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

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Orange County Space Needs Report ~ 2005 Update Page 37 of 69 Department Name : Recreation and Parks Department Project Development Phase : Interim : Tier 1A ; Long -Term : 2A Current Location : Whitted Human Services Center , Hillsborough Current Departmental Square Footage : 1302 ( administrative staff only ) Current # Employees : 16 ( not all of whom work from Whitted site ) Proposed Square Footage : 2 , 500 ( administrative staff only) ( plus 30 % Circulation factor) Options to accommodate space needs . Interim : As previously discussed in the ERCD section , the County will soon be conducting a public hearing to hear citizen comment about a building that would be purchased by Orange Enterprises ( OE ) , using as part of the purchase price , monies appropriated by the County to expand the existing County- owned building on Valley Forge Road , Hillsborough . Assuming the public is supportive of the purchase and the Board moves forward with reallocating the funds to OE for the purchase , the existing OE building would revert back to the County for its use . Consistent with the goal to promote co - location of similar focus departments and to provide more efficient space for all parties , this study proffers the recommendation that the County renovate the Valley Forge Road building to make it appropriate space for the ERCD , Parks Administration staff and the Parks Operations base that resides in leased space less than one mile from this building . Re- location of Parks Administrative staff would release at least 1 , 300 square feet of space at the Whiffed Building Central Recreation Center for additional programming . • Long -term : Option # 1 . If facilities are developed at the Blackwood Farm as is suggested in the draft Parks Strategic Plan , ERCD and Parks Administration and Operations Base could relocate . 37