AGENDA DATE: 12/14/2016
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Exploration of Public/Private Partnership to Relocate Courts/County Admin to County Location
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Discussion of a potential process to form a public/private partnership to relocate courts and/or County administrative functions to a County location
ITEM TYPE: Regular Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Tom Foley, Doug Walker, Bill Letteri, Lee Catlin, Greg Kamptner
PRESENTER (S): Tom Foley
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Thomas C. Foley
BACKGROUND: Albemarle County has been engaged for some time in a thorough analysis and assessment of the County's future court needs and the best way to meet those needs. Given the status of discussions with the City and the results of various studies and analyses since 2011 regarding potential expansion options, the Board of Supervisors scheduled a public review and discussion of potential options with an opportunity for public comment on October 24, 2016. The Board was particularly interested in giving County taxpayers an opportunity to review the identified options and provide comment as the court expansion project reflects a very major investment of County funds and is in fact the most expensive project in the County's Capital Improvement Program budget. This meeting provided an overview of major milestones in the evaluation of options since 2011 and a review of information for each expansion option.
The Board adopted a resolution on November 2, 2016, directing County staff to fully explore and pursue partnership possibilities that deliver the most cost efficient economic benefit to County residents while preserving accessible Court facilities by relocating either Court facilities or County administration offices to an urban area in the County. The resolution also directed that these possibilities should be explored and vetted by the County prior to engaging in additional negotiations with the City about the Court facilities remaining in their...
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