AGENDA DATE: 10/11/2017
TITLE: Government Operations/Courts Relocation Opportunities Analysis - Advisory Services Update
BODY
SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Progress update by the consultant and staff on the status of work related to their evaluation to analyze the feasibility, cost, benefits, partnership opportunities and other impacts to relocate Courts and/or County Administrative functions to a County location.
ITEM TYPE: Presentation
STAFF CONTACT(S): Walker, Letteri, Catlin, Kamptner, Henry
PRESENTER (S): Trevor Henry
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Douglas C. Walker
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. The Board of Supervisors discussed five potential options with an opportunity for public comment last October 24, 2016. The court expansion project reflects a major investment of County funds and is the most expensive project in the County's Capital Improvement Program budget; therefore, the Board is particularly interested in giving County taxpayers an opportunity to review the identified options and provide comment.
Following that meeting, the Board adopted a resolution on November 2, 2016 directing 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 and/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 downtown Charlottesville location, so that the Board has fully developed options to make an informed decision about the future direction of the Court facilities expansion project. At the December 14, 2016 Board meeting, staff presented...
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