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RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO SELL OR CONVEY CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY IN THE LESTER 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:
Lot Two (2), Block Fourteen (14), LESTER PARK 2ND DIVISION,
St. Louis County, Minnesota.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The purpose of this resolution is to authorize the sale or conveyance of certain real property located near the intersection of 54th Avenue East and Tioga Street in the Lester Park neighborhood. The real property proposed to be sold or conveyed is outlined in red on the attached Exhibit A and is a vacant lot adjacent to the former Lester Park library. The City desires to include this lot as a part of the “Rebuild Duluth Program,” which purpose is to disburse publicly-owned, developable lots for construction of new homes.
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 real property intended to be sold or conveyed has a current estimated market value of $8,600.