Public Facilities District seeks license to study county land for proposed indoor multipurpose facility

David Berger, deputy prosecutor, and PFD counsel Bronson Potter briefed commissioners on a draft interlocal and a proposed revocable land‑use license that would authorize the Public Facilities District (PFD) to conduct site studies and prepare a 30% design for an indoor multipurpose facility on county land.

Berger said the county's legal review produced a license form tailored to a time‑limited, revocable right of access (rather than a lease) so the PFD could perform survey work, a level‑1 environmental assessment and early design work at its expense. Potter said the PFD would fund the 30% design and deliver a more specific budget and cost estimate once the studies are complete. Potter and Berger said they negotiated edits and the next step is for the county to identify an on‑site county contact to administer the license (the parties discussed using the county facilities administrator, Kim).

Berger told commissioners the license allows the county to revoke access and limits county obligations while enabling the PFD to better define the project's cost and program. Potter said the work will put the PFD in a position to present a more concrete scope and budget if the PFD and county choose to proceed. Berger requested a short executive session to discuss legal risks of the undertaking; after a closed session the board returned with no decisions recorded and directed staff to schedule the interlocal and license for a formal agenda (timing to be determined).

No formal license was executed at this meeting; Berger recommended bringing a finalized interlocal and the license document back to a regular agenda for possible approval and authorization for chair signature once staff confirm the county project administrator.