STATE PROPERTY; REAL PROPERTY;
GOVERNMENT PROPERTY;
August 21, 2003 |
2003-R-0584 | |
INVENTORY AND VALUE OF STATE SURPLUS PROPERTY | ||
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By: Sandra Norman-Eady, Chief Attorney | ||
You asked for the amount and value of surplus property the state currently owns.
Three state agencies, the Office of Policy and Management (OPM), Office of the Comptroller, and Department of Public Works (DPW), are responsible for keeping an inventory of state property, including that designated as surplus. These agencies store this information on the state JESTIR (Joint Effort for State Inventory Reporting) system, which OPM maintains. Surplus property is property that no state agency needs and that DPW tries to dispose of by selling, leasing, or exchanging it, or by entering some other arrangement. For more information on the surplus property disposal process, please see OLR report 2002-R-0090.
According to Rich Nuclo from OPM’s Policy Development and Planning Division, three state properties are currently designated as surplus. Not included among these properties are a parcel previously used by Brainard Airport that the State Police has expressed a need for and one-half acre in Killingworth that the State Police uses to hold a radio tower. According to Nuclo, the tower is located in an area zoned for two-acre parcels, making it unlikely that the smaller parcel could be sold and thus unlikely to be designated as surplus.
Table 1 shows the three surplus properties the state owns, the properties’ values, and the status of their disposal.
TABLE 1: STATE SURPLUS PROPERTY
Property |
Value |
Status of Disposal |
Fairfield Hills Hospital |
Appraised at $ 19 to 20 million, but the cost of necessary environmental cleanup makes it worth much less |
Property is being sold to the Town of Newtown for $ 3. 9 million |
Norwich Hospital |
Appraised at $ 19 to 20 million, but the cost of necessary environmental cleanup reaches or exceeds that amount |
A meeting is scheduled for October 21, 2003 with Spaulding and Sly, the Boston-based company the state has contracted with to market the property. One-half year remains on this one and one-half year contract. |
Seaside Regional Center |
Not readily available |
An agreement is being drafted to sell the property to a developer for $ 2. 45 million |
Source: OPM, Rich Nuclo
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