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7 1 Chair Jacobs said it was not a productive conversation back then because it was 2 uncertain whether the system would work or would be allowed. 3 Commissioner Rich said she hopes the septic options will be investigated, but her 4 concern is that $359,000 will be spent to mothball the wings. She asked if this will be a onetime 5 cost, and she questioned the amount for yearly upkeep on the wings. 6 Jeff Thompson said this cost would serve to secure the wings and keep them minimally 7 intact. He said when the facility was fully empty the operating cost was around $100,000 per 8 year, so there will be some cost. He said there would be some additional cost to accommodate 9 storage. 10 John Thomas said some adjustments would need to be made to the fire alarm systems 11 if this is used as storage space. 12 Commissioner Rich said her concern is that these wings will be mothballed and then 13 forgotten about while annual costs are paid on them. She is uncomfortable with the uncertainty 14 of the use and she would like to come up with a solution for the wings. 15 Commissioner Pelissier said the driving factor is not the septic, but it is the question of 16 why this should be mothballed. She said the square footage of this site is more than the 17 Southern Human Services Center, and she questioned why this would be needed in a rural 18 area. She said this wing is not ideal for emergency services, and it would not be used for a 19 park and ride. She likes the plan, but she is not keen on the mothballing part. 20 Commissioner McKee said he would like to see this site developed and not continually 21 pushed back on the CIP. He said there is a dual service model already in Orange County. He 22 would like to see some of these services provided in this rural area of the County, and he would 23 like to shift the funding to use for this. 24 Commissioner Gordon agreed with Commissioner Pelissier about the uncertainty of 25 what all this space would be used for. She said the layout is already beyond the septic 26 capacity, and she does not feel it is a cost effective use to mothball these wings. She said the 27 ideas about repurposing the main space are good, but she would have to think a long time 28 before she would agree to mothball the other wings. 29 Ms. Florence spoke and said the perception in the northern end of the County is that the 30 services were removed from this site. She said many residents were hoping for services here, 31 especially Emergency Services. She noted that phase three of the park is the largest part of 32 the park, and it would need more septic space. She said there needs to be a decision about 33 this septic issue, and if septic cannot be expanded, then the third phase of the park would also 34 have to be abandoned. 35 Chair Jacobs said the Board wants to do more investigation on how to use the parcel 36 across the street; what the options are for septic; and how big the park and ride lot would be. 37 He said the Board is generally supportive of the design, but there are questions about the 38 possible use of the internal space and the provision of services. He said the board did a good 39 job of staying within budget, with the exception of the open room, septic and across the street. 40 He said the most disagreement is with the mothballing option. He said if staff thinks the 41 mothball area could be used for storage, then the cost effectiveness is good. He suggested 42 that this option be considered. 43 Commissioner Price clarified that the mothball idea was not to have it sit there for 15 44 years. She said the concern was to preserve the integrity and history of the building, and there 45 was also a hope that services would be brought back to the building. She said the preservation 46 of these rooms was intended to prevent having to rebuild the space to provide services. 47 Chair Jacobs said the flipside was that the Board of County Commissioners established 48 a budget, and the mothball takes this into another area of expenditure. He said the Board 49 needs more facts about the issues above, and this should be included as part of the CIP 50 discussion.