HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0413 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ARCHITECTURAL PRESENTATION ON THE SPACE NEEDS
OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT & BRIEFING MINUTES FOR
MAY IS 2001
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met for an architectural presentation on the
space needs for the Department of Social Services on Tuesday, May 15, 2001, at 4:30 p.m., in the
Iredell County Government Center (South Wing Conference Room), 200 South Center Street,
Statesville, NC 28677. An agenda briefing was held immediately following the presentation.
Present: Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Steve D. Johnson
Tommy E. Bowles
Karen B. Ray
R. Godfrey Williams
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Finance Director Susan Blumenstein,
Planning Supervisor Ron Smith, Subdivision Administrator William Allison, Health Director Ray
Rabe, Environmental Health Supervisor Kelly Sheeks, EMS Director Tracy Jackson, Purchasing
Agent Evie Caldwell, and County Assessor Brent Weisner.
DSS EXPANSION: Steven Overcash (Principal) and Heather Moye (Programer), with the
architectural firm of Overcash•Demmitt, presented a draft feasibility study in reference to the
possible expansion of the social services building/department. Also attending the meeting were:
Jack Levinson, the President of GVA Lat Purser & Associates and Robert Otten, the Vice President.
Levinson and Otten, private developers, were invited to the meeting by the architectural firer to share
ideas about public/private partnerships. Otten said his company had entered into a partnership
recently with the Town of Matthews.
Moye gave a one-year, five-year, and a ten-year projection on the anticipated space needs for
social services. She said the square footage needed to adequately house the employees, and their
clients, was reviewed for each separate social services division. Using historical data, she shared
projections on the number of staff that might be added in the next ten years.
Overcash said two options were developed for the board's review. The options and their
costs included:
Option B
Renovated: 21,862 sf x $20
437,240
New: 22,462 sf x $80
1,796,960
Subtotal
2,234,200
Difficulty Contingency (7%)
165,800
Architectural/Engineering fees
165,000
Furnishings, equipment, moving costs_ 235.000
TOTAL 2,800,000
Option E
Renovated: 21,862 sf x $15 327,930
New: 16,000 sf x $90 1,440,000
Subtotal 1,767,930
Difficulty Contingency (7%) 132,070
Architectural/Engineering fees 140,000
Furnishings, equipment, moving costs 160.000
TOTAL 2,200,000
Overcash said Option B included the usage of two properties near the social services site.
He noted that $2.2 million was set aside forthe expansion, but he said the amount did not include
the purchase price for the two properties.