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Committee reviews land-lease boundary adjustment tied to tourism fund and justice campus planning
Summary
The Budget Committee reviewed a proposed boundary adjustment and land-lease arrangement affecting county parcels used by the DMV and justice complex, discussed an estimated $1.8 million lease transfer to the capital approval fund and implications for parking and a proposed state court complex.
During the March 10 meeting the committee examined a draft land-boundary adjustment and a proposed land-lease mechanism that staff said is intended to clarify property ownership between the county, state and tourism fund parcels.
Curtis Cove, county controller, walked commissioners through a map showing parcels where the justice complex juts into adjacent property and a DMV parcel with awkward boundaries. Cove said the recorded adjustment would make property currently used by the DMV align with recorded boundaries and would move certain parcels into the fund-10 justice-complex designation.
Cove said the adjustment and related land-lease paperwork were designed to avoid overcharging the tourism fund; the lease would effectively transfer about $1.8 million into the county's capital approval fund to be used for future projects tied to the complex. "You're gonna come in at about a $1,800,000 transfer or land lease that will go into your capital approval fund," Cove said.
The committee discussed a proposed state court complex the state has described (staff said the state seeks to consolidate several courts into a $120 million complex) and whether the county's attorneys and victim services will have adequate space during phased construction. Commissioners and staff debated whether a county-funded parking structure remains necessary if the county reconfigures buildings and maximizes on-site parking; Cove said a feasibility study for the entire campus is planned and that maximizing land use could reduce or remove the need for a $6.2 million county parking contribution.
Committee members asked for continued coordination with the state, the county surveyor and the county attorney to finalize boundary descriptions, and for staff to prepare the lease, transfer documents and a resolution for the commission to consider.
