07/17/2006: "Who Moves Into New County Building?"

The recent agreement by the County Council to purchase the Carlson Building (Past story & Photo) to help solve some of the County space needs, has now raised the question of -on the one hand- Who gets to move in, and -on the other hand- Who has to move in.

The Council hired the Seattle architecture and urban design firm of Tonkin/Hoyne/ Lokan to come up with a short-term fix with plans for a re-model of both the current court house and the newly purchased Carlson Building. At last weeks presentation of the options, it quickly became clear that some of the Law & Justice Department heads were not all that happy with the idea of moving into the building (Past story).

The Council was unable to reach agreement on which of the presented options they should choose -or if they needed to make changes to the presented options- and will take up the discussion with Department heads today (July 17, at 2:00 p.m., Court House Council Room) to try and come to some consensus.

It is expected that the turnout for the meeting will generate some "lively discussion" from the various county departments.