TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Executive Office
MEETING DATE: May 4, 2021
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Carmel J. Angelo
PHONE:
4441
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Janelle Rau
PHONE:
4441
ITEM TYPE: Regular Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: 30 min
AGENDA TITLE:
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Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Initiating the Process for a County Wide Facilities Space Needs Assessment
(Sponsor: Executive Office)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Provide direction to the Executive Office to initiate a competitive process regarding the preparation and development of a County Wide Facilities Space Needs Assessment and to return to the Board with fiscal estimates associated with the project costs.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
The Board of Supervisors has adopted the Five Year Capital Improvement Plan; however, the County has not conducted a comprehensive County wide space needs assessment.
In 2011, in an effort to reduce the County's overall carbon footprint and to achieve fiscal efficiencies, the former General Services Agency was directed by the Board to physically consolidate various County employees who reside in leased facilities into County owned facilities. This direction resulted in more than 17 individual moves, consolidations, and reduction in leased space that realized substantial savings (estimated at the time at approximately $1 million annual savings). Several reports were made to the Board of Supervisors in 2011 regarding these moves and consolidations.
Since that time, the Chief Executive Office has considered this previous Board direction when analyzing office space allocations. However, due to various operational needs, several additional facilities have been purchased and/or leased over the past several years, resulting in operations moved into owned and/or leased facilities; all of which resulting in an increased real property footprint. Lacking a facility space needs assessment, space needs requests are h...
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