Even if the group can afford to lease the facility and can persuade the former owner to sell or lease the related equipment, the proposal offered by the county would only last for five years.

The county is not interested in leasing Golden Pin Lanes for more than five years, Lesher indicated in her letter.

The group has until March 18 to notify the county whether it is willing to lease the property.

The county has also told the group that it will also consider proposals to sell the facility, but only if the buyer offers at least $2.85 million — what the county paid for the property earlier this year.

The county plans on spending roughly $4 million to renovate the site, relocating a county health clinic, adult probation office, the Women, Infants and Children program office and a Juvenile Court office at the site.

Area resident Sandra Wong said the lease terms offered by the county were reasonable in the first two years, but not sustainable in the following years.

She is optimistic there is room for negotiations with the county over the lease terms, but concedes that the group still needs to work with the former owner to either lease or purchase the bowling equipment and the lanes.