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Grand jury urges public property database and code cleanup; city and school district outline next steps
Summary
A civil grand jury called for a consolidated public property map and legislative updates to Chapter 23A to better manage surplus and underused city and school district real estate. Mayor's Office said an integrated mapping system is in beta with full implementation targeted for Q1 2014; the School District outlined recent sales, leases and a proposed $235 million Ruth Asawa School of the Arts project.
The civil grand jury presented a report to the Government Audit & Oversight Committee on Sept. 3 urging improved transparency and active management of city and school district real estate. The jury recommended a consolidated web‑based property information map and database, periodic review and cleanup of Chapter 23A of the Administrative Code to broaden permissible uses of surplus property, and institutional changes to charge specific entities with reviewing underused assets.
Tom Walker and Paul Cheng summarized examples of fallow or underused properties and recommended a consolidated public database to make property status and…
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