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B. REVIEW OF STAFF AND PROJECTIONS The committee went over all of the current staff positions and how they were broken down between specific Orono services and those for contract communities. With the numbers of staff and their projections as presented, the committee concensus was that the staff projections seemed appropriate. There was considerable discussion that the City needed to have its own Assessor. For engineering services, the committee felt that it was a function of the council review and the cost of in-house services versu > the cost for consultant. The committee understood that as development increased in the community. 0 in-house services became more affordable. The overall projections for staff and area . ,r all City Hall represents 1.064 square feet which would cost approximately $85,000. There was discussion among the committee as to whether this area should be reduced The comminee felt that it was such a small portion that keeping it in the overall square footage allowed for expansion, regardless of whether it was for the specific staff currently being discussed. The committee reviewed the potential growth at Orono in relationship to the potential for expansion. Based strictly on population growth, as per the current development ordinance, it was agreed that Orono ’s population, at 9-10.000 would be the maximum for the 10-15 year time frame. The overall assessment was that the staff and service projections as stated would provide Orono for the next 10-15 years. The committee did feel that any building site should have ample room for expansion in case the overall future of Orono was dramatically changed due to development or incorporation of other community services through expanded contracts. C. BUILDING USES The committee reviewed the overall concept of keeping a postal facility at the City Hall. It was felt that the current postal facility in Crystal Bay served the adjacent residential community and really wasn’t a significant postal resource for the exp^mded Orono community. The committee asked staff to look further into options for the existence of that postal facility if the City Hall was no longer there and the possibility of maintaining that postal location for mail distribution regardless of the City Hall site and usage. A library was discussed for the City Hall site. The current location on Highway 12 was discussed in regard to it’s adjacency to that site for city hall/library accessibility. The potential to have an overall campus of public service buildings (i.e. city hall, library, school) was felt to be a service plus for the community. One committee member suggested that the building site be large enough to have a central medical helicopter pad for emergency use. The potential of a facility upus big enough to hold a fire station mentioned. The fire station location was stated by the consultant to be dependent as much on location of potential volunteers as well as adjacency for response time throughout the City of Orono. With this, the committee understood that the fire station facility, if it wore to occur, would be a separate type of need and should be independently studied for location. In reviewing the overall types of spaces, the committee concensus was that the public areas of the building (i.e. - council and mooting rooms) should be centrally located off of an easily accessible lobby space. All of these rooms should be flexible and divisible for easy community usage. The council area should be sot up such that smaller council meetings will not use the whole room. For larger meetings the room could be opened up as a larger area for seating. A central lunchroom, shared equipment, and service and restroom facilities for both police and city hall, was felt to be appropriate. The cor^* ‘tee liked the concept of having public works, city hall and police all on one site. Th:-- 3t was favored by the committee to provide a central staff and service potential as create any • ''onomies through shared usage. The committee also felt that the cnufOi area and meeting center should bo set up to allow for cable television with proper ventilation and acoustics for adequate meeting purposes.