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JUN. 131990 Boor 80 ;,,�GE413 has shown a 3 -story building for the court facility while Mr. Flick's concept shows a 4 -story building. Mr. Flick stated that his building has a lot of flexibility, and -it is under the 50' limitation of the C2A downtown area. His elevation is 49' and that.accommodates 4 stories. Mr. Haiback advised that they figured 50' for 3 stories, and if the first floor of Mr. Flick's building goes 161, he would have difficulty understanding how you can get the other 3 floors. Their concept called for a 3 -story building that would allow you to have a lot of ceiling height regardless of which floor you ended up integrating the courtroom facilities on. Discussion continued at length regarding in which land area you can go 35' high and in which 50' high, and Commissioner Wheeler commented that every architect he has talked to in the past few years has informed him that with a courthouse type building, you can only get 3 floors in a 50' elevation. He noted that if you can go 4 floors, you will need more footprint space. Mr. Flick agreed and continued to stress that the design he presented is flexible; in fact, you can take off the 4th floor if you want. A period of silence followed, and Commissioner Scurlock commented that it seems we all are speechless. He is tired, and he guessed everyone is at this hour. He had some thoughts he would try to outline as to what he is for and what he is against because he did think that we need to move forward tonight in some fashion. Commissioner Scurlock stated that #1, he is absolutely committed to under one roof, which he felt serves the best interests of everyone on a long term basis. #2, he felt we should make provision to allow for a 3 year period for some society to search jointly with the county for a proper use for the old courthouse facility that is economically feasible. If we can't do it in the 3 year period, possibly it can't be done. 34