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DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION P. O. Box 6254 Vero Beach, Florida - 32960 September 6, 1984 Mr. Don C. Scurlock, Jr. 1840 25th Street Vero Beach, FL 32960 Dear Commissioner: �rN56789r JEp Rcceivzo CQMARD coUNn, MISSIDNERS I address you as President of the Downtown Merchants and Pro- fessional Association. Let it be known that our members are strongly opposed to any consideration to move part or all court house operations away from the central business district of Vero Beach. It is vital to the future of the downtown area that you support this posi- tion. Let recent beautification of your parking areas stand as signal of our interest to keep all court house activity in this area. The joint efforts of our organization, the Chamber of Commerce, Concept Vero Beach and the City of Vero Beach should be suffi- cient -to express long-range interest in keeping the Court House where it is today. I cannot beleive that support could have been gathered for that project in the wake of news of plans to move court operations. Considering the amount of money that the Commission is grilling to spend there is sufficient property on the current site for expansion and plenty of land available for parking if needed. We respectfully submit that your efforts be directed towards keeping all court house operations in one place, and that place remain downtown. Sincerely yours, cn / i c 10 9 r,� John D. Frazier, C.P.A. President Mr. Frazier contended that the County has sufficient land on the present Courthouse site to expand, and pointed out that they can go lot line to lot line and go up five stories. He noted that the churches have agreed that their parking lots can be utilized, and the environment downtown today offers support for all users of the court facility - restaurants, office supplies, post office, rental offices, 7 0 A 1 BOOK f,1GF. 213 r