HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0298 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BRIEFING MINUTES
DECEMBER 19, 2000
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on Tuesday,
December 19, 2000, at 5:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center (South Wing Conference
Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC 28677.
Present: Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Steve D. Johnson
Tommy E. Bowles
Karen B. Ray
R. Godfrey Williams
Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Finance Director Susan Blumenstein,
Planning Supervisor Ron Smith, Chief Deputy Rodney Proctor, Personnel Officer Carolyn Harris,
Fire Marshal Chuck Gallyon, Support Services Director Jim Vernon, and Clerk to the Board Jean
Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
PRESENTATION ON THE OPTION OF RENTING SPACE IN THE VACANT
L OWRANCE HOSPITAL,/LAKE NORMAN REGIONAL MEDICAL. CENTER
STRUCTURE: In attendance to discuss this matter were: Fluor Daniel Representatives!_enaido
Quintana (Vice President), John Bellack (Senior Architect, Greenville, S.C. office) and Howard
Hoffman. Also, Town of Mooresville Representatives Al Jones (Mayor), Rick McLean (Town
Manager), and Economic Developer Melanie O'Connell Underwood with the Mooresville South
Iredell Chamber of Commerce (Vice President). In addition, Iredell County Clerk of Court Rena
Turner and Paul Smith, the Executive Director for the Lake Norman Regional Medical Center,
attended the meeting.
McLean said last spring, he briefed the county commissioners about the Town's plans to
build a new police department. He said the Town owned property near the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Building and planned to build a new law enforcement center. Mr. McLean said that during
the meeting, a proposal was shared about adding enough space for the courts and probation offices.
The county commissioners, in office at that time, agreed to allow Town Manager McLean and
County Manager Mashburn to pursue thejoint project by obtaining construction cost estimates and
examining the various financing options. McLean said later, he became aware of the Fluor Daniel
proposal.
Underwood said she had been working with the design development team of Fluor Daniel
on the usage of the vacant Lowrance Hospital/Lake Norman Regional Medical Center structure in
downtown Mooresville. She then introduced the Fluor Daniel representatives and requested that
they explain the design concept for using the old hospital site as a government center.
Quintana said Flour Daniel had been hired by Hospital Management Association (HMA),
or Lake Norman Regional Medical Center, to find a new use for the structure. Mr. Quintana said
that when the firm learned the county was needing court space, a decision was made to design the
building for governmental purposes.
Bellack said the hospital building had been built in phases beginning in the 1920s. He said
the building had a total of 90,000 square feet; however, the company had drawn up a proposal just
based on the first floor of 26,000 sq. ft. Mr. Bellack proposed for the interior section to be
completely "gutted" for court and probation space. A main corridor would separate the court space
from possible health and inspection/planning offices. Bellack said the court space "mimicked" what
the architect had drawn for the joint venture between Mooresville and the county.