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- Enclosed is a letter from Suzanne Marshall, State Medical Facilities Architect, <br />detailing the costs of the proposed renovation and an estimate of new con- <br />struction costs. A plan of the first floor clinical service area and the <br />second floor administrative section is submitted for your consideration. Also <br />enclosed is a report prepared by the College of Architecture entitled, "Designing <br />the County Health Unit". <br />It is most important that key staff and I meets with each Commissioner individually <br />before the meeting to fully explain our options. I will be available September <br />19 and 23. Please contact Joan Lewis to set up an appointment. <br />Please notify me of the approximate time that the CHU will be addressing the Board. <br />J.B. Tucker, M.D. <br />IRCPHU, Director <br />Dr. Tucker noted that Commissioner Wodtke led the task force <br />in looking for a facility and identified one existing building <br />that could serve their needs sizewise. He reported that he <br />submitted plans to the Medical Facilities Architect in <br />Tallahassee for review to determine what she felt it would cost <br />to renovate the proposed building. Dr. Tucker noted that, in <br />addition, several sites have been identified where a new facility <br />could be built - one near the Administration Building, one near <br />the new Jail, also at the old Jail site near Vero Beach High <br />School, and possibly on the Indian River Memorial Hospital <br />campus. He reported that the Medical Facilities Architect <br />indicated purchase and renovation costs would certainly equal or <br />possibly exceed new construction costs. Speaking for the Health <br />Department, Dr. Tucker stated they could live with any of the <br />above sites, but he did not know how long they could continue to <br />live with the present site. <br />Commissioner Scurlock stated that a recent visit to the <br />Health Department had served to demonstrate graphically to him <br />the desperate need for more space. He felt the two most likely <br />sites were the land adjacent to the Administration Building which <br />has the positive benefit of interacting with some of the agencies <br />66 -79 <br />SEP 25 1 <br />1985 BOOK FA-cE <br />