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Parking: The consultants (WEGroup) have conducted an analysis of parking needs through the year 2013. The study reviewed the needs of each department and considered visitor/customer needs, department vehicles and employee parking. The County currently has an on-site inventory of 360 spaces. Using the consultant's projections we need 480 spaces. If new facilities are constructed on the Senator block, existing parking will be displaced. Some of this parking can be located in an offsite structure such as the one being proposed by the Transit District. The Transit District's proposal, on the Odd Fellows site, will provide 400+ parking spaces. At this time it is unclear what the County's cost would be to use some of this parking. If the County was to construct a new parking structure that meets future growth needs and replaces lost parking on the Senator block, the esti- mated cost would be: 287 spaces x $10,000/space = $2,870,000 Operational Costs: Given the number of options under consideration it is very difficult to estimate the operational cost savings. The unknowns include questions regarding: 1. The number of staff positions that are not needed because of consolidation of facilities. 2. Will enhanced use of automation networks impact growth? 3. What new services will be offered to our citizens that are not currently provided? The only area where we have made some preliminary projections is energy consumption. The Senator and Franklin Buildings are fairly high energy users. The development of energy efficient buildings can potentially save the County several hundred thousand dollars a year. Maintenance and Custodial services will also be more efficient on new buildings. Adjacency issues: If the County continues to use existing buildings to house the fourteen downtown departments, questions have been raised regarding the appropriate location for departments having like-functions. The consul- tant analyzed the inter-department adjacency issues as part of their analysis. Attached are exhibits 16 and 17 from their report.