Development Team Meeting Notes (96-99)

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Dick added that the strengths of the County's assets are well stated in the Prudential proposal. They may fully understand the assets. ~ Bob stated that if this was that good of a deal, we would have had a lot more proposals submitted. David responded that's is not necessarily true. There is some risk. Dick stated that he was very pleased with the two proposals. The project is unique and one of a kind. Development proposals cost a great deal of money, and this one particularly. It required creativity. Randy Franke added an observation that he hopes David asks these questions to the development proposal teams, in terms of cost and what they bring to the community. He stated that he does not believe that the County has the option of going out and asking for money from the ta~c payers. The public may be concerned about growing juvenile crime but they are not willing to give us anything. We are going to have to work hard to sell a Juvenile facility. David pointed out that there is a conelation between the public not wanting to spend money and us developing this partnership. RG responded that we are asking the panel to make a decision on one of these proposals. The point is to consolidate existing County ofFice space. We would be spending more money if we were just going out and building space. David asked what piece of inventory the County needs to get rid of. ~ Randy stated that it would be the Franklin Building and placed its' value at 1.5 million. After working with consultants for two years, the cost of these proposals is less than the construction costs of building a new building. David asked if Randy could give him the names of the consultants. Randy explained that demolition cost was factored in to that, in a two phase development, Randy asked if anyone had conflicting relationships. Ed responded that he does have three or four customers who may be involved in this project. Gary responded he did also, but he does not do business with these customers. Dick responded that he did not see a conflict. Randy explained that the agenda for interview session would be two hours for each presentation, with dinner served at 5:30. He asked that members be prepared to set aside an hour for a work session to make a selection. Randy hopes that the selection will be made by consensus, and that it will be a decision that everyone can live with. He stated that he does not want to have to defend the decision to the media. He added that in talking about the selection process, in the RFP, items 6& 7 are most critical. Randy acknowledged that he respects Davids concerns and that there are some potential issues in the County. There may be an initiative on the November ballot to cut tax revenue. He stated that he has the ~ commitment of the Board of Commissioners on this project. RG stated that the discussion does not preclude us taking this next step. The discussion is very healthy.