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Center design, should the BOCC choose to move forward with the project. The Board should see the final bus service plan for approval in April 2014. Jeff Thompson said this will use the southern parking component to allow people to loop around for drop offs. He said there is parking in the designated "new paved parking". Commissioner Rich asked how many spots this would have. Jeff Thompson said he does not see this being stressed for use, as a result of the parking North of the facility. Commissioner Rich asked if the parking will require a permit. Jeff Thompson said no permit will be required. Referring to the slide on additional classroom space," Commissioner Gordon asked about the location on the blueprint. Jeff Thompson said this is the area just south of the ladies room, next to the multi- media room. Jeff Thompson reviewed the slide regarding additional septic capacity. He said the estimated cost of$800,000 still stands as a reasonable estimate for that expansion. He said the plans have been reviewed, and there are no issues with design. Commissioner Rich asked why the 2009 Board of County Commissioners decided not to pursue this expansion. Jeff Thompson said in 2009 the only business that remained in use was a daycare center. He said it was cost prohibitive to keep the facility running. Chair Jacobs said the County tried to recruit others to use the space, but there were no takers. He said the cost effectiveness issues and the difficulty finding tenants during the recession led to the decision to close the facility. Jeff Thompson reviewed the slide titled "Mothballing Wings vs. Use as Storage." He said the mothballing state means protecting and preserving the wings for future use, while leaving the interiors as is. He said the question from the Board was what it would cost to convert this to code worthy, useable storage space. He said this would require additional fire alarm infrastructure at a cost of$15,000. Chair Jacobs said he brought up the space needs issue at a past meeting, and he felt this may justify the expenditure of creating storage space in the wings. He said in the meantime, he attended a Piedmont Food and Agricultural Processing (PFAP) board meeting. He said business has been so successful that PFAP's storage space is overwhelmed. He invited the PFAP Director Matthew Roybal to look at the wings for possible storage and suggested the businesses that use it could pay a rental fee. He said this rental fee would pay back for any needed improvements. Commissioner Dorosin asked if anything could be stored without the proposed improvements. John Thomas said no. He said the fire alarm system must be updated, and transoms must be changed. Commissioner Dorosin clarified that the space would be completely empty in the mothball model. John Thomas said that is correct. Jeff Thompson noted that the cost to mothball is $600,000, and the cost to convert to storage is $615,000. Chair Jacobs introduced Matthew Roybal, Manager of PFAP. Matthew Roybal said his clients at PFAP have a great deal of need for storage, and their current space is being reclaimed. He said the lack of dry storage will drive these clients out of the area. He said his initial assessment of the space was that it would be limited to dry