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A resolution approving a Memorandum of Understanding to transfer public property administration responsibilities from the Department of Finance to the Department of General Services along with the related operational activities and personnel.
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WHEREAS, Section 5.04.065 A of the Metropolitan Code of Laws provides in pertinent part that any department, board, commission or agency of the metropolitan government allocating funds, services, property, or equipment valued in excess of five hundred thousand dollars to another department, board, commission, or agency of the metropolitan government shall enter a formal memorandum of understanding, to be submitted to the department of finance, which must be approved by resolution adopted by the metropolitan council by twenty-one affirmative votes; and,
WHEREAS, Metro's current real estate activities are decentralized with responsibility spread across multiple Departments which prevents Metro from having a unified real estate portfolio strategy, and a single point of coordination, responsibility, and accountability for providing efficient and sustainable real estate asset management and workplaces for all Metro Departments; and,
WHEREAS, it is desirable to consolidate portions of the responsibility for Metro's real estate activities including selected strategy, analytics, space planning, transactions, design, construction, and property management within the Metropolitan Government, in order to improve management of the portfolio and operations through a best practice organizational structure and decision-making process; and,
WHEREAS, a central real estate function in DGS will allow for appropriate portfolio development and asset management through streamlined operations, contributing to cost-effective, metrics-based solutions for meeting the real property needs of selected departments, from initial real estate and space planning through leasing, property acquisition, development, management and ultimately adaptiv...
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