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Council authorizes staff to prepare demolition resolution for Marycliff after yearlong preservation effort
Summary
After a year of effort to find alternatives, staff said the order‑owning Marianist province insisted on either selling the entire property or relocating the Marycliff residence; council authorized staff to begin a resolution to issue the demolition permit, with one council member voting no.
The planning and parks department told the council it had spent roughly a year pursuing options to preserve Marycliff, a historic residence on the Marianist Retreat Center property. Staff said the province that owns the retreat center told the city last year the municipality had two options: buy the entire property (which staff described as impractical) or accept the house and move it elsewhere. Staff and private-sector volunteers pursued private efforts to save the…
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