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ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS ASKED ABOUT THEIR CAPABILITIES TO <br />EVALUATE WHAT EACH DEPARTMENT PROJECTS AS ITS NEEDS. <br />MR. BALDWIN FELT THAT, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT EXPERTS ON <br />COUNTY GOVERNMENT SPACE NEEDS IN GE.NERAL,;THEY COULD MAKE RECOMMENDA- <br />TIONS AND WOULD COMPARE LIKE NEEDS. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF THEY HAVE EVER RENOVATED ANY <br />HOSPITALS INTO AN OFFICE COMPLEX. <br />MR, BALDWIN STATED THAT THEY HAVE RENOVATED AND REMODELED <br />HOSPITALS, BUT NOT BY CONVERTING THEM'INTO OFFICE USES, <br />COMMISSIONER Loy INQUIRED ABOUT THEIR STAFF RESOURCES IN <br />REGARD TO SOLAR ENERGY, AND MR..BALDWIN STATED THAT THEY HAVE A GROUP <br />SET UP LAST YEAR IN ST. LOUIS DOING THIS TYPE OF STUDY, AND THEY ALSO <br />HAVE THIS CAPABILITY IN THEIR .JACKSONVILLE OFF,ICE. <br />THE BOARD THANKED THEM FOR THEIR PRESENTATION. <br />AT 3:15 O'CLOCK P.M., JACK BELLAY, LOCAL ARCHITECT, IRVING <br />INGRAHAM, AND LYLE HOUSER, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD REPRESENTING THE FIRM <br />OF BRIEL-RHAME, POYNTER & HOUSER. <br />LYLE HOUSER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT COCOA BEACH IS THEIR MAIN <br />OFFICE, BUT MANY OF THEM LIVE IN THIS AREA, AND THEY HAVE JUST COMPLETED <br />A JOB FOR THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM. HE NOTED THAT THEY <br />USUALLY TEAM WITH A LOCAL ARCHITECT, BUT MEMBERS OF THE FIRM ALREADY <br />LIVE IN VERO BEACH, AND IF THEY DO THE WORK, THEY PLAN TO HAVE AN <br />OFFICE IN THE HOSPITAL. HE CONTINUED THAT THEIR FIRM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED <br />FOR 15 YEARS AND BASICALLY DOES RENOVATIONS. HE NOTED THAT THEY NOW <br />ARE CHANGING A HANGAR IN THE CANAL ZONE INTO A POST OFFICE AND ALSO IN <br />THE CANAL ZONE RECENTLY CONVERTED A HOSPITAL BUILDING INTO AN OFFICE <br />COMPLEX. MR. HOUSE POINTED OUT THAT WHEN YOU CONVERT A HOSPITAL INTO <br />OFFICES, YOU HAVE TO MUCH UTILITIES, T00 MUCH STAND-BY POWER AND T00 <br />MUCH HEAT. HE NOTED THAT THEY DO A GREAT DEAL OF WORK WITH THE GOVERN- <br />MENT AND ARE EXPERTS IN ENERGY SAVING; THEIR JOB IS TO USE AS MUCH OF <br />THE PRESENT EQUIPMENT AS POSSIBLE AND USE IT EFFICIENTLY. MR. HOUSER <br />CONTINUED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SET UP THE PROJECT A PIECE AT A <br />TIME SO THE COUNTY CAN MOVE OFFICES AS THEY ARE DOING THE RENOVATIONS. <br />HE STATED THAT THEY HAVE JUST COMPLETED RENOVATING TWO COURTHOUSES IN <br />BREVARD COUNTY, AND NOTED THEY HAVE A VERY FINE RECORD FOR BRINGING <br />THEIR JOBS IN UNDER BUDGET, AS WELL AS FOR GETTING THEM.DONE ON TIME. <br />V <br />