AGENDA DATE: 1/16/2019
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Development Services Advisor - Final Pre-Marketing Report
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Board Action Item to review and accept the Development Services Advisor's (Stantec) Final Pre-Marketing Report
ITEM TYPE: Regular Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Walker, Letteri, Henry, Johnson
PRESENTER (S): Doug Walker
LEGAL REVIEW: Not Required
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: Albemarle County was 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 along with an investigation of the potential to which this project could promote its highest strategic priorities of development, redevelopment and revitalization in the County's urban areas.
At the December 14, 2016 Board meeting, staff presented a proposed process for moving forward with the exploration of a public-private partnership to relocate the courts and/or County administration to a site in Albemarle County. Stantec Consulting Services was contracted in June 2017 and provided a final report with findings and conclusions to the Board at its December 13, 2017 work session. Stantec consultants presented an initial report on the costs, fiscal impacts, cost benefit analysis and any updates to the previously submitted Program Analysis Documents and Adjacency Study report, along with overall recommendations and a proposal on next steps. The Board received public comment and feedback on the analysis at a public hearing on December 18, 2017 and provided direction to staff at a special meeting on December 20, 2017 that resulted in the initiation of a pre-marketing study by Stantec as a next step to this work. Funding for the pre-marketing study was approved by the Board on February 7, 2018 (see Attachments A and A1).
The Stantec final pre-marketing report is ready and will be presented to the Board at the meeting. Timing of the completion and presentation of the re...
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