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Marion County Facilities Master Plan Overcrowding at the Health department is the only rearon for a space shortfall -- no significant "new" spaces are required, yet the existing offices and clinics are substantially impacted by lack of space. Two divisions, Mental Health (Children and Adolescent prognms) and MR/DD, have been relocated to leased space at additional operational expense. Three functions presently located at this site (Dog Control, Elections and OSU Extension) have no functional adjacency requirement with Health and should be relocated to aliow for reconsolidation and expansion of the Health department. Whether or not the County elects to develop a Kennel to be operated by Dog Control, the Counry should relocate this function to an independent site or adjacent to the SherifPs patrol functions. Elections should also be relocated, but within the pazameters of certain facility planning criteria. The County Clerk Elections Division must be located adjacent to a multi-purpose room(s) which can serve as ballot processing rooms during times of election (about 5 times per year for 10 days each). Because'of the specific process requirements of the Election Division, the adjacency of their space to the multipurpose space is critical and a location at or convenient to a loading dock/freight elevator is essential. The County could relocate the OSU Extension to a separate site given its lack of adjacency needs with other County functions. OSU Extension would best be conveniently accessible from Interstate 5, generally east of Salem for greatest convenience to their clients. In addition to requirements of the Health Department, the 7uvenile and Family Court Center will require additional space and site resources. As mentioned previously in Section 5.0, the Juvenile and Family Court Center is expected to grow from a total of 38,311 gross squaze feet curzendy to 44,321 GSF by 1995 in an expansion currenUy in the planning stages. Beyond that, the JFC center will increase to an estimated 62,324 GSF by 2000 and to 74,922 GSF by 2012 on the vacant portions of the site directfy north and south of the existing facility. The projected growth of the Health and Juvenile facilities can easily be accommodated on the Center Street site; however, it is recommended that a comprehensive site plan be conducted prior to actual development of any building expansion. The 48,170 NSF current space shortfall increases as the County staff grows over time -- to a total of 146,824 NSF between the 2013 (Projection A) requirements and the existing occupied space. This 2013 shortfall may be a little as 118,720 NSF following Projection B or as high as 183,213 NSF given the maximum growth scenario of Projection D. Projection A is the recommended facility planning projection given current conditions. Page 20