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6 <br /> After the Major Projects are completed, the supplemental pay-go will provide additional <br /> annual funding for High Priority Needs and increase the county's annual maintenance funding <br /> for the school district portfolio. <br /> County Assets <br /> The FY2025-35 CIP is continuing to recommend repair and critical maintenance of County <br /> facilities and infrastructure. Many of the County maintenance and repair projects throughout the <br /> 10-year plan were recommended through a Facility Condition Assessment. As a precursor to the <br /> Facility Master Plan, the County retained a consultant to perform a detailed Facilities Condition <br /> Assessment of each County-owned facility. This Assessment identified and prioritized the <br /> replacement of heating and cooling equipment, building fagades and windows, electrical <br /> systems, and roofing and created a 10-year replacement schedule for each category based on <br /> existing conditions, age, and expected useful life. These investments are intended to improve <br /> resiliency, extend the life of facilities, and improve service delivery to residents. <br /> • Animal Services Shelter Improvements -$818,720 <br /> The most recent inspection of the Animal Services Shelter by the Department of Agriculture <br /> and Consumer Services, Animal Welfare Section recommended a series of improvements. <br /> This project recommends implementing those recommendations and making other <br /> improvements to the facility at a projected cost of$818,720.The project will replace the dog- <br /> hold doors, relocate feeding areas, improve air quality and visibility, install guillotine doors to <br /> allow co-housing, add doors between rooms for improved cleaning, tint glass, improve <br /> signage, and replace exterior doors. <br /> • Behavioral Health Crisis Diversion Facility Construction - $22.6 million <br /> The Board of Commissioners has prioritized access to behavioral health services as part of the <br /> Countywide Strategic Plan. One of the Plan's objectives is to, "Improve harm reduction, <br /> prevention, and support services for adults and children experiencing behavioral health <br /> issues, substance use disorder, and intellectual or developmental disability." The County is <br /> currently working with an architect to design the facility and will acquire the site this spring. <br /> The FY2025-26 CIP is recommending that the Board authorize construction funding in the <br /> amount of$22.6 million. <br /> The facility is intended to divert individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis from <br /> hospital emergency departments and the County's Detention Center. The facility will offer <br /> two primary services. First, it will offer Behavioral Health Urgent Care services for assessment, <br /> stabilization, treatment, and aftercare planning for patients age 4 and older. The facility will <br /> also house Facility Based Crisis services for adults for longer term treatment. In addition to <br /> patients arriving through Emergency Medical Services and law enforcement, the facility will <br /> also accommodate walk-in patients, provide criminal justice stakeholders with clinical <br /> assessments, and offer the most appropriate care for justice-involved individuals in the least <br /> restrictive setting possible. <br /> Page 14 <br />