To: Board of Supervisors
From: Public Works
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Authorization to Negotiate Terms for the Purchase of Real Property Located at 803 4th Street, Eureka, California
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve and authorize Public Works Director, and designees thereof, to negotiate terms for the purchase of real property located at 803 4th Street in Eureka, California with Courthouse Union, Inc., and any duly authorized agents thereof.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
2020 Finance Plan
DISCUSSION:
On Jan. 19, 2016, your Board approved the first stage in a comprehensive finance package to move the county in the direction of having a campus, where like functioning programs are grouped together for better public services.
The property located at 803 4th Street is located adjacent to the county's IT Building and directly across 4th Street from the Humboldt County Courthouse, two key county facilities. Properties in this area have a high strategic value for continued development, supporting the goals of the county's 2020 Facilities Master Plan and the county campus concept. Currently in use as an automobile service station, the site was formerly used as a gas station. Underground storage tanks supporting that former use have been removed and remediated. Preliminary investigations into the property support potential future development. The owner has decided to sell this property, and county staff would like to move forward with negotiating terms of a purchase agreement with the property owner's agent, Tina Christensen-Kable of Coldwell Banker Cutten Realty (California Department of Real Estate License #00476701).
Accordingly, staff recommends that the Board authorize the Public Works Director, and designees thereof, to negotiate terms for the purchase of said property with Courthouse Union, Inc. and any duly authorized agents thereof. These terms will co...
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