Agenda - 05-05-2016 - 5-a - Minutes

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22 1 Commissioner Jacobs said he does not remember if the Board discussed this building, 2 the BOCC vision for it, and the costs. 3 Jeff Thompson said this was part of the Space Study Work Group, and the thrust of the 4 conversation is to make the existing services in that facility more efficient from a space 5 standpoint and bringing the building up to current standards. 6 Commissioner Jacobs said he was uncomfortable moving forward without further 7 discussion. 8 Bonnie Hammersley said this is going to be a long process, because one part of the 9 process is stakeholder involvement in the design portion. She said the Board will be involved in 10 that process. 11 Commissioner Jacobs said a huge mistake was made following this exact procedure 12 with the Southwest Branch Library. He said he would like the Board to have input first before 13 receiving input from other stakeholders. 14 Commissioner Dorosin said he thought the Board had a conversation about different 15 options, and concluded that all services should all remain co-located, with the building either 16 being rehabbed or making a new building on the same parcel of land. He suggested reviewing 17 the minutes for prior conversations. 18 Chair McKee said the item has been discussed several times and he does support 19 keeping the services in the same location. He said he does not support this capital project as 20 he feels the building has life left in it, with some minor renovations. He said there are many 21 other major projects that will need millions of dollars such as the schools and affordable 22 housing. He said the building may not be ideal, but it is not falling down and is not a valid 23 expenditure of$3 million. He said he also does not support $300,000 to pursue a plan as he 24 feels it is committing to an unnecessary project. 25 Commissioner Burroughs asked if the rationale for moving the project forward could be 26 explained by someone who served on the space committee. 27 Chair McKee said he served on that committee but did not speak out at that time as the 28 committee was not making decisions. He said Commissioner Price also served on the Space 29 Study committee. 30 Commissioner Price said the argument was made that the building is old and would 31 need renovations at some point, whether sooner or later. She said her greater concern was 32 that the services remain co-located. She said if a new building were proposed, she would 33 support having it on the same parcel of land. 34 Jeff Thompson said context is important, and a submission was made for a new HVAC 35 system and roof a few years ago. He said at that time, the submission was denied, and a new 36 location favored. He said he believes the current location is excellent, and he would support 37 maintaining it with either a new building or renovation of the current one. 38 Commissioner Burroughs said the two options are to spend $1 million now and get a few 39 more years of life or spend $3 million in the coming year and get a lot more years. 40 Jeff Thompson said the larger investment would offer greater energy efficiency as well 41 as greater space efficiency. 42 Commissioner Burroughs said she appreciates Chair McKee's points but would support 43 the larger investment. 44 Commissioner Jacobs agreed with Commissioner Burroughs and said this is going to be 45 an extensive cost benefit analysis which seems sensible. He said he must have missed a 46 portion of the discussions on this topic. 47 Commissioner Rich agreed with Commissioners Burroughs and Jacobs. 48 49 A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded Commissioner Pelissier by for 50 the Board to: