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40 <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />introduction <br />The Indian River County BOCC is considering the design and construction of a new facility to <br />house its main administrative departments and commission chambers. The primary planning <br />considerations are functionality, efficiency, flexibility and affordability. <br />Establishment of Need <br />The SCP planning team was hired in mid 1998 to take an objective and highly analytical <br />approach to projecting future growth for the Indian River County Administration. <br />In our approach to this task, SCP utilized the University of Florida's population growth <br />projections to year 2000 and 2020 for the State of Florida. For Indian River County, these — <br />projections show an increase from the 1997 base population of 104,605 to 111,411 in 2000 <br />(growth of 6.5%), and an additional increase to 154,089 in 2020 (growth of 39.3%). Indian River <br />County's Planning Department does use the University of Florida's projections. <br />Our planning team projected growth for all Indian River County's Administrative Departments <br />that will reside in the new facility. It should be noted that 3 departments — Fire Service, <br />Emergency Medical Services and Environmental Health employee are not currently located in the <br />existing Administrative Building on 25" Street and are projected to be located in the new facility. <br />The departments scheduled to occupy the new administrative facility have 264 positions as of <br />November 1998. The departments are expected to grow to 319 positions by move in date of <br />2001 and to 378 positions by 2010. This growth of staff from 1998 (264 positions) to year 2010 <br />(378 positions) is an increase of 43%. The departments scheduled to occupy the purchasing <br />facility have 16 positions as of November 1998. The departments are expected to grow to 20 <br />positions by move in date of 2001 and to 23 positions by 2010. <br />Indian River county agencies currently occupy approximately 82,000 GSF in the existing County <br />administration building, as well as approximately 4,300 GSF in off-site space for Fire, E.M.S., and <br />Environmental Health. Remodeled from its prior use as a hospital, the existing building is <br />overcrowded and substandard in the quantity and in the quality of its environment. Several <br />studies completed prior to the current program have attested to the inadequate conditions of the <br />existing building, and have projected significant ongoing costs for the repair of an aging HVAC <br />system. The existing facilities provide 329 GSF per person, which is substandard for similar <br />facilities in the State of Florida. <br />The combination of two essential factors — the inadequacy of the existing building and the overall <br />growth of the county's service demands — established the need for a new building to serve Indian <br />River County. <br />Executive Summary Page 1-1 <br />