§46-66  Disposition of real property. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, each county, subject to theapproval of the council, may grant, sell, or otherwise dispose of any easement,including easements over, under, through, and across land bordering the ocean,at public auction; provided that any easement for any governmental or publicutility purpose or for chilled water and seawater distribution systems forrenewable energy seawater air conditioning district cooling systems may begranted, sold, or otherwise disposed of by negotiation without public auction.[L 1970, c 176, §1; am L 2007, c 205, §4]