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CONTINUING TO GROW BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS AS IS EVIDENCED BY THE FACT <br />THAT WE NOW HAVE FOUR CIRCUIT COURT .JUDGES INSTEAD OF JUST ONE. <br />VICE CHAIRMAN LOY NOTED THAT WE HAVE NOT YET HAD ANY <br />RECOMMENDATION FROM CONSTRUCTION PROJECT REPRESENTATIVE HERCULES <br />KONTOULAS. SHE EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT WE HAD A COMMITTEE FROM THE <br />BAR ASSOCIATION WHO HAD LOOKED AT THE PLANS EARLIER AND OKAYED <br />THEM, BUT APPARENTLY THIS WAS MORE CURSORY THAN ANYTHING ELSE. <br />ATTORNEY CLEM AGREED THAT UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY WALK IN THE <br />ROOMS AND PACE THEM OFF, IT DOESNIT REALLY HIT YOU HOW BAD IT WILL <br />BE. HE FELT IF THEY WERE DERELICT, PERHAPS THEY SHOULD HAVE RUN <br />THE PLANS BY SOMEONE MORE CAPABLE AND SOMEONE WHO IS MORE USED TO <br />LAYING OUT COURTROOMS. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS COMMENTED THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN SOME <br />OF THE COMMITTEES, AND HE CERTAINLY DIDNIT PICK UP THE FACT THAT <br />THERE WOULD BE WINDOW UNITS OR A LOBBY THAT WOULD NOT BE AIR CONDI- <br />TIONED, WHICH HE FELT IS RIDICULOUS. HE NOTED THAT THEY WERE ASSURED <br />BY THE ARCHITECT THAT THE JUDGES' CHAMBERS AND THE COURTROOMS WOULD <br />BE SATISFACTORY, BUT APPARENTLY THEY DID NOT HAVE. THE EXPERIENCE WE <br />THOUGHT THEY DID. HE POINTED OUT THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE <br />ENOUGH ROOM TO CARRY OUT THE COURT FUNCTIONS; THESE THINGS ARE GOING <br />TO BE THERE FOR TWENTY YEARS; AND HE FELT THE CHANGES REQUESTED <br />SHOULD BE DONE IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. <br />ATTORNEY CLEM EMPHASIZED THAT ONLY A FEW FEET MAKES A <br />GREAT DEAL OF DIFFERENCE IN A COURTROOM. HE NOTED THAT THE ARCHITECT <br />DID NOT EVEN PUT IN 12 SEATS FOR A CAPITAL CASE, WHICH IS A MINOR <br />THING, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THE ARCHITECTS OVERLOOKED. APPARENTLY, <br />THEY SIMPLY DID NOT KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN THE COURTROOM. <br />VICE CHAIRMAN LOY ALSO FELT THAT THIS IS A CASE OF DEPEND- <br />ING ON THE ARCHITECT, AND HE LET US DOWN. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS EXPRESSED REGRET THAT THIS MATTER HAS <br />TAKEN SO LONG TO COME TO A HEAD. HE AGREED THAT COURTROOMS MUST <br />BE FUNCTIONAL, AND VICE CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THAT SHE COULD NOT AGREE <br />MORE ABOUT THE AIR CONDITIONING. <br />JUN 251980 57 m 43 pm9O6 <br />