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ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS The County staff has forwarded a copy of the preliminary program to the various Circuit and County Judges, those individuals active in the local judicial process, and the County's Criminal Justice Consultants, thereby requesting any technical comments that may be appropriate along with any priority that may be assigned to the program elements. Comments have been received by most individuals contacted. Most comments pertain to minor items with the -exception of the following: 1) Additional off-street parking in the area should be considered as mentioned briefly at the end of the program. 2) It does not appear that a Deposition Room is necessary and the proposed Witness Room/ Deposition Room can be designed as primarily a Witness Room. 3) The proposed Holding cell could be a low priority and the existing holding cell in the Courthouse could be used. 4) It has been a concensus that the existing walkway between the Courthouse and the Annex be covered to some extent. Various alternatives should be considered. The general opinion is that the Architect's preliminary program appears adequate after consideration of the comments presented by the judicial persons and other individuals contacted. The Architect has estimated that cost for the total project to be $325,000. This cost does not include additional parking. At this time, the Architect is requesting the County to approve the preliminary architectural program and accept the $325,000 budget. RECOMMMATION AND FUNDING It is recommended that 1) the Preliminary Architectural Program and preliminary Project budget be approved subject to consideration of the attached comments by the Judges, other local persons involved in the judicial process, and the County's Correctional and Judicial system consultants. 2) the Architect be authorized to begin Schematic Design of the Fourth Courtroom. 3) Funding for architectural services be authorized from Account No. 301- 131-519-66.51 (Courthouse Construction unencumbered balance $50,000) in the amount of not -to -exceed $6000 for the Schematic Design Phase. Board members indicated that they felt Mr. Calmes has done an excellent job in his analysis, but expressed concern about a budget of $325,000. Architect John Calmes informed the Board that he had tried to be very conservative in his "guesstimate" budget, which includes $186,000 for construction of the 4th Courtroom; $52,000 for construction of a cover for the walkway; $12,000 for recording and amplification equipment; and $75,000 for furnishings. He noted that these figures were based on middle/high quality furnishings, and the $186,000 for renovation for the 4th courtroom was estimated on the basis of $100+ per foot. M Mr. Calmes continued that I