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f ~ COURTHOUSE SQUARE MANAGER'S MEETING June 18,1997 Present: Randy, Bob, Dan, Richard, Elyn and Katherine. Parking Structure: Randy reported that, at the last design team meeting, a major glitch with the parking structure was discovered. The architects have been designing a 2-story underground structure without sufficient data to support going down 25' without the danger of the building popping back up due to hydrostatic pressure. To date there has been no geo-technical work done at the site to determine if such a problem might exist. Work on the project is delayed until this data can be obtained. If we cannot build sufficient parking to support the building, then the project is not viable. The architects are optimistic that they will come up with solution but we may not be able to afford it. The State building has a 2-story structure and they do not have a dewatering problem, however we can't look three blocks away and assume our situation will be the same. They are further from the river, at a different elevation, etc. The Courthouse has a pump to keep water out of the basement level of our 1-story parking structure. Bob McCune reported that we have not had a water problem in the basement, but it would be hard to tell if any water is due to seepage. The cars bring water in with them from the street and our pump handles outdoor drains that feed into it. Also, a one-story structure ~ is not comparable to a two-story. Randy is hopeful that solutions to any problems will be found and that any delays will be minimal. Pence/Kelley says they can start any time. Budget: This project is still $2m over budget and keeps getting more expensive. Randy is looking forward to seeing what our new Project Managers can do about that. Randy met with the BOC yesterday and Ken Roudybush with two purposes in mind. He wanted to inform them that there were several issues putting the project at risk: • There are unknown environmental issues which continue to cost money. • The above-mentioned problems with the dewatering of the parking structure which is an extremely expensive part of the project. Also, the size of the structure is critical to the viability of the whole project. • There are no signed leases for any spaces in the building. Right now the county will occupy 58,000 sf. and have 75,000 sf. available to lease. This is County owned space which will be available for future expansion as necessary. Randy estimates that we would only need 50-55,000 sf. reserved for expansion so he may try to se1125,000 sf. As a result of this meeting, the board has set up an additional team process involving Ken ~ Page 1 of 3