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facilities, lighting, wiring, proximity to train tracks, et cetera. He also suggested that location of the county offices at 12' Street & US -1 would help that "deteriorating section" of town, which was an important part of the equation; use of existing buildings would be good for the entire county. Commissioner Ginn commented that the only building in that area that appears blighted is the mall, a commercial property. She mentioned another commercial property on 43' Avenue and SR -60 and questioned whether the Board should make a choice of one over the other. She stated that the Board is at the "gathering information stage" and no one is really pushing for anything in particular. She appreciated his helpful information. There was CONSENSUS to get the needs assessment before making any decisions. Vice Chairman Macht recalled that during the early planning stages of the new Courthouse, the City of Vero Beach was interested in possibly sharing some facilities when the County was ready to build a new Administration Building. He advised that City Planning staff seemed to be interested in discussing it, so he suggested the Board might want to bear that in mind to the extent that it might be feasible. 13A COMMISSIONER EGGERT -PUBLIC DISCUSSION ITEMS Commissioner Eggerthas been distressed aboutthe way Public Discussion items have been used over the last six months. She felt they had gotten away from their purpose. She did not wish to prevent anyone from speaking on legitimate items of importance, but she thought they needed to get back to the previous procedure where exactly what was to be presented to the Board was put into a letter. The Board then had an idea of what the background was and what the person wanted to accomplish and there was an opportunity for staff to be available. It should also be kept to 5 minutes or so. She wondered if they should ask Administrator Chandler to come back to them with either re-establishing the old procedures or another procedure that would put the focus back where it should be. Commissioner Ginn did not want to stifle the public in any way, and felt that a letter should be the only requirement, that anything beyond that might be intimidating. Commissioner Adams thought there was not a problem at all in requesting information or stating questions they wanted answered, so when the matter comes to the Commission staff is present to answer the questions. The way it was operating now, 99 August 25, 1998 59 MOP 106 PAGE654