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Palm Springs City Council adds late closed-session item on real-property negotiations with GRIT Development
Summary
The Palm Springs City Council added a late closed-session agenda item on Feb. 25 to discuss real-property negotiations involving GRIT Development and two APNs; the city attorney named negotiating parties and said price and terms are at issue, and the council then adjourned to closed session.
The Palm Springs City Council on Feb. 25 added a late closed-session item to discuss real-property negotiations with GRIT Development, council members said.
City Attorney announced the addition, naming the negotiating parties and the parcels involved. “The negotiating parties would be GRIT Development, Michael Braun on behalf of GRIT Development, and the city manager and the city attorney on behalf of the city,” the City Attorney said, and provided assessor parcel numbers for staff: 513092009513092003 and 513-092-010. The attorney said the negotiations would focus on price and terms and that materials would be provided to the city clerk’s office.
The item was added to the closed-session agenda after the City Attorney said it came to staff attention after the agenda was posted and required immediate action. A motion to add the item was made and seconded; the council then proceeded to a voice vote. The record captures Chair and a council member saying “Aye,” but the transcript does not show a full roll-call tally or a recorded supermajority count necessary to independently confirm that procedural threshold was met.
One council member announced a recusal before the vote, saying the parcels are connected to a landlord for their business: “Madam mayor, I'm recusing on this item and the other GRIT items on closed session as they are the landlord for my business,” the council member said. Despite that statement, the audio in the record contains an “Aye” from the same voice; the transcript does not resolve that apparent inconsistency.
Before the procedural motions, the clerk confirmed attendance: “Let the record reflect that all members are present,” the clerk said.
After the procedural actions, the council adjourned to the small conference room to hold the closed-session negotiations on the added item.
The transcript does not record further details of the negotiation positions, any vote tallies beyond the brief on-the-record “Aye”s, or a named seconder for the motion. The matter was placed into closed session for confidential negotiation; any public disclosures or formal action would be reflected in future open meeting minutes or staff reports.
