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BOOK M PAGE <br />Commissioner Eggert advised that while she was on vacation, she began thinking that <br />maybe the County needed another objective opinion from someone who had no strings <br />attached, no agenda, and who was not hired to do other things. She did not want this to <br />sound like a criticism of the SCP group in any way, just that there have been so many <br />questions raised. She thought it would be good to get additional information. She <br />commented on the suggestions about adding a third floor to the present Administration <br />Building and recalled that the Board had gone to the City of Vero Beach earlier for approval <br />to do that and the City would not even support the County in a referendum to add a third <br />floor. She, therefore, felt that was not an option. <br />Commissioner Ginn suggested the Board could approach the City again and maybe <br />the thought of the County spending $20 million would encourage them. She wanted to point <br />out that the only reason the Board had chosen SCP was because they were doing the space <br />needs assessment. She thought the Board should not take any action until that needs <br />assessment is completed and the Board had received the report. <br />Administrator Chandler thought the consultant was still a few weeks away from <br />completing the needs assessment. <br />Vice Chairman Macht was a little put off by the consultant's reference to "the image <br />we want to project"; he felt the image the County wanted to project was that we do our <br />business as economically and as functionally as possible. How much that "image" might <br />have influenced the mall report, he did not know. <br />Commissioner Ginn suggested the Board wait until they have the space needs <br />assessment so anyone else can use the information. <br />Chairman Tippin thought the Board might even decide to put out another RFP and <br />others agreed. He recognized a speaker even though it was not a public hearing. <br />Brian Heady had wanted to speak under "Public Discussion" about the mall, and was <br />advised how that portion of the agenda is handled by first submitting a letter to the County <br />Administrator. <br />The Commissioners agreed to hear his comments about the mall. <br />Mr. Heady advised of his involvement in converting many types of buildings to office <br />buildings for private industry as well as several governmental entities. He believed that using <br />the Vero Mall would be good for the county. He questioned many points of the SCP report <br />including landscaping estimates, the need for windows, traffic ingress and egress, bathroom <br />August 25, 1998 <br />58 <br />