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Mr. Ulevich talked to area residents and they had no problem with the proposed project. Discussion ensued regarding size/acreage of reservoir and how much water it would hold, as well as its uses. Commissioner O'Bryan appreciated Mr Ulevich's efforts and thought getting more storage and surface water was a good goal but questioned "the trying to stop all fresh water run- off into the Lagoon." He argued that historically Indian River Lagoon was primarily fresh water and felt the Lagoon needs a large quantity of fresh water and we needed to distinguish between freshwater and stormwater impacts to the Lagoon. Mr. Ulevich agreed and felt there has to be fresh water to bring stabilization up. Steven Cauffman, a representative of the Florida Conservancy & Development Group (FCDG), thanked Mr Ulevich for making the presentation, and Commissioner Davis who has been "the impetus behind this concept." He stated for the record that this "seems like it really could be a win/win for both counties, the water control district and for the developers of Cloud Grove." Also, FCDG would be interested in continuing discussions and investigating the possibility of a sale of all or a portion of the Indian River property whether to the County, or a combination of the water control district of St. Johns or wherever the funds could come from. Commissioner/Chairman Craft asked Mr Cauffmann if the Group had looked at the idea of using the surface water from the reservoir that is on site currently for potable water. Mr. Cauffmann deferred the question to someone with more expertise, but he understood from looking at the numbers, the amount of water that the Town of Cloud Grove would consume at full build -out was roughly 25% of the amount of water that the current agricultural operations is permitted to use today, so we would use much less. Also, the amount February 19, 2007 18 Joint Workshop/St. Lucie a