Action
Notice of intent to transfer federally assisted land or facility.
Summary
Section 5334(g) of the Federal Transit Laws, as codified, 49 U.S.C. 5301 et seq., permits the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to authorize a recipient of FTA funds to transfer land or a facility to a public body for any public purpose with no further obligation to the Federal Government if, among other things, no Federal agency is interested in acquiring the asset for Federal use. Accordingly, FTA is issuing this notice to advise Federal agencies that the Whatcom Transportation Authority (WTA) intends to transfer a parcel of land with structures to the City of Bellingham, Washington to use in the City's public works division for office space and storage of that division's vehicles and equipment. The parcel was formerly used as WTA's bus maintenance, operations and administrative facility and consists of approximately 29,250 square feet of land on the northeast corner of Nevada Street and Virginia Street in Bellingham, Washington (post office address: 2200 Nevada Street, Bellingham, WA) situated within a heavy commercial and/or light industrial area zoned LM for light manufacturing. The property includes a flex-type building consisting of a front office and/or administration section, a large, attached, multi-purpose shop or warehouse-type rear section and an exterior bus was facility. The total building coverage is approximately 14,966 square feet.