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Orange County Space Needs Report ~ 2005 Update <br /> Page 25 of 69 <br /> Department Name : Environment Resource Conservation Department <br /> Project Development Phase : Interim : Tier 1A ; Long - Term : 2A <br /> Current Location : Planning and Ag Building , 306 Revere Road , Hillsborough <br /> Current Departmental Square Footage : 960 <br /> Current # Employees : 7 <br /> Proposed Square Footage : 2 , 000 ( plus 30% Circulation factor) <br /> Options to accommodate space needs . <br /> Interim : The County will soon be conducting a public hearing to . hear citizen <br /> comment about a building that would be purchased by Orange Enterprises ( OE ) , <br /> using as part of the purchase7 price , monies appropriated by the County to <br /> expand the existing County- owned building on Valley Forge Road , Hillsborough . <br /> Assuming the public is supportive of the purchase and the Board moves forward <br /> with reallocating the funds to OE for the purchase , the existing OE building would <br /> revert back to the County for its use . Consistent with the goal to promote <br /> co - location of similar focus departments and to provide more efficient space for <br /> all parties , this study proffers the recommendation that the County renovate the <br /> Valley Forge Road building to make it appropriate space for the ERCD , Parks <br /> Administration staff and the Parks Operations base that resides in leased space <br /> less than one mile from this building . ERCD currently has employees at three <br /> different locations , the Planning and Ag Building , 501 W . Franklin Street <br /> ( landscape architect) and Blackwood Farm , The OE building provides sufficient <br /> space that all of ERCD employees could be located under one roof . <br /> Further , this action would release approximately 960 square feet in the Planning <br /> and Ag Building for reallocation to areas in the building with the greatest space <br /> deficit . <br /> • Long -term : Option # 1 . If facilities are developed at the Blackwood Farm as is <br /> suggested in the draft Parks Strategic Plan , ERCD and Parks Administration and <br /> Operations Base could relocate . <br /> Option #2 : According to _ the Department Director , ERCD has the strongest <br /> correlation to the Parks function at this time . However , the department may also <br /> be appropriately located with either the land services or the agriculture services <br /> departments . Current conditions should be evaluated at the time relocation is <br /> Tanned to assure the most appropriate Ion -term solution is identified . <br /> 25 <br />