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7 <br /> Facilities Master Plan <br /> Attachment A <br /> A. Goals for the Facilities Planning Process: The following facilities planning <br /> goals were established early in the process: <br /> • Provide customer service in safe, secure and accessible facilities. <br /> • Be good stewards of the County's financial and land resources. <br /> • Where possible, move out of older facilities that have reached the end of their <br /> useful life cycle. <br /> • Consolidate departments and services to gain efficiency. <br /> • Respond to floodplain issues. <br /> B. Space Planning Analysis: The Space Planning phase identified an additional <br /> 111,891 Departmental Gross Square Feet (DGSF) of space needed by 2040. <br /> This translates into a Gross Square Foot (GSF) need of 156,732 by the year <br /> 2040. The chart below summarizes this information. <br /> Net Change Grossing Factor by GSF Space <br /> Category DGSF Type Needs bt 2040 <br /> Admin 13,090 Office 30% 17,017 <br /> Community <br /> Service 21,880 Office 25% 27,350 <br /> Human <br /> Services 25,079 Health 45% 36,365 <br /> Justice 23,923 Court 45% 21,653 <br /> Office 30% 11,686 <br /> Public Safety 22,807 Sheriff 30% 15,191 <br /> EMS 25% 21,080 <br /> Support <br /> Services 5,112 Office 25% 6,390 <br /> Total Space <br /> Needed 111,8911 156,732 <br />