The County Issue DPPA is running two forums exploring the relationship between Duluth and St. Louis County. How do Duluthians and the City of Duluth interact with the County? What does the County do? Are the processes open and inclusive? Part I Wednesday, February 23 - Overview of the County's roles, including tax forfeit land management. Part II Wednesday, March 9 - Panel / audience discussion, how decisions are made. Time: 7:00 p.m. Place: 3rd Floor conference room, DeWitt-Seitz Deputy County Administrator and DPPA member Gary Eckenberg will moderate. Panelists include Bob Bruce - City Planning, Mark Weber - County Resource Management Supervisor, a city councilor and a county commissioner. With the possible exception of social services, no part of the County's activity impacts Duluth more than the management of tax forfeit lands that make up so much of Duluth's greenspace and green belt. St. Louis County holds three tax forfeit land sales each year, one each in February, June and October. In 2005, the sales will be held on February 8 and June 14 at the Depot in Duluth (10:00 a.m.) and on October 11 at the Miners Memorial Building in Virginia (11:00). Listings for the next land sale will be available approximately one month before the sale date and can be viewed from the county website. Properties that do not sell can be purchased directly from the county Land Department until such time they are reappraised. This can be any time up to two years. In this issue of Common Sense Nancy Nelson looks at the current situation. We also cherry pick some County report highlights, and we map the County districts. Contact information for Commissioners is listed on the County web site: http://www.co.st-louis.mn.us/Commissioners.htm. Dana Frey is the County Administrator, Alan Michell the Attorney, John Ongaro Intergovernmental Relations, David Epperly Land Commissioner, and Barbara Hayden Planning Director. The seven districts of St. Louis County. District 1: Dennis Fink District 2: Steve O'Neil District 3: Bill Kron District 4: Mike Forsman District 5: Peg Sweeney District 6: Keith Nelson District 7: Steve Raukar The districts within Duluth. Duluth is completely surrounded by district 5. These articles are retained on the web for historical interest and do not necessarily reflect the views or goals of DPPA today.

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