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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL DISTRICT BOARD MEMORANDUM Date: May 9, 2018 To: Jason E. Brown, County Administrator From: Vincent Burke, P.E., Director of Utility Services Imo• 8-. Prepared By: Himanshu H. Mehta, P.E., Managing Director, Solid Waste Disposal District Subject: Request to Approve the Redevelopment Plan for the Former South Gifford Road Landfill Site DESCRIPTIONS AND CONDITIONS: On December 3, 2013, the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) authorized the submittal of an application for a United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Brownfields Coalition Assessment Grant from the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council (TCRPC) for the former South Gifford Road landfill site (Gifford Landfill). The entire Gifford Landfill covers approximately 115 acres with the northern 55 acres owned by Indian River County and the southern 60 acres owned by the City of Vero Beach. On May 28, 2015, TCRPC was awarded another Brownfields Coalition Assessment Grant utilizing the Gifford Landfill as one of the sites in their grant application. In August 2016, TCRPC authorized their consultant, Geosyntec, to perform the following tasks: Task 1 - Community Stakeholders Meeting #1; Task 2 - Development of conceptual designs and estimated costs; Task 3 - Community Stakeholders Meeting #2; and Task 4 - SWDD Board Meeting #3. Meeting #1 was held at the Gifford Community Center on December 10, 2016. The goal of the workshop was to engage the community attendees in brainstorming ideas for potential redevelopment uses for the former landfill site. On January 24, 2017, staff brought an update to the SWDD Board on the Brownfield Redevelopment process and presented the potential redevelopment uses provided from Meeting #1. The SWDD Board directed staff to do the following: 1) Authorized the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council to continue with the redevelopment planning efforts as outlined in Tasks 2, 3, and 4 above, with direction from the SWDD Board; 2) Authorized staff to clean up and beautify County frontage in the initial phase; and 3) Not commit to 3 to 5 acres being reserved for the Gifford Customer Convenience Center, but to keep 12 to 15 acres reserved for the Road and Bridge Compound. On July 11, 2017, staff brought an update to the SWDD Board on the Brownfield Redevelopment process related to the items above and also to obtain SWDD Board direction on the second community meeting. 230 Gifford Landfill Redevelopment Plan Staff Report.docm Page 1 of 6