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improvements, possibly costing many thousands, he did not think <br />we should pay the architect a dime for them to do a redesign of <br />something they blew in the first place. <br />Commissioner Eggert believed that any time you know there is <br />a group of people contained in one place who are not thrilled to <br />be there in the first place, you should be very conscious of <br />acoustics. <br />Administrator Balczun noted that he can certainly inform <br />Frizzell that the Board has no intention of paying them for <br />design work that relates to retrofitting the existing pod for <br />acoustical work. The Administrator felt, however, that it is <br />most important that we write the D.O.C. and get them on line that <br />if we proceed in good faith with the ACA standards, they are not <br />going to cite us next year for some standard that is 1/10th of a <br />decibel lower. He found it incredible that they cited us the day <br />after they certified that building, especially in view of the <br />fact that the Assistant Attorney General admits in writing that <br />they didn't put the higher standard into the law in the first <br />place in order to give counties like us maximum leeway in design. <br />Commissioner Bowman asked when the standard was established <br />as she felt Frizzell may have an out. <br />Chairman Scurlock did not think the D.O.C. has a standard, <br />but the point is that for many, many years there have been sound <br />level standards for sleeping and living for office environments, <br />airports, etc., buildings in general, not specifically for jails, <br />and he believed the information was there. <br />Administrator Balczun advised that Chapter 33 of the Admin- <br />istrative Code has target levels for a lot of things, but decibel <br />levels are noticeably absent. <br />Chairman Scurlock agreed that the D.O.C. did not have <br />standards. When they came out there, they took readings and <br />simply pointed out that OSHA manuals say you can't sleep if the <br />level is over 40. <br />Commissioner Bird asked if Frizzell ever stated what <br />standards, if any, they used to design the acoustics. <br />SAY .101988 <br />38 <br />r3OOK 7 F'sGE 318 <br />