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Committee Reduction: Continue with last year's goal to reorganize County structure, <br />with a focus this year on committee revision. <br />Public/Private Partnerships: Continue to try to develop a public/private partnership <br />towards a more permanent funding source for Economic Development. <br />COMMISSIONER O'BRYAN <br />Commissioner O'Bryan observed that a Board consensus would remain on achieving any <br />of last year's goals (as previously outlined), unless anyone wanted to pull an item. He thereafter <br />presented his goals for 2010, as follows: <br />County Support for Revitalization of Downtown Vero Beach: Seek opportunities to <br />assist, if possible, with the revitalization of Downtown Vero Beach, which would help many <br />businesses. He noted that plans are underway to revitalize the theater, and he would like the <br />County to support whatever efforts are put towards making downtown Vero an economic driver. <br />Industrial Park near I-95: Have within one year's time, a "shovel -ready" industrial park <br />which can be open for business and advertised. <br />Biotech Industrial Park — Landfill Area: Create within five year's time, a bio -tech <br />industrial park near the landfill at Oslo Road. Commissioner O'Bryan pointed out INEOS New <br />Planet BioEnergy, LLC, is constructing a demonstration plant for converting organic waste into <br />energy at a site adjacent to the landfill; and E Fuels, LLC and Preservation Energy, LLC, are <br />undertaking a tire pyrolysis demonstration project at the landfill site. He maintained that an <br />industrial park for these types of endeavors would drive job creation and might provide <br />justification for the Federal Highway Administration to allow construction of an I-95/Oslo Road <br />interchange. <br />21 <br />February 18, 2010 <br />Economic/Goal Summit II <br />