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Description

This level of effort project is intended to provide a structured process to ensure that all Alcohol Beverage Services (ABS) retail store locations are modernized and updated to provide customers with a friendlier shopping experience in well merchandised stores that offer choice, convenience, and knowledgeable staff. Once a retail store has been refreshed, it could offer tasting rooms, growler stations, wider shopping aisles, pairing dinners, other special events, and a more aesthetically pleasing and safer shopping experience. Flooring, painting, shelving, updating restrooms, and work identified for major building systems (including the roof, mechanical/heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), and windows) will be included to "freshen up" the retail stores and ensure working and efficient operating systems.
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Phase

Preliminary Design Stage

Status

Active
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Budget Snapshot
$15.14M Total
Expenditures/Funding
$8.01M 6 Year Total
Expenditures/Funding
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Estimated Schedule

ABS started remodeling stores in FY20 within the operating budget, with four refurbishment projects at the Darnestown, Cabin John, Montrose, and Wheaton retail store locations. The remodel schedule will align with lease expirations with stores being remodeled in the year in which their lease is negotiated for renewal with the understanding that all stores will be evaluated and refurbished prior to the end of the CIP project. ABS identifies the stores to be refreshed approximately 18 months before planning and design work begins.
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Justification

This project is a vital piece of ABS's Five-Year Financial Plan to increase its transfer to the County. Further, this project will give ABS the ability to leverage external funding that will eliminate the need to use debt financing or tax dollars. Many of the retail stores have not been updated for 20 years. Ensuring that ABS is able to execute its multi-year plan to renovate/upgrade its 20 outdated retail stores is key to providing better service to its clientele. This project will also allow ABS to leverage contributions from landlords who will match, and in some cases, exceed the investment ABS will make in each store remodel - an investment the landlords will not commit to without the County funding appropriation.

Budget Snapshot
$15.14M Total
Expenditures/Funding
$8.01M 6 Year Total
Expenditures/Funding
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Project Details
Project NumberP852101
Date Last Modified03/18/24
Administering AgencyAlcohol Beverage Services
CategoryGeneral Government
SubCategoryOther General Government
Planning AreaCountywide
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Total Expenditures by Cost Element (000s)
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Total Funding by Source (000s)
EXPENDITURES (000s)
Cost ElementsTotalThru FY23Est FY24Total 6 YearsFY 25FY 26FY 27FY 28FY 29FY 30Beyond 6 Years
Planning, Design and Supervision30663066000000000
Land00000000000
Site Improvements and Utilities00000000000
Construction12077040668011178312132144220067100
Other00000000000
Total Expenditures15143306640668011178312132144220067100
FUNDING (000s)
Funding SourceTotalThru FY23Est FY24Total 6 YearsFY 25FY 26FY 27FY 28FY 29FY 30Beyond 6 Years
Contributions83847836000000000
Current Revenue: Liquor14305258837068011178312132144220067100
Total Funding Sources15143306640668011178312132144220067100
APPROPRIATION AND EXPENDITURE DATA ($000s)
Appropriation FY 25 Request1783
Year First AppropriationFY21
Appropriation FY 26 Request1213
Last FY's Cost Estimate15143
Cumulative Appropriation7132
Expenditure / Encumbrances3194
Unencumbered Balance3938