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appraisal to give him some comfort that these figures are reasonable because he feels they are high. Administrator Chandler emphasized that he would not recommend any acquisition of this magnitude without an appraisal. Commissioner Scurlock believed there is a value to having the center in the downtown area in the way it will function. Commissioner Bird continued to express concern about the price of land in the downtown area. He certainly hoped that this all works for the desired revitalization, but he believed we have gone a long way in that direction and hoped that the message gets through to the City that we are making a major commitment in the downtown area and that we would look for their fullest coopera- tion when it comes to roads, traffic flows, utilities, etc. Commissioner Wheeler noted that his understanding is that the master contract would allow us time to do appraisals, and Administrator Chandler further.noted that we also need to make a determination on utilities and parking configurations. He needed one clarification from Mr. Flick. He understood that on Concept GIA, rather than eliminating the State Attorney's Office, we would look at the 4 Brackett properties, but it seems Mr. Flick is looking at those same properties to pick up his displaced parking for the bank; so, that may or may not be an alternative for us to look at. Mr. Flick confirmed that he has to replace his parking support for Florida Federal through purchasing those properties or possibly through negotiating a long term lease with the County for space in the parking garage. Commissioner Scurlock believed there is a value associated with Mr. Flick replacing his own parking. Mr. Flick wished to�-'point out that 700 of the real estate associated with this proposa'I is packed, paved, landscaped and ready to be built on, and that is definitely a value. Chairman Eggert asked about looking,at the corner on Block 43 'JUL 101990 'ROOF 81-1 rmub,91'eD,