File #: 21-0082R    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 1/29/2021 In control: Planning and Economic Development
On agenda: 2/8/2021 Final action: 2/8/2021
Title: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PROPER CITY OFFICIALS TO ACCEPT A DONATION FROM JONATHAN CIELUCH AND ASHLEY CHRISTIANSON, A/K/A ASHLEY CIELUCH OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE LINCOLN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.
Attachments: 1. Exhibit 1.pdf, 2. Exhibit 2.pdf
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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PROPER CITY OFFICIALS TO ACCEPT A DONATION FROM JONATHAN CIELUCH AND ASHLEY CHRISTIANSON, A/K/A ASHLEY CIELUCH OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE LINCOLN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.

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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that the proper city officials are hereby authorized to accept certain real property and enter into the donation agreement, substantially the same as that on file with the office of the City Clerk, with Jonathan Cieluch and Ashley Christianson, a/k/a Ashley Cieluch, a married couple, for the donation of real property in St. Louis County, Minnesota legally described below (the "Property"):

East 1/2 of Lot 326, Block 109, Duluth Proper Second Division
West 1/2 of Lot 324, Block 109, Duluth Proper Second Division

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the proper city officials are hereby authorized to: (i) execute all documents necessary to effectuate the acquisition of the Property from Jonathan Cieluch and Ashley Christianson, a/k/a Ashley Cieluch, and (ii) pay the costs allocated to the city in the donation agreement; closing costs to be paid out of Fund No. 262-020-5434 CD19CD PFAC-PF01 (community development, planning, grants & awards); delinquent real estate taxes and unpaid assessments to be paid from Fund No. 210-030-3132-5441 (special projects, finance, vacant building registration, other services and charges).

Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The purpose of this resolution is to authorize and accept the donation from Jonathan Cieluch and Ashley Christianson, a/k/a Ashley Cieluch, of real property located at 2008 W. 4th Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood (the "Property"). The Property consists of a parcel with a dilapidated structure on it, together with an adjacent lot that is vacant land.

The structure located on the property was condemned for human habitation on May 10, 2017 due to a large fire in that consumed much of the building. The current structure is in an uninhabitable condition tha...

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