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Policy board votes to sell county-owned Battleground building at fair market value
Summary
After weighing alternatives, the board recommended a fair-market sale of the county-owned building at 701 East Main Street in Battleground and directed staff to present recommendations for how to use sale proceeds once funds are available.
The Urban County Policy Board on March 9 recommended selling a county-owned building at 701 East Main Street in Battleground on the open market and directed staff to return with allocation recommendations for any proceeds.
Staff presented three options for the property, purchased with Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds in 1993 and leased to Sea Mar since 2009: a direct sale to Sea Mar for $1 with a five-year restricted-use covenant; a sale at fair market value; or no change to the county’s ownership and lease arrangement. Rebecca Royce summarized previous staff findings, saying the county’s 2019 estimate for building rehabilitation was about $1.7 million and that the building’s assessed value is roughly $467,000. Royce also said Sea Mar had reported serving “over…
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