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4 <br /> The Board received and discussed a report on the Orange County Space Needs Update. <br /> John Link said that in 2000, Commissioners Brown and Gordon and the staff looked at the <br /> space needs for County functions through the year 2010 and produced a report with a plan for <br /> meeting county space needs. The Board decided to update this plan since it has been five years. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs and Commissioner Halkiotis have worked with the staff in the last few <br /> months on this update of the projections for space needs through 2020. <br /> Purchasing and Central Services Director Pam Jones made the PowerPoint <br /> presentation. <br /> Purpose <br /> • Update 2000 report to get accurate picture of current departmental space needs <br /> • Create a fundable road map for developing adequate space through 2020; <br /> • ID areas of additional study or those that fall outside of the study period <br /> Assumptions/Principies <br /> • Co-location <br /> • Consolidation <br /> • Ownership <br /> • Reassignment of space to Courts function <br /> • Green Building Practices <br /> • Cost Estimates <br /> New Functional Groups <br /> • Parks/Open Space <br /> ❑ Recreation and Parks <br /> ❑ ERCD <br /> ❑ Arts Commission* <br /> • Agriculture Services <br /> ❑ Cooperative Extension <br /> ❑ Soil and Water <br /> • Animal Services <br /> ❑ Animal Services Director <br /> ❑ Animal Control <br /> ❑ Animal Shelter <br /> Assumptions/Principles <br /> • Co-location <br /> • Consolidation <br /> • Ownership <br /> Assumptions <br /> ■ Existing sites of our major facilities are at development capacity <br /> ❑ No expansion at Government Services Center <br /> ❑ No or minimal expansion at Whitted Center <br /> ❑ No expansion at Planning &Ag Building <br />