This division provides for the planning, implementation, and management of real property related matters, including recommendations for the funding of new capital projects, commercial development of potentially surplus property, new property purchases and sales and lease acquisitions and renewals necessary to carry out various departmental missions. Primary activities include implementation of short- and long-term revenue streams financing policies for capital improvements; development and implementation of short- and long-term revenue streams through private sector ground lease development of County-owned property; negotiation and implementation of real property leases to house County staff and activities; development and maintenance of a comprehensive inventory of County real property holdings (land and improvements); negotiation, implementation, and administration of contracts for architectural, engineering, and related services connected with asset development activities; administration of the County's regulatory programs for franchising of utilities and pipelines and the development of strategies to allocate funding for the most critical major maintenance of the County's infrastructure. In addition, this program includes management of the County's outstanding short- and long-term debt obligations, and coordinates cost recovery efforts of federal and other revenues to provide for the rebuilding of County property after a catastrophic loss.