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...MMM <br /> - ORANGE COUNTY FACILITIES STUDY . SECTION V <br /> 3. Current parking facilities are barely adequate at the Courthouse Complex 020 <br /> when court is in session. This situation is only going to worsen as time <br /> ti progresses. Incorporated into one of the phases of new construction <br /> should be the provision of structured parking. The low lying parking area <br /> existing between the new Courthouse and the Sheriff/Elections Building <br /> should be considered as a site for multi-level parking. Such a facility <br /> could be constructed on that site in a very low profile fashion. The <br /> upper level of parking would not need to exceed the existing level of <br /> Margaret Lane. <br /> 4. The Grady Brown Social Services Complex will be in need of physical <br /> expansion within the next decade. If new construction is not implemented, <br /> ti the only other method of providing expansion space will be removal of one <br /> agency to an alternate facility. As shown in the Major Groupings - <br /> Departments and Agencies (Appendix B, Table 2) and substantiated by the <br /> Adjacency Matrix (Appendix B, Table 1) removal of one social service <br /> A agency would not be a good solution. It is highly desirable to group all <br /> of these agencies together. Therefore, it can be projected that new <br /> construction will be needed at the Grady Brown Complex in the relatively <br /> near future. <br /> 4 <br /> The following two alternatives outline possible methods of satisfying the <br /> 4 future facility requirement criteria. <br /> 4 <br /> ALTERNATIVE A <br /> The first two phases must be sequential. Phases 2 and 3 need to occur almost <br /> simultaneously. County officials can best prioritize the order of occurrence <br /> of the subsequent phases. <br /> Phase #1 - Jail Addition --- to include space for the Sheriff's Office. <br /> 4 Square footage and cost would be determined by Jail/Sheriff <br /> 4 <br /> facilities study. <br /> Phase #2 - Remodel interior of the Sheriff/Elections Building. Building would <br /> be remodeled to accommodate: <br /> Finance Department 1200 square feet <br /> County Manager 800 square feet <br /> Commissioner's Clerk 600 square feet <br /> Personnel 1000 square feet <br /> Purchasing 500 square feet <br /> Central Services 700 square feet <br /> a Subtotal 4800 square feet <br /> Circulation J200 square feet <br /> Existing at Sheriff/Elections Building 6000 square feet <br /> Phase #3 - Move Board of Elections to Agriculture Building <br /> Space will have been vacated by Purchasing, Central Stores and <br /> y Register of Deeds. This step actually needs to occur almost <br /> simultaneously with Phase #2. <br /> I <br /> Phase #4 - Remodel interior of New Courthouse. <br /> Phase #2 will cause the entire top floor to become vacant when <br /> i <br /> Page 33 <br />