COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

County Manager's Office

 

DATE:

February 14, 2002

BOARD MEETING DATE:

February 26, 2002

 

TO:

Honorable Board of Supervisors

FROM:

Paul T. Scannell, Assistant County Manager

SUBJECT:

Report on County-Owned Real Property

 

Recommendation
Accept this Report on County-owned Real Property.

 

Background
The Board of Supervisors annually reviews all County-owned real property to determine if any is surplus to the County's needs.

 

Discussion
In this Report, County-owned property is grouped into five categories.

 

Category 1 - Eight properties are not needed for current or future County use which are available for disposal.

 

Category 2 - Seven properties not required for County use. It is recommended that these properties continue to be retained for the reasons indicated.

 

Category 3 - Six properties not currently developed or used. Five of the parcels are part of a larger County property which is being used.

 

Category 4 - Two Housing and Community Services parcels in East Palo Alto. It is recommended that they be retained.

 

Category 5 - County-owned real property currently being used by the County.

 

The eight properties in Category 1 are not needed by the County and can be sold. The sale of two parcels could generate in excess of $600,000. The other six will generate only a nominal amount of revenue.

 

The unused portions of County-owned properties listed in Categories 2 and 3 could either be held for future County use or be developed to produce revenue to help finance needed capital improvement.

 

Vision Alignment

The County Owned Property Report keeps the commitment of responsive, effective and collaborative government and goal number 20. Government decisions are based on careful consideration of future impact, rather than temporary relief or immediate gain. The report contributes to this commitment since careful consideration of future impact, rather than temporary relief or immediate gain are considered by providing information to enable the Board to consider long range impacts on managing and disposing of County owned real property.

 

Fiscal Impact
Sale of the eight unneeded surplus properties would generate revenue estimated at $600,000.