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Board of County Commissioners <br />Meeting Minutes - Final June 20, 2017 <br />Richard Bialosky, 685 Reef Road, felt that there was a lack of ability to come to <br />a compromise at this meeting. He requested to have further dialogue to <br />streamline the process and expressed the desire to keep the fees low. <br />Carter Taylor, Indian River Neighborhood Association, 2235 Silver Sands <br />Court, expressed concerns on the meaning of streamlining, and that it should <br />not mean the relaxation of basic quality standards. He felt that the County <br />should be known for the quality of the products produced and the quality of the <br />business processes that are available to the developers. He was not supportive <br />of the revival of the Professional Services Advisory Committee (PSAC), as he <br />felt that the committee was essentially a professional community supplementing <br />staff in areas where staff does not have sufficient capacity, and felt that staff <br />should have the capability to handle the business that is brought to them. He <br />suggested that there were opportunities for improvement, and recommended <br />adding the use of modern methods of communication, document imaging, and <br />automated business processes. <br />Peter Robinson provided details on the former PSAC, and gave examples of <br />issues between contractors, developers, and the rules of the County Public <br />Works Department. He expressed concerns about the proposed rate increases <br />and the effect they would have on the County. <br />Toby Hill, 685 Lake Drive, Investor/Developer of Harmony Reserve, expressed <br />the desire to support staffs efforts and requested to meet several more times to <br />discuss the issues. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Solari to: (1) Direct staff to set up a <br />series of meetings with the development community; starting in the next <br />two or three months, for the development community to send a set of clear <br />e-mails to staff to formulate the types of issues that need to be discussed; <br />(2) Direct staff to select several main topics received from the development <br />community and have a meeting to discuss the top issues along with any <br />ideas for improvements to the process; and (3) Form a new committee with <br />a sunset provision in one year; consisting of eleven (11) members, five (5) of <br />which come from the building and development community, five (5) of <br />which come from the community as a whole, and a commissioner liaison to <br />be a potential tiebreaker; with each Commissioner appointing two (2) <br />members, one from the building/development community and one from the <br />community as a whole. <br />Vice Chairman O'Bryan stated that he did not mind having a commissioner <br />liaison, but brought to the Board's attention that there is an Ordinance that <br />stated that commissioners are to be non-voting members on committees, and <br />suggested that the eleventh person should be an at large member that was <br />appointed by the committee and voted on. <br />Indian River County Florida <br />Page 17 <br />