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,p CHAIRMAN VIODTKE NEXT DISCUSSED NEGOTIATIONS WITH CONNELL, <br />METCALF & EDDY REGARDING A POSSIBLE CONTRACT WITH THEM FOR RENOVATION OF <br />THE HOSPITAL, COURTHOUSE AND ANNEX. HE NOTED THAT AT THE LAST MEETING <br />HE WAS AUTHORIZED TO TAKE A PROPOSAL TO THE SCHOOL BOARD; MAKING 22,000 <br />SQ. FT. AVAILABLE TO THEM BASED ON A MAXIMUM COST OF $35 PER SQ. FT. <br />HE CONTINUED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS INDICATED THAT THEY COULD HANDLE <br />A LEASE ARRANGEMENT IN THE RANGE OF $50,000460,000 PER YEAR, AND CO- <br />ORDINATOR THOMAS WORKED UP FIGURES THAT INDICATED A 30 YEAR BOND WOULD <br />BE. IN THE RANGE OF $57,000 PER YEAR. CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT HE AND <br />MR. KONTOULAS, COUNTY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT REPRESENTATIVE, PRESENTED <br />THIS PROPOSAL TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND REQUESTED THAT THEY DO SOME INVES- <br />TIGATION AND ADVISE US WHETHER THE SPACE ALLOCATION WOULD BE ADEQUATE <br />AND ALSO GET SOME INPUT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN TALLAHASSEE <br />REGARDING THE PROPOSED LEASE ARRANGEMENT. CHAIRMAN WODTKE CONTINUED <br />THAT A MEETING WAS ARRANGED WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD <br />AND ROBERT BOWEN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WHO IS AN EXPERT IN <br />RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS. THE CHAIRMAN NOTED THAT HE AND MR, BOWEN <br />CONCURRED THAT UNTIL SOME DESIGN WORK I pACTUALLY DONE, WE ARE STILL <br />CONDUCTING A GUESSING GAME,AND IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE SCHOOL <br />BOARD TO MAKE ANY DECISION. CHAIRMAN WODTKE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE <br />SCHOOL BOARD INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER THE MINIMUM TYPE <br />OF RENOVATION OF THEIR SPACE, AND MR. BOWEN RECOMMENDED THAT THIS BE <br />LOOKED AT STRICTLY ON A LEASE BASIS, NOT A SQUARE FOOT BASIS; I.E., HOW <br />MUCH IT WILL COSTA YEAR; WHAT SPACE AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET PLACE WOULD <br />COST, ETC. THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL HAVE A MEETING NEXT MONDAY AND WILL <br />FURTHER DISCUSS THIS MATTER. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE THEN REPORTED THAT HE DISCUSSED WITH CONNELL, <br />METCALF & EDDY SOME CONCERNS HE HAD WITH THE CONTRACT DISCUSSED AT THE <br />LAST BOARD MEETING, MAINLY THAT THEIR FEE IS BASED ON A CERTAIN ESTIMATED <br />COST OF CONSTRUCTION WHICH INCLUDES A CONTINGENCY, AND THERE ARE AN AWFUL <br />LOT OF UNKNOWNS INVOLVED. HE CONTINUED THAT HE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY <br />OF NEGOTIATING A CONTRACT WITH THEM TO GO INTO JUST THE NEXT PHASE OF <br />WORK, THE ACTUAL "AS BUILT" DRAWINGS AND THE DESIGN. HE POINTED OUT THAT <br />34 <br />l <br />