Memorandum
Date: April 21, 2026
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Susan Parker, County Administrative Officer
Stephen L. Carter, Jr., Assistant County Administrative Officer
Matthew Rothstein, Chief Deputy County Administrative Officer
Subject: Consideration of a Letter from the United States General Services Administration Requesting Response from County of Lake Regarding Transfer of Property Surrounding former US Coast Guard LORAN-C Station
Executive Summary:
As members of your Board will be aware, Section 1113 of Public Law 106-554 (106 H.R. 5666) (2000), authorized the Administrator of General Services to convey to Lake County, California, without consideration, all rights, title, and interest of the United States to such portion of the Coast Guard LORAN Station Middletown as has been reported to the General Services Administration (GSA) to be excess property, consisting of approximately 733.43 acres (an area surrounding what was, at the time, the still-operating station building, itself). Enactment of this law culminated expressed interest of the County of Lake in acquiring the property for an Emergency Operations Center, which began in or around 1996.
While no initial payment was required by Public Law 106-554 in consideration of the value of the property, conveyance to the County would have carried certain conditions (see Appendix D, Section 1113, attached), including the following:
1) That the County (at its own cost) conduct a survey to determine, "The exact acreage and legal description of the property... and any easements or rights-of-way reserved by the United States..." (a June 19, 2008, Letter from the United States General Services Administration, GSA, providing requirements for said survey, is likewise attached, for your review and public inspection);
2) That the "County and the Coast Guard enter into an agreement with the Administrator under which the County [would be] required to..." build and mai...
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