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Michael Talbert said customer service is the main benefit. He is not sure there will be any increase in revenue, as there is already a very high collection rate, and there is no new collection service being added. Michael Talbert said they will proceed. 4. Continuation of Review and Discussion of the Manaqer's Recommended FY 2014- 19 Capital Investment Plan (CIP) Paul Laughton said tonight's item is to provide follow up information from the April 10tn CIP meeting. He went through the hand outs included in the packets. He said Attachment A is a discussion of the Blackwood Farm Park. He said the original CIP included an agricultural center and a parks operations base for a total of$6 million. He noted that all changes in the documents are shown in yellow. He said this attachment shows the agricultural center was taken out, and only a permanent parks operation base is included, for a new total of$1.2 million. He referred to a site plan that is also included and he reviewed the different components of the layout. 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 porosin 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