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ST. LUCIE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY <br />CONCVMSIONERS <br />FRANNIE HUTCHINSON <br />CHAIR <br />DISTRICT 4 <br />LINDA BARTZ <br />VICE -CHAIR <br />DISTRICT 3 <br />CHRIS D7ADOVSKY <br />DISTRICT 1 <br />ANTHONY BONNA <br />DISTRICT 2 <br />CATHY TOWNSEND <br />DISTRICT 5 <br />DAN MCINTYRE <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY <br />MAILING ADDRESS <br />2300 VIRGINIA AVENUE <br />FORT PIERCE, FL 34982 <br />PHONE <br />(772) 462-1156 <br />TDD <br />(772) 462-1428 <br />FAX <br />(772) 462-2131 <br />E-MAIL <br />PHELANK@STLUCIECO.ORG <br />WEBSITE <br />WVdW.STLUCIECO.GOV <br />HOWARD N. TIPTON <br />County Administrator <br />March 26, 2018 <br />Jason E. Brown, County Administrator <br />Indian River County <br />1801 271h Street <br />Vero Beach, FL 32960-3365 <br />Dear M.-B"own: <br />i <br />Early last year, we reached out to you in an effort to gain support for a five year <br />plan to fund the internal buildout of the Ft Pierce parking garage. Generally, the <br />lease portion of the budget would be minimally reduced over the next few years <br />while substantially reducing the actual expense. This would create a fund surplus <br />to pay for the internal buildout. At the end of the five year period, all four counties <br />would realize a substantial reduction to the lease portion of the budget, <br />approximately 50%. <br />Unfortunately, the bid for the buildout came back extraordinarily high. This was <br />due to a few factors, mainly market escalation and target facility level of <br />preparedness. <br />The goal of GAL is to still to move their operation closer to their base. This will <br />create immeasurable efficiencies for their operations and provide increased <br />customer service. <br />A new plan is being established to fund the relocation of the GAL operation. GAL <br />is requesting the four counties set aside their prorated portion of $750k over a <br />three year period. This is the current amount of the cost of the buildout to move <br />into the City parking garage. This would be in addition to the current budget <br />allocation. <br />The plan is to assume each county would maintain the current lease budget <br />although the lease payment has been reduced with the new agreement in their <br />current space. This will create some surplus. Each County would need to identify <br />additional funds needed to budget over the next three years to accomplish the <br />collective goal of 750k. <br />