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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Draft July 11, 2017 amount of $685.47. Attachments: Staff Report Geosyntec Project Completion Report & Final Invoice A motion was made by Vice Chairman O'Bryan, seconded by Commissioner Solari, to approve staffs recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 5 - Chairman Flescher, Vice Chairman O'Bryan, Commissioner Adams, Commissioner Solari, and Commissioner Zorc 15.6.5. 17-0704 July 2017 Update on Brownfields Redevelopment Process for the Former South Gifford Landfill Site Recommended Action: Staff is requesting input from the SWDD Board on the following: 1. Authorize staff to proceed with surveying, designing and bidding for a frontage improvement plan based on the preliminary financial costs. A work order for specific work will be brought to the Board for approval at a future meeting. 2. Input on the conceptual ideas as well as the preliminary capital costs that have been generated by the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council and Geosyntec. Attachments: Staff Report Solid Waste Disposal District Managing Director Himanshu Mehta provided an update though his PowerPoint Presentation of the Brownfields Redevelopment Process Improvement Plan for the former South Gifford Road Landfill (Gifford Landfill). He stated that the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council (TCRPC) was awarded a Brownfields Coalition Assessment Grant utilizing the Gifford Landfill and was working with Geosyntec on a redevelopment plan for the site. He added that in December 2016, the TCRPC held a workshop in the Gifford Community to engage the community on ideas for the potential redevelopment uses for the former landfill site. He continued that on January 24, 2017, the Board directed staff: l) to authorize the TCRPC to continue with the redevelopment planning efforts with direction from the SWDD; 2) authorized staff to clean up and beautify County frontage in the initial phase; and 3) not commit to three to five acres for the Gifford Customer Convenience Center, but to keep 12 to 15 acres reserved for the Road and Bridge Compound. Managing Director Mehta referred to the County Frontage at the Gifford Landfill and mentioned that one of the options was to clear some of the frontage area and the exotics in order to replace the required landscape buffer in accordance with the County Code for an estimated cost of $100,000. He also mentioned a lower cost option for a visually/aesthetically pleasing buffer on the opening areas. Indian River County Florida Page 28