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. •, <br />$2.4 million in construction and development costs. . <br />B. RECOMMENDATIONS <br />1. The courts should continue to occupy the courthouse, and non-court functions <br />should be relocated to other facilities. <br />2. The courthouse should be remodeled in at least two phases to meet the needs <br />of the courts. In Phase I, priority should be ~iven to court security, security related space <br />needs and to the crearion of adequate space for jury assembly. Phase II and any later <br />phases would add new courtrooms and related support space as needed. <br />3. In the latter years of the 20 year planning cycle, dependin on growth in court <br />activities and the number of district and circuit court iudges allocated to Manon County, it <br />may be necessary to build an addition on the courthouse. <br />4. The committee also recommends that a consultant be hired to evaluate the <br />courthouse and develop a master plan for remodeling and possible additions. <br />C. COST FACTORS <br />1. The cost of this project is estunated at ~3.1 million. The consultant's master <br />plan may identify new costs not considered in previous estimates. <br />D. OPTIONS CONSIDERED <br />1. The committee considered a proposal to construct a new Justice Center on the <br />Senator block. This proposal was slightly more costlv (~2.4 million in additional costs) than <br />constructing a new Public Service Buildin~, and the committee determined that the <br />courthouse is not large enough to accommodate the 20 year space needs of all the non-court <br />downtown county offices. Furthermore, (as is discussed in the section on Downtown <br />Facilities) if, instead of constructing a new Public Service Building, the county were to <br />acquire the Equitable Building, the savinas would be closer to $10 to ~12 million. The <br />PAG E 24 <br />ksj/cd/Facilities.Int 03/18/95 <br />