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i <br /> The Chairman called for a break at 10:25 a.m., and <br /> reconvened the meeting at 10:32 a.m. <br /> 11. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR MATTERS <br /> None <br /> 12. DEPARTMENTAL MATTERS <br /> A. Community Development <br /> 10:34 1. Consideration of Agency Report for FPL's Proposed Okeechobee <br /> a.m. Clean Energy Center(Power Plant) <br /> (memorandum dated March 1 S, 2016) 172-237 <br /> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> Community Development Director Stan Boling provided <br /> background and analysis on Florida Power and Light's (FPL) <br /> proposal to certify, construct, and operate a combined cycle <br /> natural gas fired generating unit (power plant) to be known as <br /> the Okeechobee Clean Energy Center (OCEC), located in <br /> northeastern Okeechobee County (Okeechobee) near the <br /> Okeechobee/Indian River County line. He recalled the <br /> Board's direction on March 1, 2016, for staff to bring back to <br /> the Board, a more detailed Agency Report for Certification <br /> Application. He described the process for the Agency Report, <br /> highlighted the inclusions, and discussed impact issues that <br /> had been identified by staff. He thereafter requested that the <br /> Board approve or modify the proposed Agency Report, which <br /> is due to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection <br /> (FDEP) on April 6, 2016. <br /> Commissioner Zorc voiced concerns over the response <br /> protocol, distances from all Fire Stations to the OCEC site, the <br /> Mutual Aid Agreement, Indian River County having people <br /> properly trained and ready to assist Okeechobee, and crafting <br /> a paragraph to assist in an emergency. He felt a plan should <br /> be developed to help pay for those resources, but emphasized, <br /> not at the Indian River County taxpayers' expense. <br /> Emergency Services Director and Fire Chief John King stated <br /> that he had met with the Okeechobee Public Safety <br /> Director/Fire Chief and was told they had the resources to <br /> handle any emergency at the OCEC. <br /> Jackie Kingston, FPL, Manager of Development at the OCEC <br /> site, expressed full confidence in Okeechobee's level of service <br /> to support the needs of the site. She informed the Board that <br /> other neighboring Counties would also be providing <br /> emergency services to Okeechobee, in the event of a hazardous <br /> Board of County Commission Minutes Page 7 <br /> March 22,2016 <br />