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Update: On Feb. 10, 2014 the city clerk announced that the special session had been cancelled.

The city of Ann Arbor has announced a special session of the city council for Feb. 10, 2014 at 6 p.m. in city council chambers. The purpose is to consider the question of exercising the city’s right of first refusal to purchase the 16.7 acres of land owned by Edwards Brothers Malloy on South State Street. The session will include a closed session to discuss land acquisition.

The 6 p.m. start time is different from the council’s regular 7 p.m. start time. The council has a budget working session scheduled for 7 p.m. on the same day.

The council had considered the question at its most recent … [Full Story]

A special meeting of the Ann Arbor city council has been called for 7 p.m. on Sept. 9, 2013, to convene a closed session under the Michigan Open Meetings Act, to discuss labor negotiation strategy. The meeting will start in open session in the city council chambers.

The council has a work session already scheduled for that time – as a joint session with the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority. The topic of the joint work session will be the agreement under which the DDA manages the city’s public parking system. The session is required under terms of the parking agreement. The work session will immediately follow the council’s special meeting.  [.pdf of Sept. 9, 2013 special session notice]