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Asst. City Planning Director Dennis Ragsdale pointed out that there is another potential impact on the land value because when the portion of 15th Avenue is abandoned, half of the property abandoned goes to the property owner on each side of that street. He advised that the City of Vero Beach is not ready tonight to take a position on either plan, but he believed that the City will be supportive when the County makes a decision. Commissioner Wheeler noted that he has been listening to a panel of experts on both sides, and we are 4 million dollars apart; so, he would like to close that spread and find out what the real number is. He further noted that he visited Daytona Beaches' Courthouse, which is only the Circuit Court; it was done "Design Build," and we had representatives from the Committee who were very favorably impressed. In that county they had their court system under more than one roof, but their county seat is a long way from Daytona and that is a much larger county with a lot larger spread. After sitting down and doing some more analyzing, however, he believed that one building with all the functions is probably the best way to go and the most efficient. MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Scurlock, SECONDED by Commissioner Bowman, to authorize staff to get with Mr. Schlitt and/or the property owners for this footprint and determine the value of that land as best we can; to authorize our consultants to move ahead quickly and do the necessary analysis to see if we can put such a facility on this basic footprint, with the latitude to expand it a little bit; to endorse the concept of a facility under one roof; to endorse the concept of a period of time to address saving the center part of the old court facility for some use, not for ours; to endorse the concept of a parking garage and determining the cost of same; and to move forward as fast as we can. 37 JUN 131990 BOOK 80 F,GE 416