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After due consideration of the present situation, projected needs, and several <br />alternatives, the sub-committee recommended that a new courthouse structure ("Justice <br />Building") be constructed. It is tentatively recommended that the new structure be <br />located on the Senator Block, and adjoined to the present courthouse via either a <br />skybridge or tunnel. The new building would contain courts, court security and court <br />offices only. <br />The Sub-Committee also recommends that all Courts be consolidated into the new <br />Justice Building, and that technological links be established with the jail and juvenile <br />facilities, as well as with the State institutions. <br />The Facility Steering Committee requested the following chart of information. As <br />instructed, the increase in operating costs is based upon a 9% per year inflationary <br />rate. <br />Current 2003 2013 <br />Staffing 101 130 150 <br />Square Footage 46,350 80,000 90,000 <br />Annual Operating Cost $5,300,000 $10,560,000 $25,000,000 <br />AGENCY MISSION <br />It is the mission of the Oregon Judicial Department to resolve disputes fairly, promptly, <br />and economically in an atmosphere that is satisfying both to those who use it and to <br />those who work in it. <br />CURRENT OPERATIONS <br />Aqency Functions: <br />With the current, traditional, configuration of Court facilities, the function of dispute <br />resolution focuses directly on courtroom operations. All attention centers on trials, <br />hearings and formal judicial process. This is the result of total attention to the <br />courtroom setting. It also perpetuates the traditional concept of a courtroom for every <br />judge and a possessory, territorial attitude. <br />The Courts presently support and encourage alternative venues, such as arbitration and <br />mediation, but are limited to referrals to such programs in a less than comprehensive <br />manner. The Court is not presently set up to maximize these programs, or to <br />effectively control them. This is due in part to an absence of adequate facilities to allow <br />for these programs to be fully implemented within the Court system. <br />Page - 2 <br />