Title
Land Donation - Lasalle Street Property
Action
ACTION:
Authorize the County Manager to negotiate and execute all documents necessary for donation of Tax Parcel 069-171-17 (± 0.292 acres) from the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
Staff Contact: Jacqueline McNeil, Real Estate Management Director
Roberta Whitner, Senior Real Estate Coordinator
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
In 1956, the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (“Library”) acquired property located at 2324 Lasalle Street to build the North Branch library. After the Beatties Ford Road branch (now known as Allegra Westbrooks Regional) opened in 1998, the Library deeded the property to the City of Charlotte (“City”) to use for community support services with a reversion clause that required the City to deed the property back to the Library if the City no longer used the property for community support services.
The City used the property for the former Neighborhood and Business Services Northwest Area team field operations, including code enforcement, neighborhood services and business outreach. Thereafter, the City allowed Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (“CMS”) to use the property for their programmatic needs. Currently, CMS is no longer using the property.
In 2023, the City deeded the property back to the Library. The Library determined there are no program needs for the property that meets the mission of the library system and the Library intends to donate the property to the County. The County will use the building to provide offices and support space for vendors that provide facility maintenance and operations services for County-owned general government facilities, such as the courts complex and other office buildings.
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
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POLICY IMPACT:
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FISCAL IMPACT:
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