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DEC 311990 <br />soon ::Pa"c57 <br />RIGHT NOW, HE BELIEVED THERE IS ONLY A 20 DAY EXTENSION WHICH HAS <br />NOT BEEN DEFINITELY SET. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD RATHER SEE THE <br />e <br />OCCUPANCY OF THE ROOMS AND AT A LATER POINT APPLY THE PANELING. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS ASKED FOR THE JUDGES' COMMENT, EMPHASIZING <br />THAT WE ARE SYMPATHETIC TO THE PANELING OF THE COURTROOMS. <br />JUDGE CHARLES SMITH STATED THAT THEY DO WANT TO BE SURE <br />THAT THE COURTROOMS WILL BE PANELED AND WHICHEVER WAY IS THE MOST <br />CONVENIENT FOR EVERYONE. HE STRESSED THE ENDURING QUALITY OF PANELING, <br />LACK OF MAINTENANCE, AND ALSO THE ELEMENT OF SOUND BECAUSE THE TWO <br />COURTROOMS ARE SIDE BY SIDE. JUDGE SMITH COMMENTED THAT THEY HAD <br />ALSO ASKED FOR PANELING IN THE OFFICE AREAS, ETC.; HE BELIEVED THAT <br />THE PUBLIC IS ENTITLED TO A NICE BUILDING AND THAT MAINTENANCE IS A <br />MAJOR FACTOR. HE WENT ON TO EXPRESS CONCERN THAT WHEN A JOB IS <br />FINISHED, ADDITIONAL ITEMS ARE OFTEN FORGOTTEN AND STATED THAT THEY <br />WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME COMMITMENT FROM THE BOARD AND ALSO WOULD LIKE <br />THEM TO CONSIDER SOME PANELING IN THE JUDGES' OFFICES AND THE TWO <br />HEARING ROOMS. .JUDGE SMITH THEN INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY HAD <br />PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING FOR THE LOBBY AREA AND <br />WITNESS WAITING ROOM AND THERE IS NO PROVISION IN THE PRESENT PLANS <br />FOR EVEN WINDOW UNITS IN THOSE AREAS. HE NOTED THAT THE SECOND FLOOR <br />IS VERY HOT AND IF THIS AREA IS NOT AIR CONDITIONED, IT WILL BE A <br />8 <br />PROBLEM FOR THE WITNESSES AND THE PUBLIC. HE NOTED THIS WAS REQUESTED <br />IN A MEMO OF JUNE 19TH, <br />TIME. <br />THE CHAIRMAN REQUESTED THAT WE DISPOSE OF ONE ITEM AT A <br />DISCUSSION CONTINUED AS TO WHETHER IT WOULD BE CHEAPER TO <br />DO THE PANELING OF THE COURTROOMS LATER, AND IT WAS NOTED THAT <br />OCCUPYING THE SPACE AND THE ADDITIONAL DAYS AT $300 A DAY ARE FACTORS <br />THAT MUST BE CONSIDERED. <br />ATTORNEY CLEM STATED THAT IT IS NO GREAT MOMENTOUS THING <br />IF THIS AREA IS NOT PANELED NOW, BUT HE COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT THREE <br />YEARS FROM NOW, IT WOULD BE CHEAPER. HE SUGGESTED IF AT ALL POSSIBLE <br />IT BE DONE NOW RATHER THAN DISTURB THE WHOLE COURT SYSTEM. <br />40 <br />