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r JUN 13 1990 BOOK 80 F'r1GE�� Mr. Casey emphasized that they are not coming to the County and dictating design. The County makes the design decision and the developer puts the decisions in place. He contended that privatization will get this building built faster and cheaper, and they will stand behind Mr. `Flick's whole effort because it works. Mr. Casey noted that he has with him Rob Wells who came off a very similar project in Brevard County where they went to private developers. He agreed there is big controversy over this procedure because it is new and unusual, but he again stressed that Rooney has 31 projects right now and every one of them is on schedule and within budget. They have built government buildings in Martin County, Miami, Dade County, and Marion County to name just a few. Commissioner Scurlock commented that none of those were privatization deals, and Mr. Casey agreed they were not. They were construction management, but they are involved in a privati- zation for Broward County right now - a 60 million dollar mixed-use development which involves the city, the county, and the Port. County Attorney Vitunac felt the developer is mixing up two issues. The first issue is the site, and the second decision is by what method should the building be constructed. He did not believe the Board is making the decision tonight on "Design Build," and he pointed out that there is also the possibility that the developer could build on the County's land and not on Mr. Flick's land. Administrator Chandler agreed that we need to delve into this issue and decide what is the best approach. He believed we ultimately will be recommending the construction management approach on a project of this magnitude, but there are distinct differences between those approaches. The Administrator also emphasized the difficulty of discussing specific design at this point. We can discuss the general concept or talk in terms of _ 24