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3 <br />5 <br />History of Growth at OPC <br />Number of Staff in 1980 - 90 Staff <br />Number of Staff in 1990 - 200 Staff <br />122% Growth in 10 Years <br />Current area most in need of relief is Northside Community Mental Health <br />Center which was renovated and occupied in 1978 by a staff of 35. Today there <br />are 63 staff housed in the building and OPC cannot accommodate even one more <br />staff member. After conducting a spatial needs assessment, acquiring a free- <br />standing modular and renovating the lower level of our current building <br />seemed to be the most cost effective way to address the Northside space <br />problem. We encountered serious problems in siting the modular due to sewer <br />encroachments and costs that were higher than orginally planned. Therefore, <br />the space committee recommends that we abandon the modular plan and instead <br />construct an addition to Northside Building 12. This is in addition to the <br />renovation project. <br />PHASE I Construct addition to Northside, approximately 1400 square feet. <br />This is instead of modular acquisition (24'X 58' or 1392 square <br />feet). No special use permit is required since the addition. <br />involves less that 5% of the total Northside site square footage. <br />(Northside complex square footage is 28,590, 5% of which is 1424 <br />square feet.) It is necessary only to modify the existing special <br />use permit. <br />PHASE II Renovate lower level of Northside Building #2. Net gain is ten <br />offices, four to five secretarial areas, better flow and improved <br />departmental groupings. <br />PHASE III Acquire and renovate Northside Building #1 when Southern Orange <br />Human Services Building is complete. <br />1 <br />