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5. B. PRESENTATION— LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES <br />Representing the Indian River County Chamber of Commerce were Helene <br />Caseltine, Director of Economic Development, and Bill Curtis, Chairman. <br />Mr. Curtis, through a PowerPoint Presentation (copy on file), provided <br />background description on a series of meetings, the Community Leaders Group Economic <br />Development Summits, which were sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and focused on <br />exploring methods of encouraging economic development in the County. Mr. Curtis <br />summarized the key recommendations on actions which could be taken to bring new jobs into <br />the County, which were made by the three Task Forces - Community Image, Enhanced <br />Incentives, and Economic Development Funding, which were created at the December 17, 2008 <br />Economic Development Summit meeting. <br />Commissioner O'Bryan required further information on the Industrial Revenue <br />Bond funds, as mentioned in Mr. Curtis's above presentation. Administrator Baird provided <br />specific details on the bond funds. <br />S. C. PRESENTATION — SECTOR 3 BEACH RESTORATION UPLAND SAND <br />SOURCE EVALUATION <br />Jonathan Gorham, Coastal Resource Manager, used a PowerPoint presentation <br />(copy on file) to summarize the key points of this item, which relates to the possibility of using <br />locally available upland sand sources to construct the County's proposed Sector 3 Beach <br />Restoration Project. He compared the characteristics of the upland sand (transported to the beach <br />by truck), to those of the offshore borrow sand (transported to the beach by hopper dredge), in <br />relation to the requirements of beach and dune restoration projects. He said the County could <br />March 3, 2009 3 <br />