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1. The existing Health Department building is approximately 20,000 square feet too small to accommodate all Health Department operations that should be sited in a central location. As a result, a number of Health Department units are widely dispersed throughout the community. This degrades efficiency and customer satisfaction and drives up costs. 2. The Health Department building is poorly designed and organized to meet the current and future needs of the department. It is energy inefficient and is one of the county's most expensive buildings in terms of operations and maintenance costs. However, the utility of the building could be significantly enhanced by a thorough remodeling. 3. The Health Department will need substantial additional space in the near future, not only to accommodate current unmet space needs, but also to make it possible to remodel the existing building without thoroughly disrupting the delivery of essential services. 4. If a new Juvenile Facility is built in the short term, approximately 14,000 square feet in the existing juvenile building can be converted for use by the Health Department. Use of this space will substantially reduce or eliminate the need to construct an addition to the Health Department building. B. RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Phase I assumes that a new Juvenile Department building is constructed within the next three years. The existing Health Department building and the vacated juvenile offices would then be remodeled to accommodate current Health Department space needs. 2. Future space needs can be accommodated, if needed, in Phase II with the construction of up to approximately 29,000 square feet of space at the health building. These recommendations should accommodate Health Department space needs for the next 20 years. C. COST FACTORS 1. The total cost of the project is estimated at $6 million provided that the entire PAGE 11 ksj/cd/Facilities.Int 08/10/95