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Monday, September 10, 1984 The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, met in Special Session at the County Commission Chambers, 1840 25th Street, Vero Beach, Florida, on Monday, September 10, 1984, at 1:15 o'clock P.M. Present were Don C. Scurlock, Jr., Chairman; Richard N. Bird; Margaret C. Bowman; and William C. Wodtke, Jr. Vice Chairman Patrick B. Lyons was temporarily delayed. Also present were Michael J. Wright, County Administrator; Gary Brandenburg, Attorney to the Board of County Commissioners; and Virginia Hargreaves, Deputy Clerk. The Chairman called the meeting to order. Administrator Wright noted that several weeks ago when we opened the bids for the fourth courtroom, staff supplied a memo pointing out the fact that based on the Frizzell 5 yap study of a year ago, we have reached the point where -we need additional office space to support the courthouse function. A fairly extensive discussion was held at that time regarding who has what space and who can be moved, and the Administrator believed we are down to the point of deciding on one of the three following alternatives: 1) Renovating the space for the fourth courtroom; 2) Moving County Court, and if so, to which site; or 3) Building a courtroom outside the existing structure either adjacent to the Administration Building or at the new jail site. The Administrator noted that letters have been received from downtown merchants, etc., in this regard. Chairman Scurlock commented that it appears there is some belief that we will completely abandon the downtown area, but we have always been on record as not wanting to do that, and none of the suggested alternatives anticipate us removing ourselves totally from the downtown area. He noted that one suggestion that seemed to receive a great deal of BOCK S E P 10 1984