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TASK Proposed End By Beginning Date Date BOCC Action: Authorization to proceed with CD's and 5/11/10 5/11/10 Bidding Process CRZ prepares documents suitable for bidding project and 5/12/10 6/15/10 submits documents for regulatory approval Phase 2 Bid Process 6/15/10 7/15/10 Demolition Phase 7/1/10 7/31/10 BOCC Action: Phase 2 Bid Award 8/17/10 8/17/10 Phase II Construction (est. 6 month duration) 9/13/10 3/18/11 Commissioner Hemminger said that this floor plan does not have a middle aisle in the fixed seating arrangement. She sees this being a major disturbance. She is also concerned about the entryway into the room and being able to see into the room from the outside of the lobby. Commissioner Yuhasz asked about including a window into the wall to be able to see. Frank Clifton said that there are columns are in this room and a central aisle would cause reduced seating in the room. Ken Redfoot said that they could study this. Commissioner Jacobs seconded Commissioner Hemminger's concern about an aisle in the middle of the seating. Ken Redfoot said that the seating for 14 people in a row is an approved code seating length. Commissioner Jacobs said that straight rows are not as advantageous as curved rows, and he asked if they could do a schematic design of this type of seating. David Taylor, CRZ, said that in Durham County the seating had 42-46" seatback to seatback and this may be an option. Commissioner Jacobs suggested trying to make it as commodious to residents as possible. Frank Clifton suggested staggering seating so that people are not sitting directly behind someone else. This may accomplish some of the options that Commissioners were concerned about. Commissioner Pelissier said that one of her concerns is the disruption of people coming and going, since the exit door is in the middle of the room as opposed to the back of the room. She also does not like the flexible seating on the side of the room. Frank Clifton said that this is dead space because it is an external wall. There could be extra seats in there for crowds. Deputy Clerk to the Board David Hunt said that work sessions could go into the flexible area of the room. Commissioner Yuhasz said that the flex space would be big enough for an Assembly of Governments meeting. He asked about a divider between the flex space and the fixed seating. Ken Redfoot said that they opted to not show that divider here now, but they could look at that. Frank Clifton said that if this is done, there may be fire exit issues. Ken Redfoot said that he could study this further. Commissioner Jacobs said that it could be a curtain and not a hard divider.