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ATTENTION: OLD COURTHOUSE CLOSES ON FRI., MAY 18
Normal operations at the current Duval County Courthouse at 330 E. Bay St. will be suspended Fri., May 18 at 5 p.m. Operations will resume in the new Duval County Courthouse at 501 W. Adams St. on Tues., May 29. For more information about the move, please click here to be directed to the Duval County Clerk of Courts.

PROJECT TEAM:

Senior Project Manager: Dave Schneider, P.E.

Owners' Consultant: Spillis Candela DJMM

Design/Build Consultant: Turner Construction with KBJ Architects

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CURRENT PROJECT STATUS
COURTHOUSE RENDERINGS
BUDGET
PROJECT HISTORY
COURTHOUSE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE (CARC)

STATUS (current Apr. 24, 2012):

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MAIN FACILITY
- Notice-to-Proceed with construction was issued May 12, 2009.
- Construction is 95% complete and proceeding on schedule. Current work is mostly finishes – millwork, tile, carpet, painting, ceilings, cabling, equipment, furniture, etc.
- Ordinance No. 2011-615 deferring Monroe Street construction was approved by City Council on Oct. 25, 2011. Monroe Street will remain closed.
- Sidewalk, lighting, landscaping and parking improvements are now being made along Adams Street, which now fronts the courthouse.
- Substantial Completion scheduled date is May 14, 2012. The move will begin immediately following closure of the current courthouse, scheduled for 5 p.m. on Fri., May 18. The new Courthouse will open for regular business on Tues., May 29, at 8 a.m.
PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE
- The Public Defender's Office completed its relocation to its permanent offices in Jake Godbold Building the week of Oct. 17, 2011.
- Minor renovations remain to be done.
STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
- Re-roofing project completed Feb. 2007
- Exterior cleaning completed May 2008.
- Demolition, lead paint remediation and debris disposal completed in Jan. 2012.
- Construction Manager-at-Risk Elkins offered a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP)proposal of $28 million on Jan. 11, 2012. This figure increased to $28.5 million when the historic windows replacement bids were received in early March. On Apr. 5, Elkins revised and lowered its GMP to $27.4 million; however, the city chose to terminate for convenience with Elkins (as allowed in the contract) and solicit "hard bids" for the remainder of the work. The engineer of record, AECOM, is will progress design drawings from 75 percent to 100 percent in preparation for hard bid.
The City Council's Courthouse Oversight Committee has been engaged in discussions related to the completion of this project; click here to view meeting minutes/agenda.

TOTAL PROGRAM BUDGET:

The entire courthouse program budget is set by ordinance at $350 million. This figure includes $64.3 million spent to-date on property acquisition, utility relocation, and previous project efforts.

The budget covers expenditures for the unified court facility, renovations to the Old Federal Courthouse for the State Attorney's Office, and office space for the Public Defender.

Funding Sources:

Better Jacksonville Plan: $211 million
($190 million plus $21 million from 'vertical contigency')

Court Facilities Trust Fund: $811,000

Court Documents Facility: $3,397,000

Traffic Fine Surcharge: $48,292,000

COJ Capital Project Funding: $86.5 million

PROJECT HISTORY:

Duval County opened its current courthouse on East Bay Street over 50 years ago, in a time before consolidation and when the entire county's population was just over 450,000. It is only the fourth courthouse in the county's 175-year history.

In 2000, when the Better Jacksonville Plan passed, Duval County's population had swelled to over three-quarters of a million people. A county's judicial requirements directly correspond to its population, so while the number of people using the courthouse had grown significantly, the facility itself had not.

The original Better Jacksonville Plan work program earmarked $190 million for the courthouse project. That figure was increased by $21 million through funding from the BJP Vertical Contingency line item in the work program.

The initial effort to construct the courthouse was stopped in 2003. The city elected to pursue a design/build approach, and ultimately contracted with Turner Construction/KBJ Architects in 2008 to complete the project.

COURTHOUSE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE:

The CARC and its membership were established in Section 5 of Ordinance 2004-1339 and has been carried forward in the new courthouse legislation, 2007-401. The list below contains the persons currently holding the member positions named in the ordinance.

--CARC CHAIR: Jim Rinaman (Chair, Mayor's Courthouse Advisory Committee)

--Hon. Don Moran (Chief Judge)

--James M. (Jim) Robinson, P.E. (Director of Public Works)

--Hon. Stephen Joost (Council President)

--District 4 Council Member Don Redman (District Council Member of the Courthouse Site)

--Dr. Ron Salem (Chair of the Mayor's BJP Citizens Oversight Committee)

--Andy Sikes (Chair of the JEDC Downtown Development Review Board)

11-16-07 CARC PowerPoint Presentation

11-16-07 CARC Meeting Minutes

5-21-09 CARC Meeting Minutes

1-21-10 CARC Pedestrian Bridge Presentation

1-21-10 CARC Meeting Minutes