The Property Management Division provides leasing, property management, acquisitions and release of real property services for the County. The Property Management Division generates revenue from and provides stewardship over Placer County’s real-property assets.
Proposed Tahoe Government Center Offers Great Community Benefits
Placer County is currently exploring sites that accommodate the development of a regional Tahoe Government Center to serve Lake Tahoe area residents. This site is proposed to house a facility that would consolidate a variety of land use and general government functions in one location to deliver more efficient public services, provide convenience for the public and clients, upgrade staff working conditions and ensure sustained accommodations of County departments within County-owned facilities in the Tahoe region.
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The proposed Center will house the following groups:
- County Executive Office
- Public Information Office
- Office of Emergency Services
- Redevelopment Agency
- Community Development Resource Agency
- Including Planning, Building, Engineering and Surveying
- Environmental Health Division of Health and Human Services
Other offices that may be included:
- Assessor’s Office
- Department of Public Works Engineering
- Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
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In spring 2006, the County distributed a real estate solicitation for the acquisition of land for the future Tahoe Government Center. To date, six potential sites have been identified as meeting the County’s site attributes, including the requirement that the Center be in the Tahoe Basin, Martis Valley or close proximity to highways 28, 89 or 267.
Based on the County’s evaluation and the input from the Tahoe community, staff determined that three properties provide the best opportunity for development of the Government Center including accessibility, location, size, ability to develop, compatibility, fiscal and redevelopment/economic revitalization standpoints. Therefore on July 24, 2007, the Board of Supervisors approved the selection of the following three sites as finalists and directed Facility Services staff to proceed with extensive investigations into these three sites:
- Trading Poster Center, Tahoe City
- B.B. LLC property, Kings Beach
- Lot 1 of the Joeger Ranch (future County-owned property), Martis Valley
At the March 11, 2008, Board of Supervisors' meeting, Facility Services' staff reported that it had performed the more extensive investigations into general development costs and constraints and development implications associated with the three properties, and reported that:
- The owners of the Trading Post Center in Tahoe City withdrew its property from further consideration.
- The B.B. LLC property in Kings Beach holds the best opportunity to collaborate in the redevelopment efforts underway in Kings Beach and is the most favored by the community and staff. Nevertheless, due to project uncertainty due to the regulatory environment and projected development costs, outright selection of this site was not recommended.
- Several limiting factors associated with Lot 1 of Joerger Ranch in Martis Valley create potential barriers to development of the Government Center at this site.
Therefore, the Board took the following actions:
- Eliminated Lot 1 of the Joerger Ranch subdivision from further consideration.
- Directed staff to monitor B.B. LLC's application to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Community Enhancement Project and to work with B.B. LLC to better quantify development costs.
- Directed staff to pursue other economical opportunities for development of the Government Center in Tahoe.
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Questions about the proposed Tahoe Government Center?
Call us at 530-886-4970.