Agenda - 11-09-2006-1 Space Needs report

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Orange County Space Needs Report ~ 2005 Update Page 8 of 69 . Ideally the site would be in or around Hillsborough and offer sufficient acreage to develop a campus , conceptually similar to the County ' s campus on Homestead Road . The campus would offer the opportunity to locate most County operations currently located in Hillsborough to the site when growth at their present location could no longer be accommodated . Build out of the campus would be a lengthy process , but would afford the county the opportunity to create a master planned site , that allowed rational and sustainable growth for decades to come. In addition , a well located campus might allow the county to promote collaboration with other partners as facilities are developed , encourage mass transportation initiatives , create open space areas and implement other initiatives valued by the County . New Facilities Proposed The study findings reveal the need to provide space on the new campus for several major functions within the next 20 years . The determination of how these functions might be situated on the new campus site would be contingent upon the characteristics of the site selected . While the terminology land services " building " and administrative " building " may be used throughout this document , the , site analysis conducted when a site is identified will determine the advisability of these departments being in a single building , designed to expand by phases , or multiple buildings rlocated on the campus . Land Services Departments with the greatest space deficit are located in the Planning and Agriculture building . A new building at the campus is proposed for " Land Services Departments" . The building would ultimately house all land services . departments including : Planning and Inspections , Health Department : Environmental Health , Land Records/GIS , Register of Deeds , County Engineer , Revenue Department and the Tax Assessor. The county could choose to construct it in phases , with priority being given to the Planning and Health Department : Environmental Health functions . The completion of this facility will raise the bar on customer service by offering visitors a true "one -stop" experience for land related issues for the first time . Library In . accordance with the Library Task Force Report and to provide sufficient expansion space ` for other Human Services Departments at the Whitted Building , a new main . Library building will be needed . Although a cybrary/branch library would remain at the Whitted location , the new campus could also provide a location for the main library facility . 8