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They also are preparing for a visit to such a facility. She continued, "The [district's] project team and library project team are identifying the functions that need to go into this partnership library, especially common spaces." Part of the challenge for Kalajian is that she and her staff are asking questions to which district staff has no immediate answers, Scott Lempe, deputy superintendent of the school district, told The Sarasota News Leader on June 25. The next step in that process is for district staff and the School Board to decide on the features desired in the library. For example: How much circulation space should be provided? Where will the computer lab go? How many restrooms should the facility have? Then district staff can provide that information to Kalajian, Lempe continued, pointing out all the space is sharable. After she lets district staff know how those plans should be modi- fied to accommodate county patron needs, he said, district staff would come up with a cost estimate for the County Commission. "And that's not a super complicated process from a planning perspective," Lempe added. The Florida Legislature this spring provided $3 million to assist with planning for the North Port SCTI; $1 million of that was dedicated to the library project. Kalajian told the commissioners plans call for the first phase of the new SCTI to open in January 2017. However, Todd Bowden, the school district's executive director of career, technical and adult education, pointed out to Scott Lempe is deputy superintendent of the Sarasota County Schools. Photo by Rachel Hackney Sarasota News Leader June 27, 2014 Page 46