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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 about a 17,000 square foot building. He referred to page 8 of the abstract, and said 15,000 square feet of the center would be interior space, and 2,000 would be outside demonstration area. Commissioner Gordon said this agricultural center Commissioner Jacobs was talking about was something different. Jeff Thompson said the interior space would remain the same, but the exterior space that interfaces with the larger acreage is different and makes a lot of sense. Commissioner Gordon said there are two different things being looked at here, one is the reconfigured office space for the agencies, and the other is the conception of an agricultural center. Dave Stancil said there is a lot of interest in this center due to the idea of a large meeting area. Commissioner Gordon said there are two different concepts being looked at and it may be good to talk about phasing or even two different buildings. She said it make sense to her to do a new building. Paul Laughton reviewed Attachment C regarding the new jail project. He said there is a total price of$30 million budgeted for design and construction. He said the major construction was to be in year 4 with a 250 bed capacity. He said there was discussion of breaking the project up into segments or pods. He said this is what is outlined on page 10. He said $500,000 was kept for design and professional services in year 2 and 3, and the year 4 construction was kept, looking at a revised plan. He said there is an expansion concept shown on pages 12 and 13. He said this contains 3 different segments or pods with a wide range of beds and capacity. He said the new amount of$23.76 million in construction is basically for a jail with a 216 bed capacity. He said this 216 bed concept could also be done in pods. Chair Jacobs asked Cheryl Young to come up to microphone since she is the support staff for the Jail Alternatives Work Group. He said there has been some discussion about the size of the pods. Cheryl Young said this is extremely preliminary, as it relates to the pod concept. She said there is still a lot of time to work on this. She said 221 is the topped out sum of 140 local inmates plus the current contracted 75 inmates. Chair Jacobs asked if Sheriff Pendergrass had any comments about the jail concept.