Fortuna council held closed-door River Lodge talks, then reported no action

Fortuna City Council held a special meeting Aug. 3 devoted to closed-session negotiations over the River Lodge Conference Center, then returned to open session and reported no action.

The special meeting agenda said the council would meet at 5 p.m. at City Hall, 621 11th St., and enter closed session for three conference-with-real-property-negotiators items involving the River Lodge Conference Center at 1800 Riverwalk Drive. The agenda named City Manager Amy Nilsen as the agency negotiator and identified the counterparties as the Fortuna Union High School District, the Fortuna Chamber of Commerce, and the California Department of General Services on behalf of CAL FIRE.

The meeting minutes say Mayor Pro Tem Tami Trent called the meeting to order at 5 p.m., the council adjourned to closed session at 5:02 p.m., and when the meeting resumed there was no action to report out. The council then adjourned the special meeting at 5:44 p.m.

The public records do not disclose any substantive terms discussed in closed session, and they do not indicate whether the negotiations will continue or lead to an agreement.