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DISCUSS DATE FOR SPECIAL MEETING RE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX Chairman Eggert believed we did vote to ask the consultants to go ahead with the concept of everything in one building, and she thought it behooves us, just for the protection of staff, etc., if we do decide to go ahead and consider another approach, that we have a vote. Commissioner Wheeler advised that he did not have a problem with that at all. He informed the Board that as we talked with the Historical Society about the potential of the old courthouse and the pros and cons of using it, plus everything that has happened in the last few weeks with the press coverage, etc., more questions have come out, and as with everything, the more that comes out, the more ideas you get. Commissioner Wheeler noted that he has discussed it with staff, and they supported the idea of running through the numbers again and coming up with, not necessarily a new proposal, but a variation putting it together in a different way and looking at different pieces of property. He continued that one of the things that seem to make sense to him is the possibility of continuing to utilize the current buildings we have if the numbers work out. All this is just conceptual, but if we kept the Courthouse in a smaller size, he believed we would decrease the strain on security by keeping the Courthouse simply Criminal and Civil and whatever portion of the Clerk's Office that needs to be there to support the court system. Commissioner Wheeler continued that he doesn't like looking at large parking lots around shopping malls and plazas, etc., and he doesn't particularly like looking at a parking garage. He believed that a lot of people, particularly women, are intimidated by them. He, therefore, felt if we could do parking lots around the different buildings in that 9 block area, we could have several parking lots of smaller size for the different areas rather than one main one. SAY 21994 59 ��,�� PiE,; 3c:�