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Clay County declines to repurchase four Fargo–Moorhead diversion parcels valued at $111,000

Clay County Board of Commissioners · December 30, 2025
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Summary

Clay County commissioners told the Metro Flood Diversion Authority they do not wish to exercise the right to repurchase four Minnesota parcels (totaling about 22.37 acres) that the diversion authority declared excess. Commissioners debated whether staff recommendations aligned with the county’s excess-lands policy before voting to decline purchase.

Clay County commissioners on Dec. 30 voted to decline the opportunity to repurchase four parcels formerly held for the Fargo–Moorhead area flood diversion project, saying the county does not want the land to hold and noting a staff-policy discrepancy raised by one commissioner.

Darren briefed the board on the background: a 2019 Minnesota land-acquisition joint powers agreement created the Morehead–Clay County Joint Powers Authority (MCCJPA) to coordinate property acquisition…

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