From the Ann Arbor News:
To some officials, it was a matter of ensuring the public trust that the Ann Arbor City Council won't sell parkland.
To others, it was considered an overreaction to an extremely unlikely occurrence.
The City Council voted 7-2 Monday night to not close what one council member called a loophole that would allow the sale of parkland without a state-mandated vote of the people. First Ward Council Members Bob
State law prevents the city from selling parks land that is part of the city master plan. The "loophole'' surfaced after the city of Novi used 75 acres of parkland in 2002 as part of a settlement with a developer that had won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against that city. The parkland was part of the 440-acre North Novi Park and was rezoned as "surplus'' property. The developer is using it for residential projects, a Novi city official has said.
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