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Marion County Facilities Master Plan 11.0 Development of County Regio~al Facilities In addidon ro County office locations in the Salem area, a number of departments occupy space „ in Woodburn, Stayton, Silverton and eisewhere to provide more locally accessible services. These regional facilities have been developed independently by each department, resuldng in ' mulaple small leases and locations within several communities. Departments cunently utilizing , regional offices include: - Depanmenr Locnrion/Ciry ~ Corrections Mt. Mgel; Silverton; Stayton; Woodbu~n - Health Woodburn Juvenile Silverton; Stayton; Woodburn " Law Library Silverton; Stayton; Woodbum OSU Eztension Szrvice Mill City I Public Works (shops) Aumsville; Silvertoo; Stayton .: Sheriff Stayton; Woodbum - Current regional services also include: the North Marion 7ustice Court, located in Woodburn; a the East Marion Justice Court (in East Salem) and the Stayton Justice Court in Stayton. Each regional funcqon is_located in a separate facility, with the exception of the Stayton Corrections ~• and Justice Court functions which are presently co-located. The location satellite County facilities can be categorized as being either for "public , accessibility" or for "operational support." Publicly accessible offices are located based on convenience to the greatest possible number of potential users; therefore at population ~ "centroids." Operational support facilities generally aze located at geognphically strategic points, such as near a waste transfer station or landfill, or to support a public works maintenance function, for example. For the purposes of this study, operational support facilities have not ~ been considered as possible candidates for co-location within regional County government center facilities. ~ Although operational support facilities may bg developed, relocated or eliminated during the course of this Facilieies Master Plan, these actions will be to support the technical operation of departments and are not affected by the general growth of population and the resulting ~ accessibility and personal transactions with the public. The Public Works shops facilities, which support Road Maintenance and other public works functions, are considered to be operational support facilities and will continue to support public works project activities County-wide. ~ Public works information, map sales, administration, engineering, surveying and other public interaction duties are, however, possible tenants of a County government public service center. ~ __ In addition to those functions presently having regional offices, several County departments indicated that the potential exisu to expand the availability of their services at regional offices. ' Most of these departments, however, expressed concern over the ability to operate a"stand _._ alone" facility on a full-time basis. None of the departments antjcipated the ability to re(ocate staff (which ue no[ already located at regional offices) from Salem. The opportunity to expand services relies mainly in the capabiliry to share staff resources between departments. - Exhibit 21 provides a summary of the capabilities and preferences of departments for future ' operation of regional facilities. Only tnose functions which are candidates for possible de- ' centralization aze identified (i.e., the District Courts are not listed). Each department was asked to respond to the following questions: ~ ~ ~ r