(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The state owns approximately three acres of real property located at 875 Cypress Avenue in the City of Redding, currently used by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection as its Shasta-Trinity Unit Headquarters. (2) For purposes of this section, the real property described in paragraph (1) shall be referred to as the âCypress Property.â (3) The Shasta-Trinity Unit of the department has outgrown the deteriorating facilities on the Cypress Property. (4) The department has other operations in the area, and relocating, consolidating, and expanding the operations of the Shasta-Trinity Unit will facilitate and improve the efficiency of the department and better protect the health and safety of the residents of the state. (5) The Cypress Property may be sold, exchanged, leased, or any combination thereof and the proceeds may be used to carry out the intent of the Legislature to consolidate or expand the operations of the Shasta-Trinity Unit of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to protect the health and safety of the people. (6) The disposition of the Cypress Property authorized by this section does not constitute a sale or other disposition of surplus state property within the meaning of Section 9 of Article III of the California Constitution or subdivision (g) of Section 11011. (b) The Director of General Services may sell, exchange, lease, or any combination thereof, all or a portion of the Cypress Property. The director shall use the proceeds of any sale, exchange, lease, or any combination thereof made pursuant to this subdivision to acquire the land and facilities described in subdivision (h). (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), because the telecommunications tower and vault are critically located on the Cypress Property for state operations, the state shall retain ownership of the portion of the Cypress Property where the telecommunications tower and vault are located, and the Director of General Services shall not dispose of that portion of the Cypress Property, as otherwise authorized by subdivision (b), unless the director determines that the telecommunications tower and vault can be relocated to another site with equivalent utility as part of the cost of the relocation authorized pursuant to subdivision (b). (d) The director shall initially offer the Cypress Property for disposition, pursuant to the authorization described in subdivision (b), to the City of Redding for purposes of a local government-owned facility, and under terms and conditions that provide for continuous operations of the Shasta-Trinity Unit Headquarters at the stateâs Cypress Property facilities until relocation is accomplished. If the City of Redding is unable to enter into an agreement for the disposition of the Cypress Property within 120 days after notice from the Department of General Services, the director may offer the Cypress Property for disposition, as described in subdivision (b), to the public through a competitive selection process determined by the director to be in the best interest of the state. (e) Any exchange, lease, or sale of properties carried out pursuant to this section shall be for no less than fair market value, as determined by an independent appraisal or pursuant to a competitive selection process approved by the Department of General Services. Compensation for the Cypress Property may include land, or a combination of land, improvements, and money. (f) The Department of General Services shall be reimbursed for any reasonable cost or expense for the transactions described in this section for the sale, lease, exchange, or combination thereof of the Cypress Property in accordance with existing policies and procedures. (g) For purposes of this section, the Cypress Property shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 11011.1 or Article 8 (commencing with Section 54220) of Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5. (h) The director m
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