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Tri-Aqency Meetinq -3- 11/7/95 envisions the County acquiring the remaining three sites and retaining ownership of the entire block in perpetuity. Since this block is in the heart of downtown, it is-essential that the structure would be architecturally compatible to surrounding buildings. They envision a structure utilizing brick as opposed to steel and dark glass, with pleasant landscaping and people friendly street scapes, maintaining continuity with the visual downtown emphasis. He stressed that this would not be a big bus parking lot. The facility would be designed from the ground up to mitigate air and noise impacts. The Downtown Transit Center may be the heart behind the proposal, it is not the life blood; that is provided by the County Service Center and the Courthouse Mall (retail). Al1 activities of the transit center will be oriented inward and only the entrance and exit of a maximum of 10 buses on Church or High Street will be seen at any one time, half the number the current transit center would yield. Mr. Andersen-Wyckoff reviewed each floor and possible ideas of use. First floor: Beside the transit center uses might include County customer service functions, day care facilities, a City Community Policing Station, dry cleaners, ATM, hair salon and barber shop, flower shop, bakery, snack shops, coffee shop, or restaurant. The ideal uses might provide "one-stop shopping" for-transit users. Hope to eliminate the loitering problem that now exists with the external bus mall. Second and Third floors: This would be devoted to replace parking for the County's current on-site parking as well as some additional parking related to the other on-site parking needs for offices and retail. There is no intention proposed to offer customer parking or other public permit parking within this development. Fourth f loor : This is proposed to be the f irst f loor of of f ice use for County office space, Transit office space, possibly relocate the City's 911 Center and/or conference space. The 2 office pods are proposed to be joined by a skybridge across the central atrium over which the louvered translucent roof for the Transit Center would also occur. The two decks over`the third floor parking areas could be used for employee roof garden and a playground area for the proposed day care facility. Fifth floor: This would also be office space.