File #: 24-669    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 11/4/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/12/2024 Final action:
Title: Consider Calling for a Public Hearing to Consider Sale of Property in Northfield for Northfield Hospital + Clinics.
Attachments: 1. 1 - NH+C Property Sale Notice of Public Hearing, 2. 2 - NH+C Sale Request, 3. 3 - SUPPLEMENTAL 1 - City Council Supplemental Agenda Background Memo No. 1 for November 12, 2024
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City Council Meeting Date:                     November 12, 2024

 

To:                                          Mayor and City Council

                                          

From:                                          Ben Martig, City Administrator

                                          Melissa Hanson, Housing Coordinator

 

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Consider Calling for a Public Hearing to Consider Sale of Property in Northfield for Northfield Hospital + Clinics.

 

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Action Requested:                     

The Northfield City Council considers approving motion calling for a public hearing for the sale of property in Northfield for Northfield Hospital + Clinics.

 

Summary Report:

The Northfield Hospital + Clinics own 706/716 2nd Street West. This property has been in use by the Hospital as ambulance storage.

 

The public hearing notice will be published in the Northfield News on Wednesday, November 13, 2024.  The public hearing will be on the November 26, 2024 City Council meeting with action to follow.

 

Per Northfield City Charter Section 15.5 a public hearing is required prior to the sale of real property. 

City Charter Section 15.5. - Sales of Real Property.

The council may by resolution approved of by at least five (5) members sell or otherwise dispose of any real property of the city. A sale or other disposition of the city's real property may be made only after a public hearing has been held and published notice of the hearing has been given at least ten (10) but not more than thirty (30) days prior to the hearing. The net cash proceeds of the sale of the property shall be used to retire any outstanding indebtedness incurred by the city in the acquisition or improvement of the property. Any remaining net cash proceeds shall be used to finance other improvements in the capital improvement budget or to retire any other bonded indebtedness.

 

The notice of public hearing (attachment #1) and a memo from the NH+C requesting the sale (attachment #2) are included.

 

Alternative Options:

N/A

 

Financial Impacts:                     

None.

 

Tentative Timelines:                     

                     November 12, 2024                     City Council calls for public hearing

                     November 13, 2024                      Public Notice in Northfield News

                     November 21, 2024                     Planning Commission review of HRA’s acquisition

                     November 26, 2024                     Public Hearing on property sale and removal of Restrictive Covenants

                     November 26, 2024                     City Council votes on property sale

                     December 31, 2024                     Closing Date, if approved