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Grand Junction City Council convenes executive session on possible transfer of 2736 UnawEEP Ave
Summary
The Grand Junction City Council voted 7-0 on April 15 to enter an executive session under Colorado open meetings law to develop negotiation strategy for a possible transfer of real property at 2736 UnawEEP Ave. The council reconvened and adjourned later that evening; no public action on the transfer was recorded.
The Grand Junction City Council voted unanimously on April 15 to enter an executive session to discuss negotiation strategy for a possible transfer of real property located at 2736 UnawEEP Ave in Grand Junction.
Councilmember Laurel Lutz moved to convene an executive session and Councilmember Jason Nguyen seconded. The motion cites Colorado Revised Statutes 24-6-402(4)(e)(I) and 24-6-402(4)(a), which allow meetings closed to the public to develop strategy for negotiations and to instruct negotiators. The motion passed 7-0.
According to the meeting minutes, the council met in the City Hall Administration Conference Room at 4:30 p.m. Council President Cody Kennedy called the special meeting to order; attendees listed in the minutes included Councilmembers Robert Ballard (joining virtually), Scott Beilfuss, Laurel Lutz, Jason Nguyen, Anna Stout and Ben Van Dyke, and senior staff including Interim City Attorney Jeremiah Boies and City Manager Mike Bennett.
The minutes record that, "upon completion of the Executive Session," Councilmember Nguyen moved and Councilmember Van Dyke seconded to adjourn the executive session; that motion also carried 7-0. The special meeting was reconvened at 5:29 p.m. and adjourned at 5:30 p.m. The minutes do not record any public vote or formal council action on the proposed transfer.
The executive-session citations in the motion were C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(e)(I) and 24-6-402(4)(a), as entered in the official minutes. The minutes do not specify next steps, terms under negotiation, whether the subject property is city-owned or held by another entity, nor any timeline for a public report or subsequent public meeting on the matter.
Selestina Sandoval, the city clerk, signed the minutes that close the record of the special meeting.
The council took no further public action during the April 15 special meeting; any formal proposals, agreements, or votes related to the property transfer were not recorded in the public minutes provided.
