Agenda - 09-06-2022; 8-a - Minutes

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34 1 Kevin Montgomery said they look at all of the detailed plans and drawings for the office 2 building and determine how much does it costs per square foot. He said then they put inflation 3 and escalation to estimate the cost. He said this is not based on a specific design. 4 Commissioner Hamilton clarified that it is an estimate on what the square footage would 5 be. 6 Kevin Montgomery said it is based on square footage and a description of what they are 7 building will be rather than specific information of what is in the building. He said the order of 8 magnitude will have an estimate based on the marketplace and then add the projections to the 9 completion date. 10 Commissioner Hamilton said that because there is not an overall strategic plan for the 11 county but there are department specific strategic plans, how will they weigh priorities. She said 12 that an overall plan would be helpful, but the department specific plans will not capture that. 13 She said that it is important to plan for what the future may bring. 14 Commissioner Bedford said she is so excited they are here to get started. She said that 15 having information with the county needs and school needs to make informed decisions will be 16 helpful. She said that she has gone through this where there were ideal, moderate, and bare 17 bones scenarios and asked if those would be provided to help with cost. 18 Kevin Montgomery said yes. 19 Commissioner Bedford said she understands there will be phasing, as well. She said it is 20 important to her that accessibility of buildings be considered in the plan. She said that she 21 wants to see comparisons between deconstruction and renovation. She said that certain 22 departments may need to be close to other buildings based on their job function. She said that 23 factoring where there could be synergy between offices will matter. She said they should 24 consider the location of the majority of the population. She asked if they would include the 25 detention center property. She asked if they are going to consider the condition of facilities 26 because there seems to be a lot of water problems. 27 Kevin Montgomery said those will all be taken into consideration. 28 Chair Price thanked staff and representatives from O'Brien Atkins for beginning the 29 process. She said they know some of the buildings are not functional for today's world. She 30 said that she appreciates the approach for today's world. She said that so many buildings are 31 not functional for today. She said that it is time to examine the buildings and Orange County is 32 changing. She Hillsborough is adding more residential as well as commercial. She asked when 33 they would hear back from O'Brien Atkins. 34 Steve Arndt said they would come back to the Board mid-way through the process as 35 well as at the end. 36 Chair Price asked what those dates might be. 37 Kevin Montgomery said they would hear back before the end of the year. 38 Commissioner Bedford said it was important to consider the impacts of climate change 39 and investing in sustainability. 40 Commissioner Richards asked if the Board could see the output from the visioning 41 phase of the study. 42 Bonnie Hammersley said they will share information periodically with the Board, perhaps 43 quarterly or every other month. 44 45 46 8. Consent Agenda 47 48 • Removal of Any Items from Consent Agenda 49 • Approval of Remaining Consent Agenda 50 • Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda 51 Commissioner Richards asked to remove item 8-e from consent agenda.