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Commissioners table Elks cooperative parking agreement; staff to provide cost estimates before next meeting
Summary
The board considered a cooperative-use agreement with the Elks Lodge to use adjacent property for daytime parking while the county would pave and maintain a shared lot; commissioners expressed concern about unknown construction costs and fairness of paying full improvement costs, then voted to table the item for cost estimates.
The Board of County Commissioners discussed a proposed cooperative agreement with the Elks Lodge of Fallon that would allow county staff and the Central Nevada Health District to use a portion of Elks Lodge parking during business hours, while the county would improve and maintain the shared lot.
Assistant County Manager Jim Barbee explained the background: the county purchased buildings at 270 and 290 South Main for Social Services, public works and Central Nevada Health District uses and sought a partnership with the Elks to add parking. "We approached the Elks Club ... to take into consideration that maybe we could partnership, in a cooperative agreement, where we would be able to utilize their area for parking, during business hours," Barbee said.
Public Works Director Randy Hines described the anticipated maintenance cycle: an initial paving, followed by periodic slurry seals to extend life. Hines said routine maintenance after paving is far less expensive than initial construction. County staff and the Elks negotiated a term that begins with a 25-year initial period and, after that, renewals on three-year cycles intended to match typical asphalt life.
Commissioners raised questions about cost allocation and the percentage of time the county would have access. Commissioner Matt Hyde asked why the county would bear the full cost of improvements when daytime use would amount to an estimated one-third of the week. Barbee and other staff replied the Elks are not planning to pay for improvements and that the county-owned portion of the lot is roughly 8,000 square feet of the total 13,000 square feet being considered.
Joe Sanford, county staff, provided a preliminary construction cost range for paving: "Somewhere between $8 and $12 a square foot, it's approximately 13,000 square feet. So we would be looking somewhere between $100 and $200,000 for paving." Commissioners said that range was too broad to authorize work immediately and requested more precise engineering estimates and a budget impact assessment.
Commissioner discussion produced several proposals: seek a cost estimate before proceeding; ask Randy Hines for an engineering estimate and drainage review; request the county approach the Elks and the City of Fallon again to explore shared funding; and consider tabling the agreement. County staff offered to produce a bid-ready engineering estimate by the next meeting.
The board voted to table the cooperative agreement until the next meeting so staff could provide construction and maintenance estimates and explore potential cost-sharing options. Randy Hines said he could prepare current-price engineering estimates prior to the next meeting. No paving contract or construction funds were approved at this meeting.
