The North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board has dismissed newly released findings by outside consultants for prospective buyers of the Palace Hotel that possible ground contamination should cause the building to be demolished. The Board has stated that it would not open a case based on the information provided by the Guidiville Rancheria in its attempts to secure millions in state cleanup funding to tear down Ukiah’s most significant historic structure to make way for privately owned commercial development. Ukiah City officials last weekend said the reason it has not acted on a public safety order to demolish the building is that the sale of the building is still pending. To date, no formal structural analysis of the building has been conducted by the city or those wishing to sell the property.