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FROM: M. G. Wingett, County Administrator Conlra
DATE: �1ou�
October 25, 1983 r
SUBJECT: Walnut Creek Veterans Memorial Building
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that your Board:
1. Indicate its willingness to re-invest the proceeds from the
sale of the Walnut Creek Veterans Memorial Building being acquired by the
City of Walnut Creek' s Redevelopment Agency for facilities to serve the
veterans groups being displaced by this acquisition.
2. Designate the County Administrator to represent the County in
negotiations and discussions with the veterans organizations and the City
of Walnut Creek in this matter.
3. Indicate the County' s inability to contribute any further financial
assistance beyond the proceeds of the sale of the memorial building property
for veterans purposes in the Walnut Creek area.
BACKGROUND:
For several years the City of Walnut Creek has had plans to redevelop
portions of the downtown area which include the parcel on which the County-
owned Walnut Creek veterans memorial building is located. It now appears
such an acquisition will go forward and will occur no later than approxi-
mately one year. The law would allow the Walnut Creek Redevelopment Agency
to acquire this County-owned property for their Towne Centre project
through procedure of eminent domain if a negotiated acquisition cannot be
arranged.
Understandably the veterans organizations currently using the Walnut
Creek facilities are concerned about their requirement to relocate. There
have been several meetings between city officials and the veterans con-
cerning the status of the project. I attended the last of these meetings
at which it was agreed to form a Veterans Building Relocation Committee
including veteran representatives from the Walnut Creek organizations,
city officials and County representatives. Clarence Nixon, Director of the
Veterans Administration Hospital, has indicated a willingness to chair this
committee as a party who is not directly involved in the issue.
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City of Walnut Creek J.R. OLSSON. COUNTY CLERK
AND EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE BOARD
M382/7-83 BY DEPUTY
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The Walnut Creek veterans memorial building was constructed with
general fund monies and therefore the County has the authority to dispose
of the proceeds ,of the sale to the City in any manner in which the Board
chooses. It is our recommendation that your Board indicate as a policy
matter that you are willing to re-invest these funds for facilities to
serve the veterans organizations now utilizing the Walnut Creek building.
This would be exactly the same policy that your Board adopted with respect
to the Family Stress Center owned by the County which was recently acquired
by the Concord Redevelopment Agency. We have made clear, however, that
the County does not have any additional capital improvement funds to invest
in any relocation effort.
It is further suggested that the County Administrator be authorized
to represent the County in further discussions with the veterans organiza-
tions and the City of Walnut Creek to work out relocation arrangements
mutually agreeable to all parties.
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