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Public Buildings Service Real Property Utilization And Disposal. Ralph Conner, Director, Office of Real Property Rich Butterworth, Senior Counsel, Real Property Division. Publicly vs. Privately-Owned Resources :. Expectations of Community, Local Officials, Congress
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Public Buildings Service Real Property Utilization And Disposal Ralph Conner, Director, Office of Real Property Rich Butterworth, Senior Counsel, Real Property Division
Publicly vs. Privately-Owned Resources: • Expectations of Community, Local Officials, • Congress • Balancing Public vs. Monetary Benefits • Unique Title and Infrastructure Concerns • Specialized Government Uses Not Easily • Adaptable
Environmental Considerations • CERCLA • NEPA • USTs • Asbestos • PCBs • Historic & Cultural Resources • Coastal Zone Management • Floodplains and Wetlands • Lead-Based Paint • Endangered Species
Public BenefitConveyance PublicSale Federal Transfer NegotiatedSale Excess OFFERED TO PUBLIC & PRIVATE PARTIES BY AUCTION OR SEALED BID FAIR MARKETVALUEREQUIRED TO ELIGIBLEPUBLIC BODIES FOR OTHERPUBLIC USES FAIR MARKET VALUE REQUIRED PROPERTY AVAILABLEFOR CERTAIN PUBLIC USESUP TO 100%DISCOUNT DETERMINED SURPLUS IF NOT TRANSFERREDTO ANOTHERFEDERAL AGENCY AGENCY REPORTS PROPERTYEXCESS TO GSA FORDISPOSITION Property Disposal Process AIRPORTCORRECTIONALEDUCATIONHISTORICHOMELESSLAW ENFORCEMENT/EMERGENCY MANAGEMENTPARK & RECREATIONPUBLIC HEALTHSELF HELP HOUSINGWILDLIFE CONSERVATION
Quantifying Risk and Expediting Redevelopment • Partner w/stakeholders –local, county, state, federal • Strong characterization • Align stakeholder interests • Develop a market-driven master plan • Reuse drives cleanup standards • Remediate and redevelop simultaneously • Leverage existing infrastructure for reuse
Benefits to Local Governments • Federal NEPA process can assist in public outreach and reuse planning • Complete control over redevelopment • Entitlements • Zoning • Expedited redevelopment, job creation and tax base for local community • Integration of cleanup and redevelopment saves time and $$$
Benefits to the United States • Property value leveraged with a deduction for environmental cleanup • Efficient asset management and taxpayer savings • Remediation and schedule shifted to buyer-- financial assurances and state regulator coordination add certainty that remediation will be completed
Conveyance Options for Contaminated Property • Early transfers under Section 334 of 1997 NDAA • Leases in Furtherance of Conveyance (LIFOCs_ • Conveyances to PRPs • Phased take-downs • Reuses consistent with remedies, restrictions • Alternative energy production (DOE sites) • Recreation (with soil penetration restrictions) • Conservation conveyances (10 USC 2694a)
Essentials For All Federal Realty Repositionings • Marketable Title • What do you own • What can you do with it • Regulatory Closure (or path to closure) • Environmental (CERCLA, RCRA, etc) • Cultural (Historic, Archeological, etc) • Biological (ESA, Wetlands, etc.) • Detailed site characterization enhances buyers’ acceptance
Congressional Delegation
113 acre Rice Creek Area PBC Transferred June‘05 632 acres Neg. Sale with FOST/FOSET 25 acre Railroad spur Neg. Sale
For More Information… • Visit our Home Page: http://propertydisposal.gsa.gov/property • Visit our Auction Site: http://RealEstateSales.gov • Visit our Resource Center: http://RC.gsa.gov/ResourceCenter