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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 15 Paul Laughton said staff is just asking for comments. He said attachment B also shows a scenario for an environment and agriculture building on Revere Road, since this has been taken out of Blackwood Farm. He said staff is happy to prepare other options if the Board has any suggestions. Commissioner Dorosin asked for an explanation of the $147,000 listed in year one. Paul Laughton said this includes trail constructions, restrooms, parking issues, equipment, and activities as part of a limited opening. Dave Stancil said staff is looking at trying to get this facility open on a limited basis by transferring some existing parks capital funds from other projects. He said this would include building trails, improving and adding to the parking area, improving the existing driveway, and possibly creating a picnic shelter, as well as signage throughout the site. He said the vision is to have this open 2 -3 days per week. Paul Laughton said the next project is outlined in Attachment B with the deconstruction and reconstruction of an environment and agricultural center. He said this shows the estimated project budget for a 15,000 square foot main building, as well as 2,000 square feet of covered storage and yard area. He said this shows the intent of having a building there where the operations and work at the current building can continue undisturbed during the construction process. He said deconstruction of the old building would happen after the new structure was built. He said the original estimates for this location looked only at keeping the existing structure as it is now, and doing repairs on the roof, HVAC and parking area to extend the life expectancy. The cost for this was listed as $1.4 million in year 4. He said this new construction project was also put in year 4 to show a comparison, and it comes to $3.38 million. Commissioner McKee said the use of the term "life expectancy" bothers him when used for a building. He feels the focus should be on the condition of the building and the necessary repairs to keep it going. He said there is a danger to assigning a life expectancy on a building because you are setting up an expectation that it will be replaced. Chair Jacobs asked about the size of the Revere Road parcel. Jeff Thompson said it is 4 acres and there are 3 structures on the property: Revere Road Center, Station One, and a storage facility. Chair Jacobs said he would like to see a full analysis of what the agricultural center could be on this site. He said there were recommendations and ideas that have not been incorporated in this plan. He would like to see if this could be more than just a building, and he would like to do a more comprehensive look at this property and the potential interface between interior and exterior areas. He feels that this is an opportunity that should be taken advantage of. He said the best use of the old carwash area would be to have it open for other agricultural related uses, instead of storage. Commissioner Gordon said she would like to hear from David Stancil what he feels would be appropriate for this building. David Stancil said this location has proven to be a good location for the agricultural community. He said the building has the capability to continue to serve in that capacity, but it is intriguing to look at whether the site could be built on without taking down the original structure. He thinks the idea of keeping the agricultural agencies together is a good idea. Commissioner Gordon said there are also all of the offices, in addition to the agricultural space. She asked if the building built for $3.38 million would be intended to have the same functions. Jeff Thompson said staff has met extensively with the all of the agricultural center occupants. He said the space is inefficient and redundant, with County storage right in the middle of it. He said there was discussion of the convenience of shared customer service areas, individual partition areas, secured uses, and built in growth, and this came out to be