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courthouse. He felt it would be advisable to acquire Lot 8 <br />irrespective of what we do here. <br />Commissioner Eggert could not imagine our not needing this <br />land since it is between the courthouse block and the library <br />block, but it is a question of can we hold this together forever. <br />Commissioner Bird hoped that we don't paint ourselves into a <br />corner to where the courthouse must go on that site and then see <br />the surrounding property values climb out of sight. When they <br />start doing the master plan, we may find out that the footprint <br />of the complex that we hope to create down there is so large and <br />will encompass such a big area of town, that we may have to make <br />the decision, even though we would like to see the courthouse <br />there, to move it to another piece of ground that is far less <br />expensive and where we have a much bigger area to develop in. <br />Administrator Chandler didn't know how critical the church's <br />timeframe was, but he had indicated to them a couple of weeks ago <br />that he thought, from our perspective, it would be better to wait <br />until we had a master plan completed if they had the time, but <br />that we did not want to shut the door on this arrangement. <br />Commissioner Eggert explained that this arrangement involves <br />the owner of the 3 parcels as well. <br />Administrator Chandler recalled that when we were putting <br />together the plan for the library and parking Tots, we indicated <br />to the church that we had a need to acquire Lot 8, and the church <br />said they were planning on acquiring it. We told them that if <br />they didn't, we would or should because we need that property to <br />clear up traffic flow. <br />Chairman Wheeler asked the status of the contract with the <br />church and whether we had the option to wait, and Attorney <br />Vitunac advised that we have had some staff negotiations and the <br />Committee has agreed on a price. However, there has been no <br />contract signed by either side. It has been put on hold because <br />of this library business. The Board has to give authority to <br />$ 8 <br />tithl 6 1989 BOOK 76 F,ia1Q34 <br />