AGENDA DATE: 12/7/2022
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Proposed Amendment to the 2018 Albemarle/Charlottesville Memorandum of Agreement for the Courts Project and Lease of Parking Lot to Serve Albemarle County Courts Users
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Proposed amendment to the 2018 County/City Memorandum of Agreement for the Courts Project, and proposed limited-hours lease of a parking lot owned by the City of Charlottesville to serve Albemarle County Courts users.
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Walker, Rosenberg, Herrick, Stewart
PRESENTER (S): Lance Stewart
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: In 2018, the County of Albemarle and the City of Charlottesville entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) (Attachment A) related to the localities' courts facilities. The MOA anticipated the construction of a new General District Court facility to serve both the City and the County; as well as renovation of the historic Albemarle County Courts complex and the City/County-owned Levy Opera House. The MOA further included provisions to ensure availability of convenient parking for Albemarle County Courts facilities, to include the construction by the City of a parking structure, with 90 parking spaces allocated to the exclusive use of County Courts staff and users.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Quality Government Operations - Ensure County government's capacity to provide high quality service that achieves community priorities.
DISCUSSION: On June 7, 2021, Charlottesville City Council passed a resolution that directed the City Manager to "cancel all pending procurement transactions and to cease all other activities previously commenced to facilitate development of the Parking Structure." The 2018 MOA anticipated the possibility that the City might elect not to construct the Parking Structure and detailed two County options: that "the City must provide 100 parking spaces in the Market Street Garage at or below Level 2...
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