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• • The Board reviewed the proposed Resolution and the Final Report to the Board of County Commissioners. Chairman Stanbridge called on Commissioner Ginn, as Chairman ofthe Space Needs Committee, to introduce the presentation of the Committee. Commissioner Ginn was pleased to present the culmination ofthe 18 months of study by the Space Needs Committee and gave a brief history since July of 2000 when they began their work to determine whether there is a need for a new County Administration Building. She introduced the members of the Committee who were present and announced the names of those who were not and why they were not. (CLERK'S NOTE m SEE THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IN THE FINAL REPORT FOR THE FULL PRESENTATION.) Commissioner Ginn stressed that this was truly a "citizens' committee" with no vested interests and emphasized that the work was done by the committee members, not by staff. She described their task, the process, and specified that their recommendations were conservative, were based on the bottom line, on facts, and projected the county's needs through the year 2020. Commissioner Ginn then introduced the first speaker and listed his credentials. Frank Coffey first expressed the appreciation of the Committee members to Commissioner Ginn for the energy and devotion she gave to this important assignment, to Reta Smith, the Committee's efficient secretary; and to General Services Director Tom Frame for providing transportation for the Committee. Mr Coffey then read from prepared remarks (copy on file with the backup for the meeting). He gave a brief history of the current Administration Building and reviewed the methods utilized by the Committee for projecting the needs in 2020, which included a review of the previous space needs studies in 1991 (VOA) and 1999 (Spillis Candela & Partners). He explained the data on Tables 1, June 18, 2002 35 f ;vn 1 J