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i 026 Y T THE OLD COURTHOUSE PROPOSAL The Old Courthouse report submitted by Mr. Robert Giles leaves four alternatives to pursue to alleviate the overcrowded condition of the court system. Based upon the conditions set forth in this report, staff has looked at every possi ility and recommended the following recommendation. This would be to utilize the courtroom of the Old Courthouse for some period of time until an annex can be constructed onto the present courthouse. We would realize this w uld be somewhat of a stop-gap measure but one which at present would be the most economical and cause the least inconvenience to all depart- ments. Proposal .A Proposal provides for the utilization of 1980 square feet of the second floor of the New Courthouse. This area now houses the County Manager' s Office, Finance Department, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners and the Board's meeting room. These olf'ices would have to be re-located in some other space. There is no other space 'available other than the first floor of the Old Courthouse. The above mentioned offices and departments cannot fit into that area due to there being insufficiont room without going to the upper floor and creating some office space. There would also be some $20,000 to remodel the upper floor to accommo- date the courtroom, jury room and judges chambers and attorney and client area. There is also some problem with not being able to enclose the area next to the bathroom and a possible elevator area. The air conditioned area is on two sys- tems and this would create some problems for a courtroom. There also is some problem with having all people clear out of the courtroom. In fact, they would have to go downstairs since there would not be room enough to congregate in the