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After the break down of the Ben•ey development team, interim agreements with Pence/Kelly and Arbuckle Costic for engineering and design services was negotiated. Another RFP process produced the selection of Melvin Mark Co., Portland, as the new project manager/developer in June 1997. COUNTY'S NEED: Summary of factors influencing current needs: - 1. The aging condition of the county's downtown buildings (average age 71 years) requires high maintenance and remodeling costs. - 2. Space for staff and programs will continue to outgrow available facilities. - 3. Growth in the state court system requires the county to vacate the Courthouse. - 4. Efficiencies in delivering county services can be enhanced if staff and programs can be consolidated into one facility. The County did not have an immediate program document to provide to the committee and therefore may have cost the county some credibility with the SPOC. This space programming document was converted for the committee into net square feet as requested by the committee. This is general statement and numbers of need. The status being used now is a need of approximately 87,837 square feet for county use. LEASE STUDY: uestion: Should the county continue as presently doing, lease space or continue to move toward building Courthouse Square? If we can own our own building, we can be in control of fees and inflated issues. Through an RFQ process, contracted with Palmer, Groth & Pietka to do a lease study, their conclusions included that the cost of building courthouse square is lower over the years than leasing outside space. BUDGET: There was not an actual detailed budget for this project. Billy researched and put together such a document for the Special Committee.