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08/1B/99 08:54 FA% 588 7951 MARION CO RISR _..s+ , I nc . 603 33 2 1 S09 l:'J~~~~ Marion County, Oregon ~ Courthouse Square Fxoj ec~ securi ~aunediat~e Co~ncern6 and Canstrucdaa~.-Related N~cds The Marion County, O~egon - Cou~thause Sc~uar~ Prof ect presents a number of challenges tio the aa#+ety and ~utity of steff and ntizena while simultancousty creating opportuni.ti~ to insure the well bd~g of wIl #Iwee who use the new faality a~ the ao- 10~~ $i~t~l 1+Ili T~il'li;~ ~lA~Ei. The prvxiauty af the Courthouae Sqtxuue ~o the existing Muio~ Cow+t~-, Oregan - e Courehouse Evrther aYate~ challez~gee ~ndapp ortunities to '1ev~r~ge' ~rograatis, approaches und resaurcea for the pro~tecHart o~ users of th,e spaoe and ita aerviaes. For a113nt~ettts and purposes the Muion Govnty, Oregon - Coucthouse Squaae Projett des~gn is ~ompltte. ConstruCtio:t is well under way. Basit securiky isaues wer~ ~sidered in the initial design However, a formalized 'sec~tu~ity asees~ment' was only re~ertly canlracted for. A=-y ch~r-ge~ r~c~omtr~ended ~t thi~ poirit ~ou1d it~cur substountlal new coeta. Special odY-sideratian has beeit made to b~lat~te out the identified vulrter~bili~ies with the need to cont~in aaets. Forbes ~ Assod~~ee, Ina has ar-licspate~ reavgr-ixed and appraised the se~curity risks of the Mation County, ~regan - Courthouae Squar~ Project and has de~veloped the fellawing listi~g of the ~g~e security isou~ snd. oon,a~.rna as we11 as the attendant ~truetion related needs. As t~-e project pr~aceeds to oomptetion and oacupanry appropriate action will need ~a b~ initiated to rentove ar redwoe identified secuaty nslcs. ~ The Matlon Couaty, Uregon - Court~-ou~ee Sqnare b~iilding does ~o have a~ingle cen~ralized en o~ ~Yt'~'aY• l~~'Y ~Ftion statlon. The aa-Ioc~t~o:t of the Satem Mea Tr~n4it Ccnler offices deauand~ two {2) separate main entrxnces, two distinct loblries az~,d thus two ind.ividual reaeption et~tions ~vr the buildi~lg. This is d parttcu~arly unuaual arru~gemeret for a buildLng and particvlarly a governmental public building_ Thie creates a lack of central mntrol for na tntering #he 6uilding and aac~eeaing varioua functione within the buildi~g. ontrol of ac~ess, people and their acHvities will be a d~y challenge a~eating riak far the building and its oocupant~. Ta mitig~te the udveree impact of thia situatian other sysbems (Zocks, a~o~rss cotttral, surve~Lutoe c~n~ras, dureee alarms, ataff awareitess, train~rg and actlora will n,eed to be erihaneed to pmvide the riece~sary level of security Eor this kype of oc~pency. Reovmmer~dation: Establish a staffed reception 'desk', acez or ptese~nae at all times that the bu~ld~r~g is unleck,ed and open to thepublic. ~'r~ate a means ~o monit~r sec~srlty syct~erns in u~ in the bulldi~ or are t~e campus at thi.~ ~ocatio~n Determine who will respond to eventa or auapiaoua activitiee w~ile continui~g to pTOvide monitaciqg of ~ecurity sysbea~s in th~ lobby. Thi~ will require irn~[ediute can~ideration and aocommodadon ~f a new de~ign of the tion lobby and a aecurity de~k ~r worlcatAtio~, aa well aa power aitd elec~ica! a~tamix~ation c~f various aecurity systen~s. ~ ~i~~~ ~~1 ~~~ Pr+rF-~~ .~ A~ttcteirtr~e. ln~. ~ ~ ~ Cm 0 3 P.~3 Au9-16~g~ O7_66 F.or b~s ~ _