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phase 2 of that plan. With plan 4b this would allow the Courts to go ahead with their expansion. The only value with a phased public service building is that we are assuming that government will continue to grow in some proportion with the population and the economy. If there is a much higher restriction on government growth in the next 10 - 15 years then we may never get to phase 2, we could be down sizing, although the projections don't say this. There is the possibil- ity of the federal government downsizing to the state and local governments, because people want to deal with it at the local level. If this is the case what is projected for 2013 may now be expected in 2005. Dale Penn recommended Downtown be an "A" category. We want to consolidate the county departments into one location and minimize county owned buildings in the downtown area. There is still a transit issue that is a City/County livability issue. This option would at least provide some flexibility to a potential solution. Randy Curtis has been meeting periodically with Greg Cook of the Transit district. Since the transit and county separated from the project, there has been continued communication although he has not discussed the possibility of the Senator Block with Greg. Dale asked if we would meet the voters approval to purchase the Equitable Building and can't we purchase it through C.O.P's. Randy said if we phase it in over several years the Equitable building with its' revenues may be adequate, plus our own revenues to cover operat- ing cost and debt service. If this were feasible it would change the whole planning. It was moved and seconded that Downtown is a"B" cate- gory. Downtown should research the feasibility of acquiring the Equitable Building. If reports are favorable, move forward with the purchase of that building (option 3). If reports are not favorable then move toward option 2: Construct new building with park- ing on Senator block. TRI-AGENCY: Mark Caillier stated that last week we had a concern of having to many "A" categories and yet we continue to make things an "A" category that are dependent upon a Facility that is a"B" category. There is still no place to put the Sheriff's department. Corrections is an "A" but $2 -$2 1/2 million in site construction costs were not included in the corrections program.