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4 1 Bob Marotto said that in 2012, 60-70% of the animals were brought to the shelter by a 2 member of the public who found them and the rest are found by their animal control officers. 3 Chair Jacobs asked about the next steps. 4 Bob Marotto said the desired plan is to bring forward amendments to their ordinance 5 during this upcoming budget process. 6 7 2. Conceptual Facilities Use Analysis & Presentation 8 9 Chair Jacobs again referred to information at their places: 10 Pink sheet- Breakdown of Attachments 11 Yellow sheet- Draft Minutes from 11/13 work session 12 Blue sheet—Information from Commissioner Gordon 13 14 Frank Clifton gave some background on this process and he said the county has built 15 new facilities over the past few years, moved different county departments around with 16 consolidation, moved away from facilities with higher operating costs and offset long range 17 costs where they can. He said at one time the county contemplated purchasing the Wal-Mart 18 shopping center for county operations but ended up with just a portion of it for Department of 19 Social Service offices. He noted that the Board of Elections has been moved and he reviewed 20 the departments in the Revere Road facility and noted the significant maintenance needs of this 21 building. He said that the building next door has housed several different departments, but 22 parts of the building are in a flood plain and it has several issues with HVAC and electrical. He 23 noted that the area being used for this meeting was at one time conceived to be a future 24 meeting room for the County Commissioners. He said that financial requirements of adapting 25 the space put this on hold. He reviewed some of the facilities that were toured earlier in the 26 day: Link Government Services Center, Annex, Agricultural Building and the Whitted Building. 27 He said, with Whitted, the Cultural Arts organization approached the county for sharing use of 28 the vacated library space in that building. He said there was question of cost of renovations and 29 the issue of continued operations of other county facilities in the building and the need to be 30 compatible with that. 31 Frank Clifton said currently the Board of County Commissioners move around to various 32 meeting facilities, especially in the northern part of the county. He said that there is a need to 33 have a permanent meeting facility, not for the staff, but for the public and for the sake of 34 technology and presentation issues. He said that even if it's an interim step, there needs to be 35 a permanent place to locate the County Commissioners. He said the goal is not to make a 36 decision tonight but to give a thorough analysis of these buildings and their potential and to 37 gather feedback. 38 Jeff Thompson, Asset Management Services director introduced himself and Ken 39 Redfoot, architect. 40 Frank Clifton noted the fact that much of the discussion would reference the maps and 41 drawings included in attachments of Item 2. 42 Jeff Thompson said there are three scenarios with Whitted. He said that the first is the 43 meeting room and he referenced the space study, which resolves several issues, but what 44 remains unsolved is the permanent meeting facility. 45 46 Attachment C: 47 Ken Redfoot noted the current setup of the Whitted Center on the blueprints. He said 48 the ground level is the medical clinic of the Health Dept. The mid/first level is the former library 49 with large open spaces that are very accommodating for meeting room and theater type venues. 50 He said that the site and the parking are adequate for the use. Margaret Hauth, Planning 51 Director from Hillsborough said that depends on the event. Ken Redfoot said that if there is a