Staff members of California Automobile Museum place many buckets in order to catch drips that leak through threadbare roof of the building when it rains.

According to officials, it is just the starting of the facility's problems. The Sacramento City Council members are going to vote whether to sell the property to its operator, the California Vehicle Foundation. The decision was expected on Tuesday but the vote was delayed at the request of Mayor Kevin Johnson.

McClaflin said that Mayor Kevin Johnson wanted to have discussion with directors of the museum to talk about its future. According to McClaflin, if the city declines to sell the property to the foundation, the museum probably would have to leave Sacramento.

"We'd really like to stay here. People know us here. But if we couldn't get the sale, we'd probably have to go back to plan B, and that means finding another facility. There aren't a lot of buildings that meet our needs (in Sacramento)", said McClaflin.

The museum is an antique car gallery and was built in the 1950s at 2200 Front St. As per a report drafted by the city's staff, the museum attracts about 55,000 visitors every year. McClaflin said that the building is a 70,000-square- foot warehouse.

City Councilman Steve Hansen, in whose district the museum resides said that the auto museum is a critical part of civic infrastructure. As per the city report, selling the museum could relieve the city of its financial obligations for any future maintenance or repair costs to the building.

Demolishing the warehouse is going to cost the city over $100,000 more than what the land is worth. According to McClaflin, about $1 million has been already raised by the foundation in expectation of the work it hopes to do to improve the museum.