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Chief Administrative Office, Facilities Division (Facilities) and the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), recommending the Board:
1) Receive and file a presentation on the status of the HHSA South Lake Tahoe El Dorado Center Campus Project; and
2) Provide direction to Facilities and HHSA regarding next steps.
FUNDING: To be determined; Public Health Realignment, other County funding sources to be determined.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
On June 9, 2015, the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommended that Board designate a maximum of $5 million in Public Health Realignment fund balance to be used to purchase and/or build a new building in South Lake Tahoe to be used by HHSA staff, including but not limited to Public Health, Social Services, Community Services staff, and potentially other county departments such as Child Support Services, which could benefit the community by having access to services in the same location (File ID: 15-0649). In that same item, HHSA asked that the Chief Administrative Office (CAO), Facilities Division be directed to work with HHSA relative to its South Lake Tahoe space needs and identify potential solutions.
Justification for this proposal included long-term sustainability of owned versus leased space, as well as the ability to co-locate County staff, thereby creating an integrated service delivery system in South Lake Tahoe.
After multiple meetings and extensive exploration, on March 13, 2018, the CAO Facilities Division recommended the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign the Purchase and Sale Agreement, and Joint Escrow Instructions with the owners of Assessor’s Parcel 027-362-08-100 (commonly known as 3368 Sandy Way, South Lake Tahoe) for $1,250,000 to facilitate the HHSA South Lake Tahoe El Dorado Center Campus Project.
On April 23, 2019, the CAO Facilities Division, in collaboration with the Procurement and Contracts Division, and the Health and Human Services Agency, recommended the Board ...
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