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=z> <br />rr: <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Neuberger, SECONDED BY <br />Commissioner Adams, the Board unanimously approved <br />Change Order No. 4 to the contract with Summit Construction <br />Management, Inc. for additional services in the amount of <br />$36,570 for a new contract total of $1,263,115.89 (Alternative <br />No. 1) with funding from Land Acquisition funds In the amount <br />of $8,570 and from Wetland Mitigation fund in the amount of <br />$28,000, as recommended in the memorandum. <br />CHANGE ORDER 4 IS ON FILE <br />IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE BOARD <br />11.H. INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE PROJECT - FLORIDA <br />DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (FDEP) GRANT <br />(INDIAN RIVER LAGOON - NORTH COUNTY BRINE <br />CONCENTRATE PROJECT) <br />The Board reviewed a Memorandum of November 13, 2002: <br />DATE: NOVEMBER 13, 2002 <br />TO: JAMES E. CHANDLER, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR <br />FROM: W. ERIK OLSON, DIRECTOR OF UTILITY SERVICES (' <br />SUBJECT: DEPARTMENT OF E`IVIItON.MENTAL PROTECTION <br />GRANT FOR L JTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE PROJECT <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Indian River County uses Reverse Osmosis technology in the treatment of its water. A byproduct <br />of this Reverse Osmosis process is a Brine concentrate. This Brine reject water has historically <br />been discharged into the Indian River Lagoon. However, the County, in partnership with the <br />Department of Environmental Protection, (DEP), has developed an innovative program that will <br />redirect the Brine reject water from the Indian River Lagoon. This process will blend storm water <br />and wastewater reuse through a wetland cleansing system, and will create additional irrigation <br />water for golf courses. This innovative program, the Indian River Integrated Water Resource <br />program, will become a model for other utilities throughout the state. <br />ANALYSIS: <br />The Utility Department, in a presentation to the Board of County Commissioners, indicated that <br />the Integrated Water Resource Project would cost nearly $3.5 million in its first initial phase. <br />Although funding is available for the project from existing Capital funds, the Utility Department <br />November 19, 2002 <br />58 <br />1 <br />t <br />