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The Value Study Team wishes to express their thanks and appreciation to the Design Team Leader, Mr. Dennis Hawkins, and the members of the design team, who fully and cordially provided all requested information and consultation on the conceptual design. The team would not have been as successful without the design team's cooperation and assistance. The Value Study Team wishes also to express thanks and appreciation to those listed on the Consultation Record of this report. Their cooperation and help contributed significantly to the technical foundation and scope of the team's investigation and final proposals. The goal of the value method is to achieve the most appropriate and highest value solution for the project., It is only through the effort of a diverse, high performing team, including all those involved, that this goal can be achieved. This study is the product of such an effort. The Value Method is a decision making process, originally developed in 1943 by Larry Miles, to creatively develop alternatives that satisfy essential functions at the highest value. It has many applications but is most often used as a management or problem-solving tool. The study process follows a Job Plan that provides a reliable, structured approach to the conclusion. Initially, the team examined the component features of the program, project or activity to define the critical functions (performed or desired), governing criteria, and associated costs. Using creativity (brainstorming) techniques, the team suggested alternative ideas and solutions to perform those functions, consistent with the identified criteria, at a lower cost or with an increase in long term value. The ideas were evaluated, analyzed, and prioritized and the best ideas were developed to a level suitable for comparison, decision making and adoption. This report is the result of a "formal" Value Study, by a team comprised of people with the diversity, expertise, and independence needed to creatively attack the issues. The team members bring a depth of experience and understanding of the discipline they represent, and an open and independent enquiry of the issues under study, to creatively solve the problems at hand. Ideally, the team members have not been notably involved in the issues prior to the study. The team applied the Value Method to the issues and supporting information, and took a "fresh look" at the problems to create alternatives that fulfill the client's needs at the greatest value.