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October 13, 2010
Board of County Commissioners
Erik Kropp, Deputy County Administrator
North County Campus
At the October 18, 2010 work session, we will continue discussion on the North County
Campus project.
As background, the development of a North County Campus located in Redmond has
been a Board goal since FY 2008-09 and is included in this year's CIP. The County
issued a solicitation of interest for this project and nineteen proposals were submitted.
Proposals included a range of different project types: existing building, land only, and
land with a proposal to build a facility. Staff developed a short list of five projects based
on the location and description of the site, existing or proposed structure, parking
facilities, and cost.
If the Board approves the project, the County can either develop a project that only
houses County operations or includes other partner agencies. The funding for the North
County Campus would come from General County Projects Fund (Fund 142) and the
issuance of bonds. The debt service on the bonds would be paid for by County
departments located in the facility and in the case of a project that includes partner
agencies, third party leases.
If Board decides to move forward on the project, staff will ask for Board direction on the
process. One option is to use an alternative method of contracting and send out a request
for proposal to the short listed projects. Another option is to start a new process, which
could include identifying and purchasing land, and then using the traditional design, bid,
build construction method.