HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0780 (2)Marshall said he understood it would be more difficult for the county employees
to park and walk from the municipal lots.
Johnson reminded everyone that a determination had been made indicating that
two plus acres on Tradd Street were inadequate. He questioned how two acres on
Meeting Street, as proposed by the mayor, could be adequate.
Marshall said the municipal lots would help for overflow parking. He said that
when research was done about the new civic center, it was learned there were 1,500
parking spaces in downtown Statesville within a four to five minute walk of the area.
Commissioner Bowles asked about expansion.
Marshall said expansion at the Meeting Street site could go vertical or higher.
Commissioner Williams said that when Mitchell Community College's building
in Mooresville was started four years ago, it was planned for future expansion to go up or
higher. He said the state codes changed, and the expansion had to go horizontal or out.
Mashburn said environmental factors were some of the first issues to be
considered with any site. He said there was an underground spring under the Plaza
Apartments and this was evident by water seeping into the county's Walnut Street
parking lot. Mr. Mashburn said he was hearing the mayor say, assuming the city council
agreed, the site would be delivered to the county in a "buildable condition." Mashburn
said that if the existing library were vacated, some county employees or departments
would be moved there, but this had not been fully evaluated. He said that normally two
acres of land would not be suitable. Mashburn said the architect would need to evaluate
the Meeting Street site. He said the site had some positives and some negatives. He said
more time was needed to fully inspect the site.
Ray asked if two weeks would be adequate for the architectural review.
County Manager Mashburn said the new site had been mentioned to the architect.
Mashburn said some preliminary evaluations (testings) could be done to determine
suitability. Mr. Mashburn said he assumed the city would pay these costs.
Mayor Marshall said the city would pay, assuming the council agreed.
Commissioner Johnson said it would be doing a disservice to the people of Iredell
County to locate the library on a site that did not have adequate parking, room for
expansion, or if the space was so small the costs for future expansion would be
exorbitantly high. He said that if this occurred, he was simply shifting an inflated cost to
expand to some future board of commissioners. Johnson said the current board members
already knew the proposed 40,000 sq. ft. building was only 80% of what was actually
needed.
Fi0—TJ0-R by Commissioner Bowles to delay the decision for two weeks to allow
the architect to evaluate the site proposed by Mayor Marshall.
VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
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