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County consultants, real-estate advisers urge clearer decisions on master facilities plan as Clayton deadline looms
Summary
Avis and Young and the county's consulting team reviewed earlier master planning work and urged the Public Improvements Committee to define scope and make decisions quickly. Committee members proposed forming a working group to narrow options; staff reminded members procurement rules and that multiple previous studies (Cornerstone/WSP/HOK) exist.
Rick Dames, a St. Louis-based real estate consultant with Avis and Young, summarized the county's prior master facilities planning work and urged the committee to convert options into a single, quantifiable path.
Dames said Avis and Young completed a master facilities plan that included seven options ranging from renovating the existing building to building a new county seat, and he emphasized the process challenge: “You have a real estate problem. This got a business problem,” he said. “We need to decide what it is that you want to do.”
Why it matters: The committee is operating under a timeline set by the City of Clayton to address sprinkler and other code-related issues at the county building;…
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