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4/19/99 Update: An evaluation should be made as to whether motion detectors should be installed in "sensitive" areas and if so, which azeas would be considered "sensitive". The current plan is to install buzzers which would alert other staff to a problem. The decision not to have alarms ring directly to the police or sheriff s department should be considered. Card access doors: Several departments expressed concerns that secondary doors off the corridors were not secure and could permit unauthorized public access. All doors off the public corridors to department offices will be fitted with locks. Additional doors ofF the east-west corridors will be fitted with card access locks. For code reasons, a locking cazd access door cannot be included adjacent to the main floor lobbies at the entrance to the east-west corridors. Facilities Management will be identifying the doors subject to locks and card access. 4/19/99 Update: Facilities Management has completed a plan which identifies which types of locks to be installed on each door. Employee entrances will be accessed by key cards. Glass security walls: A policy decision has been made not to enclose reception areas with glass security walls. Reception azeas will be designed with barriers, half walls and security doors that restrict public access to office azeas. 4/19/99 U~date: A policy decision needs to be made with regard to whether any reception stations should be enclosed with glass security walls or other additional reinforcement. Also, should the main floor reception station be staffed with "security personnel" versus a receptionist. Security policy review: Many of the security issues will need to be readdressed after occupancy. It is recommended that a security committee be established representing all building tenants. The committee will evaluate operational and security issues. 4/19/99 Update: A policy decision needs to be made with regard to whether a standing building security committee should meet during building construction. Also, a decision should be made as to whether a standing building security should continue to meet once the building is complete to address issues as they arise. In both cases, members of the committee need to be identified and the charge to the committee(s) clearly stated. Security consultant: It has been recommended that the county hire a security consultant to help design and implement a security plan for Courthouse Square. The project development team does not support the hiring of a consultant at this time. One of the reasons for this decision is lack of funding. If a consultant is hired in the future, a source of funding will need to be identified outside the project budget. It is also recommended that countywide security issues be identified rather than focusing on one building. 4/ ,~ddgt~: A policy decision needs to be made with regazd to whether the County should contract for the services of a building security expert. A building security expert could review the security plan and advise on technical issues of implementation. No funds have been budgeted for this.