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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final June 20, 2017 13.D. 17-0647 Recommended Action: She gave details on the funding for Visit Florida; and the creation of a new program called the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund. No Action Taken or Required Florida Department of Environmental Protection Domestic Wastewater Facility Permit for Sunbreak Farms The County Attorney's Office recommends that the Chair allow for public comment on this matter and then have the Board vote whether to authorize the County Attorney's Office to move to intervene in the St. Lucie County petition. Attachments: Staff Report Notice of Intent to Issue Permit Letter from Stan Boling to Toby Overdorf, dated June 9, 2017 Letter from Jason Brown to Florida Department of Environmental Protection, dated June 12, 2017 St. Lucie County Petition for Administrative Hearings Memorandum from Jill Grimaldi, to Katherine Barbieri, dated Mav 16, 2017 County Attorney Dylan Reingold provided information on the intent of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to issue a permit for a Domestic Wastewater Facility for Sunbreak Farms, LLC located in Indian River County and St. Lucie County. He stated that the County did not file a petition for an administrative hearing to challenge the permit, but instead met with representatives from Sunbreak Farms, LLC to discuss the proposed facility. He stated that the County drafted and sent a letter to FDEP expressing concerns with regard to what the County felt as lenient reporting criteria and issues with the stormwater holding capacity of the facility. He noted that St. Lucie County filed a petition for administrative hearing challenging the permit, and requested direction from the Board as to whether to intervene with St. Lucie County's filing of the petition for administrative hearing to challenge the intent to issue a permit for the construction of a Type I Biosolids Management Facility. Commissioner Solari inquired as to whether there was any benefit for the County to intervene, and felt that it was not necessary to take the additional legal step to intervene with St. Lucie County in the filing of their petition. Vice Chairman O'Bryan made comments regarding the Special Call meeting that he attended in St. Lucie County, where he observed that the majority of the speakers were concerned that there had not been enough time to fully analyze the issues. He expressed concern over some of the wording in the documents involved with the permit and stated that he was in favor of intervening with St. Lucie County as a show of support and to ensure that all the questions are answered. Indian River County Florida Page 23