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A second option for ERCD has recently become available as well. With the approval of the expanded County Campus project, which will provide the expansion space needed for Planning and Environmental Health functions, the need to provide additional space at the Planning and Agriculture Building is less critical. ERCD could, therefore, maintain offices at their present location. The Arts Commission location is recommended for the Graham Building in Hillsborough, pursuant to earlier studies. The Recreation and Parks Administrative offices, and any part of the Parks Operations Base that is conducive to the site is recommended for the current site of the Emergency Management Offices on New Hope Church Road. As will be indicated further in this document, Emergency Management (EM) operations are recommended for relocation to the Meadowlands facility in Hillsborough. EM desires to fulfill a long -term goal by maintaining a limited amount of space at the current building in order to provide redundant communications capabilities. Approximately 4,500 square feet of space is available for reallocation to Recreation and Parks. This location is in close proximity(less than one mile) to the Blackwood Farm on Highway 86, which was presented as the preferred location of parks operations in the Parks. Strategic Plan. The Parks Operations base currently occupies 4,000 square feet of leased space in the vicinity of Highway 86170A. This level of development, combined with the administrative space requirements, will be challenging to accommodate at the New Hope Church Road site. Additional facilities for a parks operations base could be considered during the development of the Blackwood Farm master plan. The timeline for the funding of this project remains as a 2A project, which provides funding during FY 2011, FY 2012 or FY 2013. XV