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John Link asked about the status of the water and sewer at the Northern Center and Wayne Fenton said that the water and sewer is the stalling component. Jahn Link asked about the money for this and Donna Dean-Coffey said that the money is in place with 213 net debt from prior years. Wayne Fenton said that the design for the well has been submitted to the State and the septic design as well. The main holdup is that the septic system is at capacity now. They are going to do some work for the restroom renovations and they are going to be meeting with experts in this field. John Link asked how many elements of the improvements the Board of County Commissioners wants to see in 2006-07 or 2007-08. Commissioner Halkiotis said that his frustration is that there have been several presentations in the last eight years from two ar three engineers. Chair Jacobs said that they had a meeting recently about the Northern Human Services Center and he suggested having a detailed analysis about what the $891,000 is to be used for and to have monthly updates on this facility. He asked if this amount includes the water and sewer and Donna Dean-Caffey said yes. Commissioner Gordon agreed with Commissioner Halkiotis about getting something done on this building. She thought the water and sewer was a little more definite. Commissioner Gordon asked about the money for the house at Southern Human Services Center and Pam Jones said that when the space study was done the plan was to have a conference center, but the actual work to be done included updating the restrooms, making the kitchen area a kitchenette for meetings, painting, etc. Commissioner Gordon asked about the $50,000 and Donna Dean-Coffey said that it would be used to stabilize the facility. Pam Janes said that they couldn't use the house for County purposes until it has adequate restrooms updated to meet public building regulations. John Link said that the function that the Space Committee discussed was the proposal by Social Services to use this for family conferences by their staff. It might take $100,000 or mare to make the house usable. Pam Jones said that the next step is to bring in the building assessment group to have them look at this to see what it could be used for, the codes it would have to meet, etc. Commissioner Halkiotis said that the County has had this property for about 12 years and if they cannot figure out how to use it by now, then it should be deconstructed. He suggested getting another footprint for this site and building a new building because it will be cheaper that way. He proposed having one visit and then deciding what to do with it and Commissioner Carey agreed. Chair Jacobs said that they are coming forward with a master plan for this property, and if the assessment group that is going to Cate and Blackwood Farms could look at this building, then an intelligent decision could be made. Chair Jacobs asked about paved parking lots and said that when the County Commissioners discussed reallocating monies to cover the Efland portion of the water and sewer, the Manager recommended not taking all of the parking lot paving money from the Whitted building and using it far the human services side of the building. He asked when this was scheduled to be paved. John Link said that they do not have a plan at this point. Chair Jacobs asked for a date for this paving to take place and Jahn Link agreed and asked Wayne Fenton and County Engineer Paul Thames to take note.