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E-1 Mr. Dean advised that when they contacted the Constitutional Officers, they found that the Tax Collector is going to be leasing some space in Sebastian. The Sheriff's Department is up there now and has expressed interest in being tied together with everyone else in a common facility. The County Health Department presently has space with the City of Sebastian. The Supervisor of Elections also has expressed an interest as well as the Property Appraiser and the Clerk. Both Utilities Director Pinto and Assistant Utilities Director Barton have recognized there is an upcoming need in that area, and the Emergency Management Director feels he needs a satellite facility for communicatio-ns and shelter purposes. Mr. Dean went on to emphasize the need to plan for future growth and pointed out that by bringing all these activities together in an annextype facility, they can make use of and share common facilities, i.e., reception desk, restrooms, etc., as depicted in diagram #3. He described in detail the proposed three story building, which would have a series of flexible rooms with movable petitions, and noted that -the third story is intended for legal and profess.ional services. Mr. Dean felt the first floor will fill up quickly and stressed the need.to get the County's input now in order to tie everything together in an efficient way. Commissioner Eggert noted that we would need to get everyone together and see what needs would be duplicated and what could be combined, what percentage of the lease would come from whose budget, etc., but conceptually she likes the idea of a central- ized office for all the county functions and is very supportive of this idea for a number of reasons. Vice Chairman Wheeler agreed that we have reached a position where it is practical or even less expensive to have such offices, and he would be supportive of this if it can be done in a cost effective way. AUG 2 31988