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7 <br />1 Commissioner Pelissier said there is a figure in their abstract that states the cost at just <br />2 over $600,000. She said some additional funding will be necessary to make the additional <br />3 improvements. She said the question is what the revenue will be in exchange for the <br />4 investment. She questioned whether this location is a good long term storage space for PFAP, <br />5 or if there is a potential that other options would draw clients away after the County invests in <br />6 these improvements. She asked if this is really a good location or a stop gap location during a <br />7 time of need. <br />8 Matthew Roybal said it is not an ideal location, but the ideal location is not available for <br />9 this use. He said food storage is usually in very inconvenient locations. He said there will be <br />10 fluctuations in demand, and his dream is that a private developer would come in and see the <br />11 value in developing space for this need. He said no developers have been interested so far. <br />12 He said at this point, PFAP wants storage as close as possible to their current location in <br />13 Orange County. <br />14 Chair Jacobs said he envisioned that the Board would refer this back to staff to flesh <br />15 out. He said in the past the Commissioners did not want to moth ball the wings. He is <br />16 encouraged that the Board is now interested in this space for possible storage for either the <br />17 County or for PFAP, and this meets a lot of other goals in the short and medium term. He said <br />18 these businesses would pay for this storage space, which would allow the County to recoup <br />19 these expenses. He said this is something to be fleshed out by staff. <br />20 Commissioner Rich asked what this does to the timeframe for getting the community <br />21 center built. <br />22 Jeff Thompson said the architects are ready to go ahead with the community center with <br />23 or without the moth ball option. He said there will be a 4 -5 month design time, followed by the <br />24 bid process and build process. He said this puts the opening in the summer of 2015. He said <br />25 this is assuming the Board of County Commissioners releases them to go forward with the <br />26 design in the next 6 -8 weeks. <br />27 Commissioner Rich asked what happens with storage space and if it comes on sooner. <br />28 Jeff Thompson said the storage space is marginal add, as the mothballing scope will <br />29 have to be done anyway. He said it will not add much timing to do the fire alarm system and <br />30 the other modification. He said this would not really affect the endpoint timeline. <br />31 Commissioner Rich said the Board doesn't want PFAP to find another storage space in <br />32 the meantime. <br />33 Jeff Thompson said staff could prepare the analysis during the architect's design time <br />34 and bring it back to the Board of County Commissioners with the final design. <br />35 Commissioner Price asked if the windows are state of the art premium priced items. <br />36 John Thomas said these will meet the code requirement for community conservation <br />37 and make this a weather tight space. He said these are standard commercial grade windows <br />38 and roofing. <br />39 <br />40 Jeff Thompson reviewed the following slides and materials from the abstract: <br />41 Option Comparison <br />42 • Base Project (Approved in CIP) <br />43 - Community Center <br />44 - Removal of Wings <br />45 • Option "A" <br />46 - Community Center <br />47 - Preservation of Wings <br />48 - Storage Use <br />49 - Fire Alarm <br />50 - Smoke Detection <br />