Board authorizes notice of intent to purchase Brickway campus; debate over access, cost and county presence at airport business park

The Board of Supervisors authorized staff to publish a notice of intent to purchase the Brickway campus at the Airport Business Center and said staff will return in early May to present a potential purchase and sale agreement and related due diligence. The vote initiated the three‑week (and in this case, staff said, extended) public notice period required under the Government Code for the contemplated acquisition.

Why it matters: Public Infrastructure staff said acquiring Brickway could materially reduce the county's per‑employee capital cost versus building new county facilities on the existing campus. Staff presented a roadmap that would combine a new County Government Center on the existing campus with purchase of off‑campus space to accommodate approximately 1,700 employees while addressing deferred maintenance on aging county buildings. Staff said Brickway could house about 525 employees; 400 Aviation (a separate property discussed in the packet but delayed for FPPC reasons) could…