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16 <br /> <br />examine the Center’s needs and facility options to meet those needs. Pending the outcome of 1 <br />that assessment, funding is planned for facility improvement or construction in FY 2019-20. 2 <br />Incremental increases in operating and personnel costs are also shown. 3 <br /> 4 <br />FY2018-23 Recommended Capital Investment Plan 5 <br />Policy Priorities 6 <br />• Community Centers - $100,000 (p. 71) 7 <br />o Efland-Cheeks Community Center 8 <br />o Needs and Use Assessment & Facility and Site Options 9 <br /> $1 million programmed for construction in FY2019-20 10 <br />o Limitation on Existing Building Footprint due to Impervious Surface Constraints 11 <br />and Topography 12 <br />o Investigating Transfer of Impervious Surfaces from other County Owned 13 <br />Property 14 <br /> 15 <br />Efland-Cheeks Park (aerial photo) 16 <br /> 17 <br />Commissioner Price asked if the $100,000 will be used for a consultant. 18 <br />Travis Myren said yes. 19 <br />Commissioner Price asked if the deliverables for the $100,000 are known, and if the 20 <br />neighborhood associations will be brought into the process. 21 <br />Travis Myren said the deliverables would be a detailed report of needs and use 22 <br />assessment, including interviewing all stakeholders. He said the second deliverable would be 23 <br />determining some options to meet the identified needs. 24 <br />Commissioner Price said this is a lot of money to spend only to find out that the center 25 <br />is too small to fit the needs. She said if this much money is going to be spent on an architect, 26 <br />she would like to know the possibilities of expanding the current facility. 27 <br />Commissioner McKee said the County has parkland that has thousands of square feet 28 <br />of impervious surface, and he sees no reason why some of that cannot be transferred to this 29 <br />site. He said topography is a simple construction problem, and any expansion of the building 30 <br />will not be huge. He said he was at the facility on Sunday evening, and attended a nice 31 <br />community event. He said the usage currently outpaces the capacity of the building. 32 <br />Commissioner McKee said if this building is expanded, the acoustics will need to be 33 <br />carefully considered. He said he agrees that the center needs to be expanded. 34 <br />Commissioner Jacobs said he agrees with Commissioner McKee about the impervious 35 <br />surface issue. He suggested doing it in a formal way, and having it recorded and set up a 36 <br />County program on its own property. He said it may grow into a model for something better, 37 <br />as long as it is designated for this purpose. 38 <br />Commissioner Jacobs said the New Hope Improvement Association Community Center 39 <br />has a failed septic system, and needs $30,000 to repair it. He said he can imagine other non-40 <br />County owned community centers may need County assistance, and asked if the BOCC wants 41 <br />to plan for this potential need going forward. He said many of these buildings meet community 42 <br />needs. He said many community centers have fire departments associated with them, and 43 <br />perhaps they could be given some funds via a fire department request. 44 <br />Commissioner McKee said providing County assistance may be an expensive 45 <br />proposition, but it would not be as expensive as building new community centers. 46 <br /> Chair Dorosin suggested moving to the Sportsplex item, to allow staff to leave earlier. 47 <br /> The Board agreed by consensus. 48 <br />Travis Myren continued the presentation: 49 <br /> 50