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►JUN 131990 _ BOOK 80 F,1E tJe� bargain accommodations in the newly created space in the Florida Federal Building. He stressed that his plan would represent minimal displacement and disruption of people's lives and further believed that the location he is proposing would benefit the businesses across the street and spur them on to renovate because it would then justify their investment. He personally disagreed with the Halback analysis which states that property in Vero is cheap. Mr. Flick noted that he would be happy to answer any questions the public has. Commissioner Wheeler believed that if we were going to do something like Mr. Flick has suggested, we would have to go to some condemnation. He felt we either decide we have a commitment to the downtown area and take those lumps for condemnation or locate somewhere else. He did, however, want to revitalize the downtown. Mr. Flick continued to present his conviction that this will provide the catalyst to the downtown area, and he felt you should leave room for private development. Commissioner Wheeler agreed, but noted that he just did not want to leave that room between our buildings. County Attorney Vitunac asked Mr. Halback if his consulting team looked at land in the general area Mr. Flick is discussing, and Mr. Halback confirmed that it was one of the areas they considered. Mr. Flick emphasized that he determined his real estate acquisition costs by actually talking to the property owners and asking if they wanted to sell and for how much; so, his figures are realistic. He did not use a formula which uses the assessed value and adds 250, and he felt that process is not representa- tive of reality. Mr. Halback advised that as to whether they considered that piece of property and what were some of the relative costs of those particular schemes - they looked at: at least 3 of the different schemes, and they ranged in price from 17 million to 26