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APPENDIX A <br />t <br />P I B POST, BUCKLEY, SCHUH & JERNIGAN, INC. <br />J 7500 NORTHWEST 52nd STREET <br />MIAMI, FLORIDA 33166 <br />TELEPHONE 305/592-6100 <br />Honorable Chairman and <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />Indian River County <br />County Courthouse <br />Vero Beach, Florida 32960 <br />Re: Indian River County Solid Waste Disposal Program <br />Members of the Board: <br />CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND PLANNERS <br />October 4, 1977 <br />The purpose of this letter is to summarize certain pertinent information regarding the County's on-going <br />construction program aimed at providing new solid waste management facilities to meet your immediate and <br />future solid waste disposal needs. This information is presented relative to the sale of revenue bonds as provided <br />for under Chapter 159 of the Florida Statutes which will provide the long-term financing mechanism needed to <br />fund the current program. This letter is for inclusion in the Official Statement being prepared by William R. <br />Hough & Company. <br />HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM <br />Since 1966, when the City of Vero Beach closed its open -burning dump, the County has exclusively <br />provided solid waste disposal service to all areas both incorporated and unincorporated, throughout Indian River <br />County. During the 1950's and 1960's, the County operated five dump sites and a small trash disposal site. <br />In• 1971, amidst the growing national concern for preserving the environment and an increasing scarcity of <br />available land at the existing dump sites, the County undertook an ambitious program to improve its solid waste <br />management program by undertaking the following projects: <br />The construction of a central sanitary landfill, capable of disposing of all solid waste generated within <br />the County, including both the incorporated and unincorporated areas. <br />The systematical closing out of all the existing dump sites, converting them where possible into <br />convenience collection stations. <br />A mutual agreement was reached between the County and the City of Vero Beach to utilize a 60 -acre site, <br />situated on City -owned property adjacent to the Vero Beach municipal airport for the purpose of constructing <br />A-1 <br />BOX <br />