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<br />- Projected needs through 2020 <br />- reflected significant overcrowding in several areas <br />• The Study, updated in late 2004 reflected no change in the overcrowded conditions <br />• BOCC to receive study update information November 9, 2006 <br />A Potential Space Solution <br />• Developer presented option to: <br />- Add approximately 93,000 square feet of space to County's downtown campus <br />- Add much needed parking far Downtown <br />The Project <br />• Phase I: Two-story public library (23,454 sf) <br />• Phase II: Three-story office building (46,716 sf} <br />• Phase III: Parking facility <br />- Total parking 335 spaces +/- <br />The Library <br />Office Building <br />The Gateway Center <br />(Auxiliary Project} <br />• Weaver Street Market-first floor {11,423 sf) <br />• County offices-floors two and three (22,846 sf} <br />The Gateway Center <br />Parking <br />• Deck capacity ~ 335 spaces <br />- 175 spaces in deck for County use <br />- 160 spaces retained by developer for public parking <br />• Additional surface parking around buildings <br />The Site <br />• 3.35 (approx} acres <br />• Old Southern States site on Margaret Lane <br />• Gateway Center site on Churton Street <br />• Additional parcels make up parking deck site <br />Environmental Considerations <br />• Designed with walkability in mind <br />- To restaurants, shops, other County offices, etc. <br />• Stormwater control system on site to: <br />- Detain Stormwater run-off to preconstruction conditions <br />- Filter and stare stormwater <br />• Utilize multi-story buildings to minimize land disturbance <br />