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From the Director, Department of Transportation and Public Works, submitting an informational report regarding the Comprehensive Facilities Plan for Milwaukee County. (INFORMATIONAL ONLY UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE COMMITTEE)
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POLICY
At its March 17, 2011 meeting, the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors authorized and directed the Director of the Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW) to prepare and issue a request for proposals for the development of a comprehensive facilities plan for Milwaukee County.
BACKGROUND
On March 14, 2011, the Long Range Strategic Planning Committee approved a resolution recommending the hiring of an outside consultant to perform ongoing space needs, facilities planning and the sale of surplus properties for Milwaukee County. The resolution further recommended that several elements be addressed in a comprehensive strategic facilities plan including:
• more efficient use facilities by reviewing the facilities occupied by Milwaukee County as an owner or tenant that are vacant or underutilized, which properties are leased and the amount of space inhabited by either employees of the County or the clients served;
• review of all County facilities to assess any safety issues and determine whether a building is obsolete or cost effective for County use;
• development of a plan that focuses on sustainability per the County’s Green Print policy;
• consideration of potential market value of County-owned property;
• recommendation to policymakers of a planning and/or management structure (e.g. flow chart) for carrying out the elements recommended in the facilities strategic plan; and
• development of a strategy to prioritize the recommendations of the strategic facilities plan using criteria that can be understood by stakeholders.
Based on this direction, DTPW prepared and distributed a request for proposal (RFP) in May 2011 and received six proposals from six teams of consultants. Each team was interviewed by a...
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