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B-159317 1 (1972-03-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabldc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESTRICTED - Not to b reeasd eut,~da Se-eral (.j Ac&ou;Xg Gtic axcept on the bpis f s i a r ! by th #Q fi a o Cong ee shtaJ I *U n 7 ...... ... __ O'Md'PTROLLER GENERAL OF THE I F STJII;/ I S WASHINGTON. D.C. 2054 o RELEASED. B-159317 MAP,~ Dear Mr. Vanik: In accordance with your request of September 15, 1971, and subsequent discussions with your office, we obtained in- formation on the Cuyahoga County Justice Center to be con- structed in Cleveland, Ohio.Wes to three questions. --Was the purchase price of $1.85 million for the Penton Building reasonable? We believe that it was. --What amount of Federal grants was awarded for the Center? As of January 1, 1972, $1.3 million was awarded. --What use is being made of these Federal funds? The funds are being used for planning the Center and will be used for its initial construction. No Federal funds have been used to purchase land. Details on our review follow. JUSTICE CENTER The Justice Center--a planned three-building complex containing law enforcement and court facilities--is a joint effort of the-c-ty of Ci eveland and Cuyahoga County. The county has estimated the cost of the Center to be about $80 million and has stated that its construction will be financed partly by a $61 million bond issue approved by the voters. Completion of the Center is scheduled for 1975. The Center will be located in downtown Cleveland in an area bounded by Lakeside Avenue, West Third Street, Saint Clair Avenue, and Ontario Street. Cuyahoga County began ac- quiring the land in 1971, and 18 of the 19 parcels of prop- erty in this area had been purchased by January 1972. These parcels are being purchased with funds from the bond issue. The county commissioners' office hired six appraisers to value properties to be purchased for the Center. Two ap- praisers were assigned to each property, and each made an ap- praisal independent of the other. The commissioners' policy is to purchase each property at the higher of the two ap- praisals, if the property owner agrees to sell without time- consuming condemnation proceedings and if the difference

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