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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Cwtra
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DATE* August 17., 1988 C J*
SUBJECT. Purchase of the Richmond Veteran' s Memorial v
Building by VFW Post 913, Richmond
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Decline the offer from the Richmond Veteran' s, Post 913 to
purchase the Richmond Veteran' s Memorial Building for $1. 00.
BACKGROUND
The veteran' s memorial buildings in the County are all County
owned and are leased to the local veteran' s associations for
maintenance and operation. The veterans generate revenue to pay
for maintenance, insurance and operational costs by renting the
buildings out for receptions, classes and meetings. As the.
leases for the buildings have come up for renewal during the last
few years the veterans have been asked to assume total
responsiblity for the maintenance rather than just interior and
gardening maintenance. The policy comes from Board direction in
past budget reviews as to ways to reduce the maintenance costs
for the County and have the groups that are benefiting from the.
buildings pay the cost of running the buildings.
The Richmond Veteran' s Building is the newest of all of the 12
Memorial Buildings. The original building was purchased by the
Richmond Redevelopment Agency and destroyed. The proceeds of the
sale were applied, plus a substantial extra amount, to the
purchase and rehabilitation of the present structure. The
building and land is now worth in the range of $300,000 to
$500,000 . The offer to purchase the building for $1. 00 if the
County fixes the roof first is not consistant with sound,
long-term property management in view of the market value of the
parcel. The Board reaffirmed the policy .of maintaining
custodianship of the buildings and using the market value
approach recently when the City of Lafayette made a similiar
offer.
The purchase offer from the Richmond Veteran' s Association is
evidence that they are apparently confident that they can
maintain the building. The County lease requires them to -do the
same thing but without title to the building.
It is recommended that the Board retain title to this valuable
asset for the future benefit of the Veterans and the community.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _ YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE J OTHER
S_I GNATURE IS 1: n O O �(
ACTION OF BOARD ON August23, 988 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED � OTHER `
On recommendation of Supervisor Powers , the Board REQUESTED County Counsel
to write a legal opinion on the rights and obligations of the County with
respect to Veterans ' buildings .
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT I'V AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES; NOES. AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT.;' ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc: ATTESTED August 2 3 . 1988
'COUntY Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
County Counsel SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
General Services (Lease Management)
BY ,DEPUTY
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