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Board of Commissioners SWDD Meeting Minutes - Final July 11, 2017 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. A discussion ensued on the landscaping costs. It was the consensus of the Board to remove some of the exotics and clean up the frontage without the additional landscaping. Managing Director Mehta gave an overview of Plans A & B - Conceptual Community Input from the December 2016 meeting which included an Amphitheater, Open Air Pavilions, Cultural Arts Building, Farmer's Market, Open Fields, and Hiking Trails, for an estimated cost of $16 million to $22 million, not including the operational costs. He said that the TCRPC would hold another Community Stakeholders Meeting at the Gifford Community Center on July 27, 2017 to obtain community input on the plans and costs. He added that none of these improvements were in the County budget or future plans, and would require grants and private funding. County Administrator Brown expressed his thoughts on scaling back the plans for the Gifford Landfill site and felt the estimated costs were too high. He cautioned that these improvements were not set aside in the five-year plan. Commissioner Solari suggested cleaning up the frontage area of the site and noted that there were no extra funds set aside in the County's budget for this type of project. He preferred to focus on the current County's facilities with the limited resources. Vice Chairman O'Bryan looked at the Gifford Landfill site as a long term plan. He supported a second Community Meeting for input, and suggested scaling back and prioritizing the project to complete in phases, which would be an opportunity to look for grants and other funding. Chairman Flescher spoke on the Intergenerational Recreation Facility as a long range plan and how estimated costs end up always costing more. He agreed with Vice Chairman O'Bryan to develop a long term plan for the site and clean up the frontage area. Commissioner Adams commented that there were many opportunities in Brownfields Site Rehabilitation Programs through the State with grants and partnership opportunities within the community. Commissioner Zorc suggested that a Master Plan of the Gifford Landfill should be done in stand-alone phases with funding limits. Indian River County Florida Page 3