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EDA convenes closed session citing Virginia FOIA to discuss performance agreements and potential Seminole Trail development
Summary
The Economic Development Authority entered a closed meeting under Virginia FOIA subsections to discuss existing and potential performance agreements, including a potential commercial development near Seminole Trail and legal matters involving Monument, Inc.
At the end of its public session the Albemarle County Economic Development Authority voted to enter a closed meeting under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to discuss several matters the authority said required confidentiality for negotiating and legal reasons.
The motion, adopted in public session, cited Code of Virginia §2.2-3711 and invoked subsections that permit closed deliberation on acquisition/expansion of industry and negotiation of expenditures or incentives, and to receive legal advice on a specific performance agreement involving Monument, Inc. The authority identified discussion topics as: expenditures and investments related to existing performance agreements, a potential performance agreement for a commercial development on Seminole Trail, and location or expansion of a business in the Seminole Trail/Brookland magisterial area where no public announcement has been made.
Members approved the motion and moved into closed session; the public transcript records the motion language and the statutory subsections cited. After the closed session the chair completed a certification roll-call that the closed session had complied with FOIA requirements; the roll-call names were read aloud and members answered in the affirmative. The public record provided no substantive details from the closed session discussions; no public action on the items was recorded following the closed meeting in the provided transcript.
The EDA scheduled a joint meeting with the Board of Supervisors for Aug. 13 and noted its next regular meeting on July 19; staff will follow any statutory requirements about public disclosure of final decisions if and when the authority chooses to make terms public.
