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