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5 <br /> 1 The following summarize the group's major areas of progress and recommendations to the <br /> 2 Board in anticipation of the FY2016-21 CIP process. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 1. Progress of appropriated Capital Proiects addressed by the Space Study Work <br /> 5 Group <br /> 6 The Cedar Grove Community Center, Environment and Agricultural Center, Sportsplex <br /> 7 Fieldhouse, and Orange County Detention Center projects are moving forward in the design <br /> 8 process. The Cedar Grove Community Center remains on schedule to open in the spring of <br /> 9 2016. Both the Environment and Agricultural Center and the Sportsplex Fieldhouse projects are <br /> 10 in early stage design as is the Orange County Detention Center. The Board will be presented <br /> 11 an update on the Detention Center design, including information regarding a potential attached <br /> 12 Law Enforcement Center, during the December 15, 2015 regular meeting. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 2. Progress of minor space plannin_q confi_guration recommendations <br /> 15 Several small projects to reconfigure interior space and take advantage of opportunities <br /> 16 identified in the Space Study process are currently underway. <br /> 17 The County Human Resources offices are benefiting from expanded training spaces in <br /> 18 adjacent vacant opportunity spaces that formerly housed the County Engineer offices prior to <br /> 19 the construction of the West Campus in 2009. <br /> 20 <br /> 21 The County Attorney will soon occupy the vacant opportunity spaces formerly used by <br /> 22 Morinaga America Foods in the lower level of the Link Center. This space will allow more useful <br /> 23 administrative space for the County Attorney and his staff and will allow the vacated areas on <br /> 24 the second floor to provide space consolidated areas for newly formed Community Relations <br /> 25 Department, the County Risk Manager, the County Manager's office staff, and a small <br /> 26 conference room. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Similar efficient reconfigurations discussed in the April 9 report are moving forward over the <br /> 29 next few months. These involve Recreation personnel occupying administrative offices in the <br /> 30 Whitted second floor in order to provide programmable recreation space within the Central <br /> 31 Recreation facility, balancing constrained and opportunity spaces between the Health <br /> 32 Department and Housing, Human Rights & Community Development within the Whitted <br /> 33 Campus, providing for usable administrative space within Gateway to house growth within the <br /> 34 Tax Administration Department, and providing useful crew lounge space within an opportunity <br /> 35 space at Emergency Services. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 3. Administrative Policy Development <br /> 38 Staff is working toward building effective administrative policies within the purview of the County <br /> 39 Manager in key areas identified in the April report: <br /> 40 <br /> 41 a. Records Retention and Comprehensive Storage Policy <br /> 42 A major element of the charge of the Space Study Work Group, this body of work has <br /> 43 progressed through a collaborative effort of the records retention and storage subgroup led <br /> 44 by Alan Dorman of Asset Management Services. This group has successfully partnered with <br /> 45 the State Department of Cultural Resources to frame the practices to efficiently manage <br /> 46 and store the County's paper and electronic records as well as schedule the proper disposal <br /> 47 of unnecessary documents according to applicable laws. A final policy recommendation for <br /> 48 the Manager's approval is expected in the spring of 2016. <br /> 49 <br /> rd <br /> 50 b. 3 Party Tenancy Policy <br />