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Tuolumne County could take a big step on Tuesday toward getting a new courthouse. The county Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote on an agreement to sell a 4.3-acre portion of the land set aside for a new law and justice center to the state. The State Administrative Office of the Courts will pay $800,000.
The county and AOC have worked for the past year on a land transfer agreement for the courthouse, which will be the first project on the Law and Justice Center campus. Local government leaders say the center will eventually include a jail, juvenile detention center and other law enforcement offices. According to meeting documents, the State Public Works Board approved a transfer last month. The price was decided using an appraisal prepared by the AOC, according to the proposal. The county wrapped up a major phase last week at the justice center campus, as the contractor was scheduled to finish painting stripes on the roads adjacent to the Old Wards Ferry Road property. The county spent approximately $2.86 million on infrastructure for the center, installing utilities and improving roads in and around the site The two-story, five courtroom courthouse building is supposed to be open by 2014. In other action, the Board of Supervisors is scheduled to: • extend the county’s lease for the Public Health and Child Welfare Services building with the Living Trust of Joan DelSecco through June 30, 2015. The two-year extension would cost $333,792. The county is also looking to extend its lease for the Department of Social Services building with the Ronald P. Vella Family and Betty Joyce Vella Marital trusts. The proposed extension would last through June 30, 2018 and cost about $1.05 million over five years. • consider four land-use items and zone changes, including: changing the designation for the 3.9-acre Leland Meadow snow park from Mixed Use and Medium Density Residential to Parks and Recreation, rezoning the former site of Camp Cedarbrook to allow timber harvesting and clearing of some abandoned facilities, rezoning a light industrial property on Amy Drive in Mono Vista to allow a new campus for the Gold Rush Charter School, and changing an 8.8-acre site at 23866 Italian Bar Road from Rural Residential to Homestead Residential. • authorize county staff to send out a notice of intent to purchase a house at 1170-1180 S. Washington St. for a Behavioral Health housing program. The $343,000 purchase price would be covered by federal funds. • consider and possibly decide how to utilize surplus power generated at the New Melones dam that is allocated to, but not used by, the county. • see a presentation on alternative uses for the now-closed Tuolumne General Hospital campus. • vote on official comments for two planning documents that could affect recreation in the central Sierra Nevada region — the Shoreline Management Plan at Pinecrest Lake, and the Merced River Plan at Yosemite National Park. • Attend the East Sonora Bypass groundbreaking ceremony at noon. • Hear a first-quarter status report for the board’s 2012 goals. |