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r � <br />BOOK 8 F,.GL 882 <br />"CONCEPT B" <br />Concept B is based on utilizing as much of the county's current facilities as <br />possible. This concept was developed out of the need to reduce project cost as <br />much as possible. Buildings to remain are the Annex and the historic portion of <br />the current courthouse (removing the wings) leaving the need for a new facility <br />of about 44,111 square feet. Renovation would occur on both the Annex and <br />remaining courthouse. It is felt that the State's Attorney and Public Defender <br />could be moved to the "Historic" courthouse and that the Annex could be <br />reorganized to satisfy the needs of the new judicial program. <br />Location for -the new complex again falls between the existing facilities and the <br />new library. Reduced space requirements make the complex much smaller in <br />size, taking up less land. This then allows for the Woman's Club to stay intact <br />and the creation of approximately 74 surface parking spaces between the two <br />facilities. <br />A link between the county facilities (Library, Judicial Complex, Annex, <br />Courthouse) will be provided by a greenspace/pedestrian walkway system. <br />This connection, however, will not be as strong as the previous concept due to <br />space restrictions. <br />Additional parking requirements are satisfied through utilization of existing <br />county parking lots (approximately 100 spaces) and by purchasing lots 10 and <br />11 in block 30 (approximately 48 spaces) and block 44 in the N.W. corner <br />(approximately 230 spaces). Total parking spaces provided in this concept are <br />452. <br />The greatest advantage with this concept is lowered cost due to utilization of <br />existing county facilities. However, this could also be considered as a <br />disadvantage. Instead of one unified complex, what you have is three <br />individual buildings breaking up the unity and cohesiveness that is the basic <br />intent of a new judicial complex. In fact, what happens is an existing condition <br />is almost made worse. <br />CONCEPT C <br />Concept C takes one step back from the previous concept in terms of utilizing <br />existing facilities. Taking the historic context of the original portion of the <br />courthouse to heart, this concept preserves this building for some sort of <br />adaptive reuse. Also included in this concept is the continued use of the State's <br />Attorneys building. The new complex will then be a structure with 58,857 <br />square feet of usable space with 28,544 square feet in shell space. <br />Placed in the center between the courthouse and the new library, the judicial <br />complex will function well as a centerpiece. Green space and a pedestrian <br />corridor will be the link that binds all three buildings together. <br />The Woman's Club will stay where it is, adjacent to the State's Attorneys office, <br />leaving the south end of the block intact. <br />Parking is provided by utilizing block 44, (approximately 230 spaces), lots 10-14 <br />of block 30 in conjunction with existing county parking (approximately 202 <br />spaces), and 14 existing spaces at the State's Attorneys building. This allows <br />for a total of 446 spaces. <br />This concept provides the best of both worlds. It allows the ability to construct a <br />comprehensive judicial complex while utilizing some of the existing structures. <br />7 <br />