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Commission approves purchase and lease of Hangar 5 for Washoe County Special Operations; Pennington grant covers most cost
Summary
The Board approved purchasing a 39,600-square-foot hangar at Stead Airport for $1.75 million to house aviation, bomb squad, SWAT and search-and-rescue units; the Pennington Foundation provided a $1.5 million grant and the county signed a 50-year ground lease arrangement.
The Washoe County Board of County Commissioners on Sept. 16 approved a package of actions to acquire and occupy a permanent hangar for the Sheriff's Office Special Operations Division at Stead Airport.
County staff recommended the purchase of Hangar 5, a roughly 39,600-square-foot structure, from the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority for $1,750,000 and acceptance of a $1,500,000 unrestricted grant from the Pennington (William and Pennington) Foundation to fund the purchase. The board also approved a proposed noncommercial ground lease for a roughly 2.12-acre…
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