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3. Equipment and radio rentals rate savings would off set any facility rate increases. <br /> 4. The new building would be more energy efficient than the current building. <br /> 5. A storage building of some kind is necessary at Owen Rose Garden ( a minimum of 650 <br /> square feet, at an approximate cost of $65,000) <br /> 6. The lost employee productivity due to travel time ($15,000 per year) would pay for a new <br /> maintenance shop over a 10 year period. Therefore, a 30 year building would pay for <br /> itself 3 times over in employee productivity savings. <br /> Intangible Gains of Onsite Shop: <br /> ♦ Employee morale <br /> ♦ Reduced plant theft <br /> ♦ Reduced illegal bloom cutting <br /> ♦ On -site reference library-roses <br /> 7 <br /> f ♦ Extended winter restroom usage <br /> o ♦ Increased public contact <br /> ♦ Greater public sense of security <br /> • Phone for Riverfront emergencies <br /> I am obviously biased to having an on -site maintenance shop at Owen Rose Garden. Taking the <br /> information in this brief report, I believe that anyone can see that an onsite maintenance shop <br /> would more than pay for itself over the life of the building. <br /> cc: Johnny Medlin, PWM <br /> Doug Miller, PWF <br /> Page 4 <br />