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7. Public Comment <br />There was none. <br />8. County Presentations <br />a. Medical Examiner Funding Request for a New Facility — Presentation by Patricia <br />A. Aronica, District Chief Medical Examiner, District 19 <br />Dr. Patricia A. Aronica, District Chief Medical Examiner, District 19, through a <br />PowerPoint presentation, reviewed the overall concerns with the current Office of the <br />Medical Examiner for District 19 building. She informed the counties that the lack of <br />adequate space for employees and proper storage for the decedents and materials was a <br />National Association of Medical Examiner Accreditation Preparation Phase II violation. <br />She continued in her presentation on what a new facility would be able to provide and <br />discussed the financing of the new facility through grants and funding from the counties. <br />Chairman Flescher made everyone aware this was not a new problem and a new medical <br />facility was necessary. <br />A discussion ensued among the counties and Dr. Aronica on finding a site for the medical <br />facility and working with the State on securing funding. Dr. Moore informed the counties <br />that the current Medical Examiner's building was at the end of its service life and <br />indicated the first step would be to obtain a planning grant in order to have the ability to <br />correlate resources and get architectural support to see what the facility would look like. <br />He did not want to speak for the Board of Trustees, but he felt they would be inclined to <br />ensure that the medical examiner facility remained on campus. He brought up an ideal <br />piece of land adjacent to the Treasure Coast Public Safety Training Complex and Crime <br />Lab; he felt the medical examiner facility would be a good education exchange program <br />with the Florida State University School of Medicine. <br />A discussion followed among the three counties on the importance of finding out the <br />State's responsibility for funding the medical examiner's facility, creating a Tri -County <br />Ad Hoc group, seek participation from local hospitals, and include Okeechobee County <br />in the Ad Hoc Group, since they were a part of the 19th Judicial District. <br />It was determined the Ad Hoc group would consist of one commissioner from each <br />county in the 19th Judicial District, an attorney representative, a state representative, and <br />an IRSC representative to go through the questions discussed and get the answers needed, <br />and then take the information back to the individual counties for participation in an <br />Interlocal Agreement <br />b. Designating the Indian River Lagoon as a "No Discharge Zone"- Presentation by <br />Indian River County Commissioner Peter O'Bryan <br />