Victoria Heller writes:
Monday, I will drive downtown and ask the MCDA/CPED Sears site project
manager for a copy of the appraisal. If necessary, I will invoke the
Minnesota Data Practices Act -- though I believe the agency would then
have ten days to comply with the request.
Steve Brandt writes:
If Ms. Heller is still listening, she might want to call before she
goes. Generally, appraisals done for a public agency are nonpublic data
under state law in the early stages of negotiation. Here's Minnesota
Statutes 13.44 on the topic:
Subd. 3. Real property; appraisal data. (a)
Confidential or protected nonpublic data. Estimated or
appraised values of individual parcels of real property which
are made by personnel of the state, its agencies and
departments, or a political subdivision or by independent
appraisers acting for the state, its agencies and departments,
or a political subdivision for the purpose of selling or
acquiring land through purchase or condemnation are classified
as confidential data on individuals or protected nonpublic data.
(b) Public data. The data made confidential or
protected nonpublic by the provisions of paragraph (a) shall
become public upon the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) the negotiating parties exchange appraisals;
(2) the data are submitted to a court appointed
condemnation commissioner;
(3) the data are presented in court in condemnation
proceedings;
(4) the negotiating parties enter into an agreement for the
purchase and sale of the property; or
(5) the data are submitted to the owner under section
117.036.
Steve Brandt
Star Tribune
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