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Commissioner Eggert continued that while the Old Jail site <br />was the logical solution for staying within the 5.9 million <br />dollar bond, she had a lot of time to think white she was home <br />ill during the last" week, and she has gone back to her original <br />feeling that the Grace Lutheran site is the site that will do the <br />most for the community. It is centrally Located for a main <br />library and has fairly easy access for everyone, and in <br />conjunction with the Courthouse complex, it is a good start on <br />downtown redevelopment. Many of the people who were very unhappy <br />about the Jail site also seem to feel that the Grace Lutheran <br />site was the right site. We do still have stores there, but we <br />probably could build there and let them stand until 1991 when the <br />large store's option will run out. <br />Commissioner Eggert then addressed her belief that we need <br />to build a two-story library on that site, explaining that in <br />order to get the 28,000 assignable sq. ft. that you can get in a <br />35,000 sq. ft. one-story library, you need to build a 39,415 sq. <br />ft. two-story library. She explained that a 35,000 sq. ft. two- <br />story library would only result in 22,000 assignable sq. ft. <br />because of the elevator, the stairs and duplication of bathroom, <br />and 22,000 sq. ft. is really not quite enough when you consider <br />that this building is going to be used for at least 30 years as a <br />main Library and if it is on the Grace Lutheran site there will <br />be no ability to expand. <br />Commissioner Eggert then reviewed the figures set out in <br />Scenario t, advising that if we heeded the advice of Tallahassee <br />and our consultant and built at the 1989 figure of $75 per sq ft. <br />we have added another $272,075 to the project. This Scenario <br />would result in a deficit of $666,000, or a budget that really is <br />$6,566,000. <br />Commissioner Eggert pointed out that the original recommen- <br />dation by Cecil Beach was for 3 libraries at a budget of 8.2 <br />million, but it was felt that was too much for the community to <br />bear, and it was suggested it be reduced to under 6 million. She <br />54 <br />MAR 2 1988 <br />BOOK 71 PAGE 411 <br />