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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1992 five-acre site bordered by Moss, Church, Market, and Fayette Streets in the City. The City's architects, Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern of Roanoke, estimated the cost of the proposed Courts Facility to be $12.18 million. An estimate of the regional jail indicated that the total local cost would be approximately $5 million ($2.5 million City, $2.5 million County). After this proposal was offered, Judge Person, who is adjudicating the case brought by the Circuit Court Judges against the County, ordered that schematic drawings be completed on both a joint facility located on the City site and the County-only facility located on King's Mountain Road. Neither City nor County government officials anticipated that drawings to this level of detail would be requested. The County employed their architect, the Moseley/McClintock Group of Richmond, to do the schematic drawings. The Moseley/McClintock Joint Courts Facility design differs substantially from the City proposal in the following manner: · Building Size Estimates - 100,000 sq. ft. Vs 81,000 sq. ft. (+19,000 sq. ft.) · Buildinq Costs Estimates - $15 million vs $12.18 million (+$2.82 million). · Desiqn Features - Downtown orientation has been significantly altered. · Image - Proposed Jail location blocks important "views" of the courts facility from several major commercial streets. The "Center" concept was based upon five (5) major objectives, namely, the need to form a "partnership" with the County; cost effectiveness for the tax-paying public; "user/customer" convenience; functional efficiency; and visionary with regard to the long-term needs of the community, as well as an eye toward future City/County merger. The design presented by the Moseley/McClintock Group achieves only two of the five stated objectives (partnership and user/customer convenience). Council feels strongly that its continued participation in a joint project must be based upon all of the objectives developed for the "Center" concept. Therefore, unless the project design that will be presented at the December 18 Judicial Hearing can be significantly altered and the cost brought more in line with the City's original plan, Martinsville City Council must respectfully decline to continue its participation in the joint facilities plan. However, Council stands available to discuss redesign of the plan. Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council adopted this policy statement. The Mayor then read a second statement: