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I MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Scurlock, SECONDED by Commissioner Bowman, to approve the contract with Pierce, Goodwin, Alexander and Linville, as recom- mended by staff and authorize the Chairman to execute same. Commissioner Wheeler expressed concern about the lump sum broken out for Interior Design. He noted that he voted against that for the Library; he does not agree with it; and he does not want to see it in this contract. He further informed the Board that he has talked with an individual who is head of the American Society of Interior Design, and as a community project, they have offered to work with us and with the architects on this. Another area that concerns him is the Upgrade Program. He did not see why we should pay an additional $20,000 to update the space needs study that was done. General Services Director Dean wished to use the Libraries as an example, He advised that we contracted out separately to do the interior design for the two libraries at a cost of $44,000, or about 87� a square foot, and this proposed contract is for 50� a square foot. He checked with another firm that does interior design work, and they said they would not have approached this for less than $1.00 sq. ft.; so, he believed we have a good deal. Mr. Dean stressed that some people mistake interior design for just picking out the color of drapes, walls, carpets, etc., but there is a lot more involved, especially in a public building, speccing out the furniture, coordinating colors, and developing these specifications so staff can bid this out to get the quality and type furniture we need. This assists staff, and he would recommend we have it in the contract. Commissioner Scurlock assumed included in this is the work station modules, but Director Dean and Commissioner Eggert explained that none of these are furnished; this just involves drawing the lay -out. Commissioner Eggert commented that if we.had had the group referred to by Commissioner Wheeler at the time the libraries were being constructed, she believed we would have used them instead of having one designer do one room and one do another because this is the professional group that has gotten together as a unit. This group should have the ability to do everything including specifications, and seeing as we are talking about possibly saving $50,000, she would like to table any decision on this contract a week so this group can be thoroughly investigated to the satisfaction of staff. She would hate to just ignore them. 40