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Director Dean noted that staff's concern is that we have someone responsible to see that this is done in a timely fashion and we do not delay the project. Commissioner Eggert felt there are a lot of responsible people out there, and she believed you will find Mrs. Lloyd -Lee exceedingly responsible. Commissioner Wheeler advised that he talked to Mrs. Lloyd - Lee, who is president of the American Society of Interior Design, and she said this would be a free gratis project for their organization. She'also said she has worked on large buildings and she would be willing to serve with our staff and the architects and to write the specs. Commissioner Scurlock expressed concern about working with someone where you have no contract setting out exactly who does what and wondered what happens if you have a disagreement. Commissioner Eggert continued to stress that she would like further investigation to determine if this is a viable alterna- tive. If it is and would save us $50,000, we should go with it. Administrator Chandler would suggest that, if the Commission is amenable, they at least should approve the rest of the contract, and then staff can bring this aspect back. In regard to the update Commissioner Wheeler also expressed concern about, he pointed out that in the presentations made by the different architects, all of them had questions about the validity of the square footage in that 1988 study except the firm that did the study. Commissioner Wheeler argued.that all this should be part of the package; that the architect should do all this update. Administrator Chandler pointed out that they are going to_, and that is what the cost is for. He agreed the architects could just go ahead and use the square footage originally identified, and then if it were wrong and not workable, we would be stuck. Commissioner Scurlock believed what Mr. Chandler has done is itemized this to a greater extent than we usually see, and he believed we still have a good price. You must look at the percentage, and that is 6.70. Administrator Chandler continued to argue that the need for an update of square footage is appropriate, and Director Dean informed the Board that he has had two of the Constitutional Officers call him and express concern about this. The Clerk wants to add more people, and the State Attorney advised that his staff has almost doubled since the previous study. Commissioner Scurlock felt we should just address whether 6.7% is an acceptable fee. \ MAY 14 1991 J