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ORDER N0. X5780
AF~pROVAL DF REVISIONS OF DISTRICT COURTROOMS
AND DISTRICT CLERF:'S OFFICE AND DETAILED REVISIONS
MANDATED PY TDLR AND TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
On the ~:cnd day of Febr•~.~ary 199'3, +_ipon motion m~-+de 6y
Commissioner Lets, seconded by Commissioner Griffin, the Co+_irt
unanimously appr^oved by a vote of 4-0-0, revisions of District
Co+_rr•tr•ooms and District Clerk's Office and detailed revisions
mandated by TDLR and Texas Historical Commission (beyond
revisions made by the District Clerk and Jtidr~es.)
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Feb-15-99 04:42P Michael Walker, Architect 830 895 3297
COM1ViISSIONERS' COURT AGENDA REO T
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1'~EA~SEFUR'VISHONEORIGINAL.ANDFIYF OPiFSOFTHI FnUEST NDDOCUMENTS
To BE REVIFWFD BY THE COURT
l1iADE BY: Mike Walker
MEETING DATE: February 22, 1499
5Ut3,lECT: {PLEASE BE SPECIFIC}
OFFICE: Architect for County Projects
TIME PREFERRED: 12:20A.M.+I_
To consider and discuss proposed revisions of District Courtrooms and District Clerk's Office after revrew
and detailed revisions mandated by TDLR and 'Texas Historical Commission, beyond revisions made by
District Clerk and Judges. Proposed plan revisions approved by District Judges and District Clerk, will
follow on or before February 17.
EXECiTTiVE SESSION REQUESTED: {PLEASE STATE REASON)
ESTIMATED LENGTA OF PRESENTATION: 13 minutes
iN PERSONNEL MATTER - NAM1IF. OF F.MPLCIYEE:
NA11~IE OF PERSON ADDRESSING THE COURT: Mike Walker, Linda Uecker, possibly District
Judges, Keith Longnecker
Time for submitting this request for Court to assure that the matter is posted in accordance with Title
5, Chapter 551 and 552, Government Code, is as follows:
Meeting scheduled for Mondays: 5:00 P.M. previous Monday
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THIS REQUEST RECEIVED BY:
THIS REQUEST RECEIVED ON:

AI I Agenda Requests wilt be screened by the County Judge's Office to determine if adequate information has
been prepared far the Court's formal consideration and action at time of Court Meetings. Your cooperation
will be appreciated and contribute towards you request being addressed at the earliest opportunity, See
Agenda Request Rulcs Adopted by Commissioners' Court.
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ARCHITECT
February 17, 1999
Mr. Bradford Patterson
Texas Historical Commission
P. O. Box 12276
Austin, Texas 78711-2276
Re: Renovations to Kerr County Courthouse & Annex, Our Project KC3
Dear Mr. Patterson:
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Thank you for your review of our project and particulazly your visit of February 9 with our design team and the
local Historical Commission Board Meeting. Please extend my thanks to Mr. Stan Graves, AIA, for his
participation, also. Our meeting of February 9 on various subjects of your concern from your December 31,
1998, review letter, and our response of January 15, 1999, for the most part were resolved positively, as
mentioned below. This letter documents those issues.
1. We aze resolved that the West and East Entries to the First Floor of the Courthouse are for the
foreseeable future going to have to stay as is. The ramps need to be where thry are.
~---. 2. Reduction of the width of the new second floor connecting bridge, as discussed: This is a major
circulation space. Moving the west wall is not practical due to bottlenecks that would be created on the
bridge; therefore, the additional window will not be added. Again, in our previous discussions with
THC no objections were raised to the use of applied polymer sections in lieu of cast stone. Our
discussions with Fypon, one supplier of the polymer, yielded some purported experience on historical
courthouses and other buildings with this product. if this is not the case please so advise.
3. Existing door X01 in the foyer was not original, is in a wall which we expect to have to re-build, and
poses a safety issue; therefore it will be re-used as planned and the opening closed.
4. 'The cased opening in the west wall of the Courtdouse foyer can be left in place and remain intact.
Plaster veneer over gypsum board will be provided at the foyer side of the new wall at the Men 3
Restroom, at additional cost.
5. A painted gypsum boazd ceiling will be provided at the foyer stairwell to simulate the removed
plaster ceiling in lieu of acoustical ceiling file at additional cost to the County. Please note the stairwell
is not original.
6. Existing door "X02" will be relocated, but the cased opening will be enlarged to a 5'-6" so that it can
be refitted with double doors if needed in the future.
7. The District Clerk would not agree to remove or otherwise modify the window "F" in Microfilm
Office for functionality. It will have complementary wood trim and frames. (See attached plan.)
,.-` 8. After much discussion at the February 9 meeting and subsequently with our Clerk, Judges, and
County Commissioners, the attached plan reflects the maximum extent of compromise which we were
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able to obtain. First let me state history which were able to glean from various past officials, but not
^ thoroughly authenticate. The bench, railing, clerk station, witness stand, and matching furnishings
reportedly date from the `50's. The Jury box is only about ten years of age; before that the jury sat at
floor level. No reconfiguration of the above elements could gain approval of our Officials. In fact most
solutions led to an undrinkable butchering of most of those elements. Rather than do that, we found a
Justice-of-the-Peace Courtroom (JP3) in the lower level of the Courthouse Annex to which the above
elements can be relocated and re-installed almost intact. The only exception would be the 10-yeaz-old
jury box which needs to be reduced to a 6-person jury and re-sized to fit the space. If you need better
assurances that these units will be preserved for future restoration, that may best be done by Court Order,
if the County Commissioners' Court would agree to do so. Note that the old courtroom would retain the
existing decorated east wall with a large window (Iristorically trimmed) opening, as indicated, for the
District Clerk to supervise operations of the public/work space from her office. The existing doorway
(with door relocated) will be entry to the vestibule between the DC Office and the Break/Training Room,
thus saving an expensive replicated door, some space and better preserving the ornamented wall. All the
historical seating will be retained by the County, and some of the seating will be refurbished and used for
public lobby seating in the annex as part of this contract.
9. Ornamentation in the former courtroom will remain in place, whether exposed or concealed Plans
aze to expose that in the east end of the court and conceal without damage those in the west end. The
heavy texture plaster in the courtroom and hallways was retro-1976 and will be sanded off and made to
appear more original.
10. Per our discussion, an opening to be cut into the wall at the southwest corner of the oid courtroom
for the new corridor, and cased as a door opening to match existing historic door openings.
~` 11. Per our discussion, granite veneer on CM1J in a color to match the existing exterior granite
cornerstone will be provided. The classical fiberglass column at West Entry is cover for a structural
column which must be there. We discussed same, but never resolved what you would prefer to see as
finish, if you don't agree. What do you wish - square granite -say 6"x 6"?
12. The exterior date plaque will be changed to reflect the dates of construction and alteration.
13. Additionally, the District Clerk revised Room 242, designated Lounge 2 on your plan to be Storage
Z. Therefore, the door will be left as existing and the full height shelving will be rebuilt around the
window which is relocated to that wall. This use is another reason not to put the not-on-hand window
back in that tight northwest comer of the wall.
Please, if any of the above is not to your understanding of that which we discussed, or if you are in disagreement
with any resolution issues, respond as soon as possible. As you are aware construction is proceeding, although
the work inside the Historic Courthouse should not begin for at least 6 months.
Sincerely, _ ~~~
cc: Keith Longnecker, Owner's Representative
Ret. Gen. Walter R. Schellhase, Chairman, Kerr County Historical Commission
The Honorable Linda Uecker, District Clerk, Kerr County
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