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r MAR � 9 1984 Bam 56 Pic€ 501 Chairman Scurlock turned the meeting over to Commissioner Lyons, Chairman of the Jail Committee, who 0 introduced George Bail, President of Frizzell Architects; Tom Pinkerton, Principal Designer; and Ray Stroud, Project Architect from the Fort Myers office. Commissioner Lyons explained that after it was determined that the staffing requirements to secure the jail proposed in the most recent plans prepared by PDR were too high, he requested the architects to present another design. Mr. Bail expressed his pleasure in having the opportunity today to present an entirely new concept for the design of the jail, which is the most staff efficient that we have seen to date, and also the most compact and will cost less to build than the previous plan. Before presenting the new design, he reviewed the history of the County's jail design. The original octagonal jail complex was designed by Tom Pinkerton, Principal Designer, out of Frizzell's Winter Park office. The feasibility study and the primary report were prepared by Tom Pinkerton and Bob Buchanan, Jail Consultant. Subsequently, Mr. Pinkerton decided to go to work in Atlanta for personal reasons, but still remained on Frizzell's payroll as a consultant. In the meantime, Frizzell's office in Winter Park broke away from the parent firm and became Pierce, Dorsey, Rohrdanz/Architects, Inc. (PDR) Mr. Bail explained that part of their thinking was that it would be best for continuity if that office would continue managing those projects which they had been handling up to that point. In January, the Commission instructed the architects to cut back on the scope of the project to meet the County's possible financial arrangements, and PDR decided not to include Mr. Pinkerton in the preparation of the new schematics. That design proved to be inefficient from a 2