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4.8 Contents Seismic Damage Functions The Technical Appendix contains facility-specific fragility data (cf. Tables 5-4a and ,5-4b) for several types of contents and equipment at this facility. However, most of the occupied portion of this building is "ordinary" office space and the building does not contain a high percentage of specialized equipment. Thus, for this analysis, we accept the typical or "default" assumption built into the FEMA Full Data Module for Benefit-Cost Analysis of Seismic Mitigation Projects. That is, that the contents percentage damage is equal to the building percentage damage at each level of ground shaking (PGA bins in the Full Data Module). 4.9 Displacement Costs and Times For ordinary residential, commercial, or public buildings, displacement means that damage to buildings is severe enough so that occupants are displaced to temporary quarters while repairs are made. Displacement costs include monthly rental, other monthly costs, and one time costs such as round-trip moving costs. For this building, facility-specific displacement costs were estimated as documented in the Data Documentation Table (Table 3) above. Rental cost of temporary office space is estimated to be $0.92. This Iow value arises because the estimated rental cost of temporary office space is $2.00/sf, but somewhat less than half of the square footage is office space. The FEMA Full Data Module requires data entry as $/sf/month and thus the entered value of $0.92 takes into account actual rental rates and the proportion of the building which is office space. Other costs of displacement include replacement parking and other costs as summarized above in Table 3. Standard FEMA values (Full Data Module) for displacement times, which are proportional to estimated building damage percentages are used for Iow to moderate levels of damage. These values are a reasonable estimate of the time period necessary to complete repairs if the building were damaged in future earthquakes. However, for damage levels severe enough to require replacement of the entire building, we estimate that a minimum time to design and build a structure of this size and importance would be two years. 4.7 Economic Impacts of Loss of Function FEMA's What is a Benefit? Guidance contains a standard methodology to calculate the economic impact of loss of function of facilities providing public services. The base value of service is simply the cost of providing services (i.e., the annual operating budget). For the Eugene City Hall, there are several