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Chief Administrative Office providing the Board with an update on activity regarding the Equity Exchange Agreement from the El Dorado Center in South Lake Tahoe to the Juvenile Hall Space in Placerville; and requesting direction regarding same. Currently under review are:
1) Agreement for Equity Exchange transferring the Court’s equity in the El Dorado Center for a similar interest in Juvenile Hall;
2) Agreement to Terminate the Joint Occupancy Agreement ending the Joint Occupancy Agreement entered into in 2008 for the El Dorado Center; and,
3) New Joint Occupancy Agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of the Court’s occupancy of a portion of Juvenile Hall.
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FISCAL IMPACT TO NET COUNTY COST: N/A
BACKGROUND: The Trial Court Facilities Act of 2002 (Act), Government Code §§70301 to 70404, required counties to transfer all facilities that were used by the local superior court during a specified time frame to the State, and provided for penalties unless the transfer was accomplished by the end of 2008. Accordingly, on November 18, 2008, the Board of Supervisors approved a number of agreements which transferred all 5 of the existing court facilities to the AOC. One of the facilities that had been used by the superior court during the relevant time period was located in the El Dorado Center building at 3368 Lake Tahoe Boulevard. At one time the superior court occupied about one fifth of the floor space in that building for a traffic court while renovations were being made to the man courthouse on Johnson Blvd., and consequently the County was required by the Act to transfer the use of that portion of the building to the State. On November 18, 2008 the Board approved the execution of a number of contracts to effectuate the court facility transfers, and on December 29, 2008, the Chair signed 2 contracts for the transfer of the portion of the El Dorado Center identified as Court Facility #09-D1. These were: (1) “Transfer Agreement Between the...
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