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<br />CHAPTER 4- SPACE REQUIREMENTS <br />eating Four <br />Meeting Prior to meeting number four, an analysis of the existing. space <br />Preparation requirements was made to determine the following; <br />Completed Tasks • An inventory of all departmental space currently occupied by <br />County agencies. <br />• Interviews with key systems/department agency heads. <br />• Develop, distribute and collect Data Collection forms for use <br />by County. <br />• Calculate and verify current space allocations via scaled <br />building plans. <br />• Document and outline <br />all occupied existing space <br />identify deficiencies <br />• .Estimate 20 year space requirements for each agency. <br />• Estimate Construction Costs and Total Project Costs. <br />• Illustrate viable options based on previously agreed upon <br />criteria. <br />Immediate Need In order to meet today's needs, code and agency standards for all <br />for Additional agencies, there was determined to be an immediate need for <br />Agency Space 27,848 square feet of additional space. <br />Agency Projected <br />Space <br />Requirements <br /> 1995 2005 2020 <br />Total Requirements <br />per Yeaz 117,544 s.f. 199,081 s.f. 298,392 s.f. <br />Gross New Space <br />Required per Yeaz 27,848 s.f. .81,537 s.f. 99,311 s.f. <br />Non Agency A number of ancillary/business services were identified that <br />Space would provide to the public non-traditional services normally not <br />Requirements for found in governmental agency facilities. In an effort to make <br />Ancillary/ future facilities more "citizen focused", it was determined that <br />Business Services these services aze appropriate for a centralized governmental <br />complex. These are outlined in Table 3. The additional costs to <br />develop this space would be offset by lease income generated to <br />provide these services. <br />4-1 <br />