County Farm Put On List Of Federal Building Sites
County Farm Put On List
Of Federal Building Sites
The County Farm at Wash-
tenaw and Platt Road has
been added to the list of pos-
sible sites for the proposed
federal building in Ann Arbor.
The Washtenaw County
Board of Commissioners
Tnr^y agreed to add the
( arm to two other
sites ine county is proposing
for the building: the block on
which the County Jail is locat-
ed, 119 W. Ann, and the Coun-
ty Building Annex, 1°0 fitbp-
rine St.
A prospectus furni&m.u <.iAi-
gresssman Marvin L. Esch,
R-Ann Arbor, by the General
Services Administration last
week stated another location
under consideration for the
building was the block be-
tween City Hall and the Coun-
ty Building on Huron Street.
Planning Director Thomas
Fegan, reported to the board
the federal government is
looking for a site with about
70,000 square feet of space —
roughly the size of a city
block.
Fegan told the board the
flinty Jail block contains
;l 69,350 feet of building
.syu-c. and that there were se-
ven other tenants on the block
besides the count v
He added U x site
contains 69,821 square feet
and that there were also se-
ven other tenants on that par-
.cel, including the Post Office
branch.
The County Jail block is
valued at about $1,311,000
while the Annex site is valued
at about $1,475,000. Fegan
gave no s ""•'"vim ate value
for the n land at the
County Farm.
The General Services Ad-
ministration has indicated it
intends to build a $3.7 million
^niiriinrt here, preferably in
' town area. Fegan ad-
government hoped to
narrow the location choice to-
. three possible sites by mid-
»Tuly.
t The county's Property Com-
blittee had originally voted to
feliminate any consideration of
Iselling land on the County
gfarm for the building.
r l^gan ioid the board,
however, that while the gov-
ernment had said it would
|;like to locate in the downtown
larea, the only real restriction
Iwas that the building would
have to be somewhere in the
^City of Ann Arbor.
[ Cmsr. James Cregar, D-
;Ypsilanti Township, said that
'while he did not understand
I why the eastern portion of the
county was overlooked as a
possible location, he thought
the county should present the
i- County Farm as a possible lo-
cation when presenting its
•; proposals to the federal gov-
, eminent.
' "I can't really see where
they could locate in downtown
Ann Arbor, Cregar said. "It is
so crowded and congested
now."
; Cmsr. Frederick Schwall,
*D-Ypsilanti Township, added,
i "it borders on insanity to talk
'about putting a building like
that dowi
Fegan i ; 'e board that
while he would suggest the
County Farm as a site he felt
the commissioners needed to
make some decisions about
the future location of various
,. county offices.
Article
Subjects
Washtenaw County Farm
Washtenaw County Building Annex
Washtenaw County Building
Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners
United States Government - General Services Administration
Real Estate
Federal Building - Ann Arbor
Building & Construction
Architecture
Old News
Ann Arbor News
Thomas Fegan
Marvin L. Esch
James Cregar
Frederick Schwall
Platt Road
Huron St.
119 W. Ann