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Nov. 19, 2008
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Board discusses lease for police headquarters

By SCOTT WYLAND
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

When it's finally built, a 370,000-square-foot complex will house the Metropolitan Police Department but will have Clark County's name on the lease.

Commissioners agreed Tuesday that the county should lease the site from Project Alta LLC, a development group that will build the headquarters at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Alta Drive. Earlier plans called for Metro to rent the complex.


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    • Because the county hopes to buy the complex in three years, it simplifies matters to step in now as a tenant, County Manager Virginia Valentine said.

    Las Vegas police would pay the county for operating costs, estimated at $15 million for the first year.

    At least some of that money would be recycled because the county pays about 60 percent of the police department's overhead. The city of Las Vegas covers 40 percent.

    The county and city still must negotiate some sticking points, Valentine said.

    County leaders have argued that the city should pay 100 percent of the cost on 70,000 square feet of the site instead of just 40 percent. That's because the city now supplies the police department with that amount of space in City Hall and, by law, must pay the full tab on new space it creates of equal size to house the police, officials say.

    Commissioners also have expressed concerns about the site falling within the city's redevelopment area. Developers would pay property taxes into the city's redevelopment fund, leaving out the county.

    The county might let the city slide on paying the full cost of the 70,000 square feet if the city uses its redevelopment money to help cover the operating costs, Valentine said.

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    John wrote on November 19, 2008 04:00 PM: Just like the city hall, this is a huge waste of money. NO NEW GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS UNTIL THEY CAN FIX THE BUDGET!!!


    KOM674 wrote on November 19, 2008 03:50 PM: I wanna work in the new ivory tower!!!


    Jim wrote on November 19, 2008 03:31 PM: Paging Metro Wife...If your still active on this site I have a real question for you. Not rude or insulting as some posters are.


    BN wrote on November 19, 2008 09:25 AM: See, more money being flushed down the drain. The valley has too many overpaid usless cops on the payroll now.

    People wake up. The country is heading into a depression.

    Leasing is a waste of taxpayers money..
    Let the police union poay for its buildings..


    br wrote on November 19, 2008 06:04 AM: Simple answer, j. The big chiefs want a fancier teepee.


    j wrote on November 19, 2008 05:17 AM: Why not utilize some of these vacant shopping centers in the valley and convert them to meet the needs.