City Council Meeting Date: December 6, 2016
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: David E. Bennett, Public Works Director/City Engineer
Title
Consideration to go into closed session related to Mill Towns State Trail Property Acquisition at 1700 and 1900 Dundas Boulevard.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council is requested to consider a closed session to discuss potential property acquisition for Mill Towns State Trail at 1700 and 1900 Dundas Boulevard.
Summary Report:
The City Council may consider closing the meeting to discuss the property acquisition at 1700 and 1900 Dundas Boulevard. The City, per state statute 13D.05 below, may close the meeting to consider an offer for the purchase of property.
13D.05 MEETINGS HAVING DATA CLASSIFIED AS NOT PUBLIC.
Subd. 3.What meetings may be closed.
(a) A public body may close a meeting to evaluate the performance of an individual who is subject to its authority. The public body shall identify the individual to be evaluated prior to closing a meeting. At its next open meeting, the public body shall summarize its conclusions regarding the evaluation. A meeting must be open at the request of the individual who is the subject of the meeting.
(b) Meetings may be closed if the closure is expressly authorized by statute or permitted by the attorney-client privilege.
(c) A public body may close a meeting:
(1) to determine the asking price for real or personal property to be sold by the government entity;
(2) to review confidential or protected nonpublic appraisal data under section 13.44, subdivision 3; and
(3) to develop or consider offers or counteroffers for the purchase or sale of real or personal property.
Before holding a closed meeting under this paragraph, the public body must identify on the record the particular real or personal property that is the subject of the closed meeting. The proceedings of a meeting closed under this paragraph must be tape record...
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