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Commissioner Coward thought, between the two elected Boards, they have the ability <br />to address infrastructure that is of concern to one or both Commissions. He wanted to know <br />Indian River County's position as it relates to the infrastructure that has been proposed in its <br />community, as it was not just an issue of fiscal neutrality but would have effect on our <br />development patterns and taxpayers as well. <br />Mr. Cox agreed, stating that to date they have met with the Indian River County <br />transportation staff, St Lucie County transportation staff, the Regional Planning Cauncil (RPC) <br />and the Department of Transportation staff and they are in the regional review process with RPC. <br />Chairman Wheeler expressed concerns of Indian River County. It seemed td him that we <br />are "kind of sandwiched between two counties" (St. Lucie to the south and Brevard to the north) <br />that have a different philosophy on growth than Indian River County does. Also, "I{ is almost <br />like we are becoming like a borrowing area for water, dirt, traffic and in this case traffic coming <br />up and using our commercial facilities," he remarked. He would have to look at this in depth and <br />was not excited about the road coming up. He questioned comments about transferring 35,000 <br />credits, and asked how did they define those credits if they were not units. <br />Mr. Cox explained that the stewardship program is not a TDR program whee you take <br />the existing density on the property and transfer that density. It is an incentive based program <br />that is designed to create stewardship credits based upon the natural resources or other intrinsic <br />value of the land. He stated that the natural resources (agricultural and cultural resources) of the <br />property will create credits and credits will be based on values of the land. <br />Commissioner Bowden asked who determined value of this particular land. Mr. Cox <br />said they contracted two (2) Environmental Consulting Firms, Wilson Miller and E W <br />Consultants who spent months on both properties valuing the different resources. <br />February 19, 2007 11 <br />Joint Workshop/St Lucie <br />