The real property to be sold or conveyed is depicted on the attached Exhibit A.
The city acquired this property in the 1980s to support construction of a building to be used as an indoor pedestrian passageway between the two adjacent buildings. The property has not been used for its intended purpose for quite some time and is currently vacant. After several years of deferred maintenance, the building needs significant improvements including replacing the roof, tuck pointing on the neighboring walls, addressing drainage issues in the basement, and upgrading the electrical cabling, among others.
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 letter of conformity is attached as Exhibit B.
According to the St. Louis County assessor, the property currently has an estimated market value of $35,960.