Designers show shared-campus layout, propose 600 surface parking spaces and secured sally port

Presenters walked the commission through a shared-building massing and site plan that places the shared justice center on unoccupied site land, wrapping county spaces around court stacks and creating a common entry and lobby. The presenter said the design allows for "almost 600 surface parking spaces on the site," which they calculated as the minimum needed for staff and public parking.

Because site groundwater and a flood plain limit below-grade work, the team proposed a secured sally port and an elevated, enclosed walkway with elevators to central holding rather than the traditional below-grade holding. Commissioners and the sheriff's office discussed shuttle and off-site parking contingencies to maintain court operations during construction.