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Peter D. O'Bryan Chairman District 4 Wesley S. Davis Vice Chairman District 1 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS September 8, 2014 Maurice Sterling, Interim Director Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program St. Johns River Water Management District 525 Community College Parkway, SE Palm Bay, FL 32909 Dear Maurice, Joseph E. Flescher District 2 Tim Zorc District 3 Bob Solari District 5 After reviewing the information in your September 3, 2014 email to the members of the group tasked with reorganizing the IRL-NEP and spending a lot of time this past weekend thinking about how the reorganization process has developed over the past three months, it is clear to me we are in no way prepared at this time to go forward with an inter -local agreement. We have not done even a small portion of the work necessary to believe there is a reasonable probability that a new organization has a better chance of success than the existing organization. Most of my concerns are centered on three categories: (1) lack of financial information; (2) lack of a discussion about goals and objectives including a discussion about why the current form of the organization was not successful; and, (3) a lack of any conversation about the Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan for Indian River Lagoon (CCMP). 1. Financial Information: I requested financial Information when this matter was first discussed at the June 25, 2014 meeting of the IRL-NEP Advisory Board Workshop. I requested financial information again by email on July 7, when I spelled out the information requested, July 14 and July 22. I again asked for it at the August 18, reorganization meeting. I requested it again by email on August 18 and was sent 32 pages of Journal entries. 1801 27th Street, Building A Vero Beach, FL 32960 (772) 226-1490 156