Residents of Tracy will see a slight change in the landscape of a couple neighborhoods after the Lyon County Board meeting Tuesday.
Lyon County commissioners approved a resolution to permit the City to demolish the remaining structures and materials on taxforfieted parcels at 424 Rowland St. and 200 Union St. in Tracy.
“They are part of the legacy tax forfeiture, stuck in the process of trying to sell these for three years on Minnbid,” explained Tracy Community Development Director Tom Dobson. “In the meantime, they are falling apart. We did have these two inspected and they were declared as hazardous and dangerous buildings. We chose two because that’s what we can afford to tear down. The foundations are crumbling. You can actually see from outside into the basements.” This process follows Dakota County’s resolution process for hazardous properties on state tax-forfeited land.
