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the Courthouse, it affects your eyes, your throat, etc. Commissioner Scurlock wished to know who is removed under Concept G, Option A, and Mr. Halback clarified that concept proposes to use all the property Mr. Flick already owns or has options on, except for one small piece of property owned by the Bracketts and it is mostly vacant. Chairman Eggert believed Concept G/A does not affect the Jackson and Clem buildings nor the Vero Beach Printing Company building. Further discussion ensued as to the Base Plan being 17.8 million versus 18.9 for Concept G, Option A, without taking into account the value of existing structures. Commissioner Scurlock estimated that the Annex, which has about 14,000 sq. ft., figured at $50 per sq. ft., would represent a value of about $700,000, and the old Courthouse, with about 20,000 sq ft. at possibly $30 per sq. ft., would represent a value of about $600,000, which adds up to more than a million dollars. He personally liked Concept G/A. Commissioner Bird commented that he likes that concept, too, and would like to see if Mr. Flick or Mr. Schlitt have any ideas about how it can be done for even less than that going with this option. He stressed that although he realizes this is not a popular view, he still is not 100% convinced we should put all our eggs in one basket, and if we go with Concept G/A and save the existing Courthouse and Annex, he felt there are some government functions, Clerk or whatever, that can take place in those buildings. He is not convinced the Public Defender or State's Attorney and various other functions all need their offices within the judicial complex itself. Discussion continued re various options for use of that space, with Commissioner Bird contending that unless things really turn around in the downtown marketplace, we really should be thinking about using the Courthouse for government purposes. 31 JUL 101990