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APR le `989 BOOK 76 PAGE 60 7 that they also have worked closely with Library Project Manager Lynn Williams and have been apprised of the many problems encountered with air conditioning in the County buildings. They are very conscious of this. Commissioner Scurlock then inquired about the roof, and Mr. Howell stated that it is to be single ply or built up membrane for the final roof with a slope of 1/4" per foot; it is a flat roof that is internally drained and has emergency draining for any overflow from delugetype rains. Commissioner Bird asked if there are quite a few skylights, and Mr. Ugowski advised that there is one area where they may consider having skylights in the roof, but mainly the light comes in horizontally from the sides of the building. Commissioner Eggert reviewed the various rooms that would be located on the two floors, noting that fiction and children's 4. areas and the technical circulation services are located downstairs, and upstairs is to be the non-fiction section, periodicals, reference, young adults, av/electronics, and the Florida local history and genealogy room, which will become the Julius Lowenstein room. Commissioner Bird wished to know how much in the layout, configuration and design of the building was done to accommodate this particular site; in other words, if they had an unlimited amount of land to deal with, would they still have designed the same building Mr. Howell emphasized that the site has everything to do with the building; the two have to "marry" each other, and this particular building is unique to this site. Commissioner Bird noted that he was hoping to hear that the building design was very flexible, and he then could convince the Commission to move it somewhere else. Commissioner Scurlock believed what Commissioner Bird basically is saying is do we end up with a much more expensive 18