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DOWN'TOWN FAC`ILITIES ,. <br />A. FINDINGS <br />1. For the most part, the 14 departments and agencies which are lumped together <br />under this heading can achieve significant operational efficiencies by being housed together <br />in a single, modern, well-designed, carefully planned building. Centralization of these <br />facilities will also allow them to be*ter serve the public. <br />2. While as a general rule, brin~i.ng these departments and a encies together into <br />a single facility will yield greater operational efficiencv, there may be some departments or <br />agencies which are or traditionally have been part of the downtown group which could as <br />easily be located elsewhere. For example, certain elements of the county clerk's office are <br />now located in separate facilities in South Salem, and it appears that such space may be <br />more suitable to their needs than would be more limited space in a new downtown faciliry. <br />3. Several of the existing buildin~s which current!v house downtown agencies and <br />departments are particularly susceptible io earthquake damage. <br />4. The estimated space needs for the downtown departments and agencies is <br />currently approximately 90,000 square feet, and this space need is projected to grow to <br />approximately 110,000 by 2013. <br />5. In addition to the space currently occupied by certain departments and <br />agencies within the courthouse, downtown agencies and departments now occupy 17,000 net <br />square feet in the Franklin Building, 43,000 net square feet in the Senator Building and <br />13,000 net square feet in the Ticor Buildin~. <br />6. The Senator Building is seriously dilapidated, and if the county is to continue <br />its use, it will need major renovations within the next five years. Remodelin~ costs are <br />estimated to range between $3.5 to S6 million. This building currently supplies <br />PAGE 19 <br />ksj/cd/Facilities.Int 03/18/95 <br />