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16 <br /> Overview: Build a new EAC facility and a co-located Park Operations Base on County <br /> property next to Fairview Park and County Fleet operations campus on Public Works Dr. (Both <br /> Buildings: Pre-engineered steel with exterior cladding and interior upfits) <br /> Probable Cost Estimate: <br /> • Probable Cost Estimate: $6,452,000 (New EAC $4,200,000, plus Park Ops <br /> $2,572,000) <br /> o Includes $430,500 to be added in the FY2017-22 CIP <br /> o Sanitary sewer upgrade, required storm water features, and related site costs <br /> Advantages: <br /> • Avoided Costs: Major septic system at Blackwood Farm, duplicative site work, shared <br /> infrastructure (parking lots and areas for storage, staging, training, etc.) <br /> • Higher level of functional and energy efficiency (same as Option 2a) <br /> • Efficiency in co-locating the Park Operations Base with rest of DEAPR and near fuel <br /> station and maintenance operations <br /> • Adjacent to Fairview Park <br /> • Ability to re-purpose or sell the Revere Road site <br /> Disadvantages: <br /> • Site not on a "through-street" <br /> • Potential transportation impacts of servicing County parks <br /> BOCC Space Planning Principles: <br /> ■ Co-location <br /> ■ Owned Property <br /> ■ Sustainable design principles <br /> ■ Consolidation <br /> ■ Highest and Best Use <br /> Option 3: New Construction — New Site <br /> Overview: Examine prospective sites within the Highway 70/Cornelius Street Corridor along <br /> the northern Hillsborough periphery. <br /> Probable Cost Estimate: <br /> • Similar to Options 2a or 2b, plus site acquisition costs and other site development costs <br /> • No requirement to appropriate additional funds to the CIP until costs more fully <br /> understood <br /> Advantages: <br /> • Ability to locate a suitable site to address the perceived weaknesses of seclusion, <br /> visibility, and transportation reach to County parks <br /> • Capacity for growth within the County owned real estate portfolio <br /> Disadvantages: <br /> • Requires more time for site identification, due diligence, and acquisition <br /> • Purchased property would be tax exempt <br /> • Likely additional costs associated with the real estate purchase <br /> and development. <br /> BOCC Space Planning Principles: <br /> Site selection based on Board-adopted criteria <br /> Board action requested: <br /> • Receive and provide feedback regarding the study conducted by HH Architecture; <br /> • Discuss and decide a development course of action for the Environment and <br /> Agricultural Center (EAC) to inform the FY2018-23 Capital Investment Plan <br />