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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: December 10, 2002 Action Agenda Item No. I,, SUBJECT: Justice Facilities Expansion and Other County Space Needs DEPARTMENT: Purchasing and Central Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Excerpt from June 11, 2002 Minutes Pam Jones (919) 245-2652 relevant to this subject Materials from June 11, 2002 Budget Work TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Session Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To continue discussion regarding County space needs as cited in the Space Needs Task Force Report with a primary focus on the Justice Facilities Expansion and issues associated with the Government Services Center expansion. BACKGROUND: The Board has previously received information regarding the space needs for all County departments via the Space Needs Task Force report, dated March 29, 2001. The Board through various discussions has refined some aspects of the plan to a more acceptable level of development, specifically the Justice Facilities Expansion and the expansion of the Government Services Center in Downtown Hillsborough. Although staff will be prepared to answer questions about any part of the study that the Board may wish to discuss, the information presented will focus attention on the areas of most urgent space needs as cited in the study. Presentation material and minutes from previous work sessions, used in tandem with the Space Needs Task Force report and the Justice Facilities Master Plan form the basis of the information to be presented by staff during the work session. Assumptions During previous work sessions, the Board has generally expressed endorsement of the following assumptions: • County facilities on the downtown campus would be expanded only to the extent that parking needs could be addressed by surface parking. No parking deck is anticipated. • Justice Facilities would be developed only to the extent that a parking deck would not be needed. This would provide expansion area for approximately 48,000-54,000 square feet of total build out, or Phases I and II of the expansion plan. Phase I only is to be pursued at this time. • The building presently occupied by the Sheriff's office will remain intact (Removal was contemplated in the master plan). • Alternatives are to be developed to the GSC expansion options as defined in the Space Needs Task Force Report. The amount of development on the site would be limited, if at all and would include only surface parking. • The space study proposed expansion of the Government Services Center(GSC) to the point that three departments, Planning, Environmental Health and ERCD could relocate to the site. Since the additional square footage needed would require deck parking, alternative means of addressing the