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3. Should we build a single structure or several buildings (campus style)? COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: One administration building with an annex in close proximity. 4. What location best satisfies the overall project requirements? (See attached proposed County Administration building sites). COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: To remain at the present site and acquire the necessary additional land north of the present County Administration Building for the project, as illustrated in the SpiIlis Candella Report. OTHER COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS 5. Final allocation of staff requirements for the year 2020 be the County Administrator's call, based upon guidance received from the Committee. 6. Future expansion be designed into the project in the initial phase. 7. The County hire a dedicated project manager who is technically oriented to coordinate the project, that he be on board in the design stage, and that the County should begin the process of selecting an architect. 8. The County include Arts in Public Places as a separate budget item. 9. The buildings be designed to include high-tech features. 10. A moveable partitioning system be used in general office space to provide adequate natural light and simplify lighting and HVAC systems. (The Committee especially liked the TEKNION partitions it saw at Osceola County's Administration Building) 11. Local architects, engineers and contractors be given preferred consideration either individually or in a partnership with an out -of -County firm, as permitted by Florida Statutes. 12. The County Administration Building not contain any facilities that would serve as competition to the private sector, except for a limited service cafeteria 13. The building shall be efficient, functional, flexible, practical, easily maintained, inviting durable, safe and cost-effective. Interior spaces should be welcoming of the public and an exciting and pleasant environment for County employees. A landscape setting that takes advantage of our subtropical climate with well -landscaped grade level parking in reasonable proximity of the building entrances. A building that enlightens the cultural senses of our community and one that would be a pleasant experience to visit, whether or not one has business with the County. Finally, a building that is not exalted, but has an image of restrained dignity. 14. An extension of 20th Avenue north- to Aviation Boulevard be mandatory if the project remains at its current location. 15 The County retain ownership of the 7+ acres, which now comprise the present Administration Building and parking lots. The building should be razed because of on-going high maintenance costs and liability concerns. The razed area could be used as open space, a park or space for future needs. The County should notify the School District as soon as possible, in writing, of its future plans for the current site. The current lease held by the School District, executed June 18, 2002 42