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A. The Executive or designee shall maintain and update a current inventory of all County titled real property with detailed information as to current departmental custodianship and as to the characteristics that determine its economic value and potential uses; provided, that all County roads and all tax-titled property not transferred to general County use pursuant to Chapter 36.35 RCW shall be excluded from the provision of this Chapter.

B. County departments shall be required, no later than January 31 of each calendar year, to justify departmental retention of all land holdings, to the Executive.

C. If, in the judgment of the Executive, a County department cannot justify the retention of a given parcel of land, the Executive shall determine whether any other department has a need for the parcel.

D. If another County department can demonstrate a need for said parcel, custodianship of that parcel shall be transferred to that department without any financial transaction between present and future custodial departments.

E. If no other County department can demonstrate a need for such parcel, the parcel may be declared surplus to the future foreseeable needs of the County.

F. Prior to a decision recommending disposing of surplus real properties through sale, the Executive shall consider other uses of surplus real property. Other possible uses that may be considered and implemented by the Executive are:

1. Exchanges for privately owned lands that meet the County's land needs; or

2. Leases pursuant to this Chapter; or

3. Disposition to other governmental agencies, pursuant to Chapter 39.33 RCW; or

4. Retention by the County if the parcel is classified as floodplain or slide hazard property or otherwise in the best interest of the County.

G. Nothing herein shall require, in any manner, the Executive to declare or recommend property as surplus.

(Ord. 94-114S § 2 (part), 1995; Ord. 83-80 § 2 (part), 1983; Prior Code § 2.05.080)