HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/8/1976WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER S, 1976
_ My THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
FLORIDA, MET IN SPECIAL SESSION AT THE COURTHOUSE, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA,
:ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER $, 1976, AT 1:00 O'CLOCK P.M. PRESENT WERE
WILLIAM C. IlODTKE, JR,, CHAIRMAN; ALMA LEE Loy, VICE-CHAIRMAN; WILLARD W.
SIEBERT; c-DWIN S. $CHMUCKER; AND R. DON DEESON. ALSO PRESENT WERE JACK
_ -- C, JEMMINGS; COUNTY`,A.DM,11!ISTRAT R AND-VIRGI",IA HARGREAVES, DEPUTY CLERK.
GEORGE.G. COLLINS, JR., ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WAS
DELAYED.
THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCED THAT THE
PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS TO CONDUCT INTERVIEWS OF CONSULTANTS FOR
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MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, CHAPTER -1777, FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE HE
CONTINUED THAT HE WOULD TURN OVER THE MEETING TO COMMISSIONER LOY TO
CONDUCT '-AE INTERVIEWS SINCE SHE HAS BEEN WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH
-.ADMINISTRATOR JENNIivt,S ON THIS MATTER..
_ COMMISSIONER Loy ASCERTAINED THAT THE TWO GENTLEMEN PRESENT IN
THE COMMISSION ROOM WERE REPRESENTATIVES OF CONNELL, METCALF & EDDY, INC.,
AND STATED THAT WE ARE HERE FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTERVIEWING CONSULTANTS
PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 17-7 WITH THE IDEA OF NEGOTIATING A CONTRACT FOR
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY WITH WHICHEVER ONE IS SELECTED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS G
OF THE$TATE RESOURCE RECOVERY PROGRAM.,
RICHARD HOWARD, VICE PRESIDENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS FOR
CONNELL, METCALF & EDDY, INC., TOOK THE FLOOR; INTRODUCED MR. CARL
MILLER, WHO IS THEIR PROPOSED PROJECT MANAGER, IF THEY ARE SELECTED; AND
STATED THEY WOULD MAKE A 35 MINUTE PRESENTATION AND HAVE 15 MINUTES
AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONING,
MR. HOWARD INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY ARE A PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES FIRM WITH OFFICES IN CORAL GABLES, ORLANDO AND CAPE CORAL IPJ
FLORIDA, AND OUTSIDE FLORIDA IN MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK, ALABAMA, AND
ILLINOIS, THEY HAVE A STAFF OF OVER 800 PEOPLE, OF WHICH THEIR FLORIDA
STAFF EXCEEDS 120, HE NOTED THAT THEY PROVIDE FULL SERVICE FROM PLANNING
AND DESIGN THROUGH CONSTRUCTION AND ARE ABLE TO HANDLE PRACTICALLY ALL
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THEIR ENGAGEMENTS "IN-HOUSE" WITH THEIR OWN FULL TIME STAFF. HE ALSO
NOTED THAT THEY HAVE A WELL EQUIPPED TECHNICAL LIBRARY, AN ENVIRONMENTAL
LABORATORY, AND COMPUTER FACILITIES.
MR. HOWARD THEN LISTED EIGHT ITEMS REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT
SOF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE RESOURCE RECOVERY PROGRAM AND
DISCUSSED THEM, NOTING THE URGENCY CAUSED BY VIOLATION OF FAA REQUIREMENTS
AND THE NECESSITY OF VACATING THE PRESENT LANDFILL. HE INFORMED THE BOARD
THAT THEY HAVE CONDUCTED OVER 80 SOLID WASTE ENGAGEMENTS,IN..BOTH-LARGE
AND SMALL AREAS AND HAVE HAD 12 INCINERATOR ENGAGEMENTS, INC_JDING CHICAGO
NORTHWEST INCINERATOR, THE LARGEST IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. MR. HOWARD
ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THEY HAVE DONE CONSIDERABLE WORK AT CAPE CANAVERAL
AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA, HAVING DONE WORK ON STUDIES OF THE ST.
JOHNS RIVER BASIN AND KISSIMMEE RIVER BASIN. HE WENT OVER THE QUALI-
FICATIONS OF THEIR STAFF, GIVING BRIEF RESUMES TO GIVE AN INDICATION OF THE
DEPTH OF THEIR BACKGROUND IN SOLID WASTE.
CARL MILLER CONTINUED THE PRESENTATION AND STATED TBAT AS PROJECT
MANAGER HIS DUTIES WOULD BE TO SEE THL_ PROJECT IS COMPLETED ON SCHEDULE
AND WITHIN BUDGET AND MEETS THEIR HIGH STANDARDS, HE STATED THAT HE IS
A TAXPAYER IN THE COUNTY AND GREATLY INTERESTED IN THIS PROJECT., HE NOTED
THAT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IS REQUIRED TO ADOPT A RESOURCE RECOVERY AND
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND SUBMIT IT TO THE DER BY JULY 1, 1978, BUT THERE IS
ALSO A MORE PRESSING PROBLEM I•N REGARD TO THE PRESENT DISPOSAL SITE. MR.
MILLER WENT ON TO DISCUSS POPULATION AND ESTIMATED THAT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
GENERATES ABOUT 100-120 TONS OF SOLID WASTE PER DAY. HE THEN DISCUSSED
SYSTEMS OF COLLECTION OF GARBAGE AND FELT IN ADDRESSING THE SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, WE SHOULD ALSO ENDEAVOR TO SATISFY THE SCHEDULE OF
JUNE 30, 1977, WHEN THE LANDFILL MUST BE SHUT DOWN, WHICH WILL REQUIRE
FAST AND EFFICIENT DECISIONS.
MR. MILLER THEN PRESENTED A CHART SHOWING THE METHODOLOGY USED
IN A SOLID WASTE STUDY AND WENT OVER IN DETAIL THE ITEMS CONTAINED IN IT,
AS FOLLOWS:
1. REFUSE QUANTITIES & CHARACTERISTICS
2. ALTERNATIVE PLANS FOR EVALUATION
3. DISPOSAL SYSTEM TYPE SELECTION
4. SITE SELECTION (A) RELATED ECONOMIC STUDIES (B) COST STUDIES
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ATTORNEY COLLINS ENTERED THE MEETING AT 1:40 O'CLOCK P.M.
MR. MILLER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD MET WITH COUNTY
CONSULTING ENGINEER JAMES BEINDORF AND FELT THEY COULD WORK TOGETHER
VERY WELL,
RICHARD HOWARD CONCLUDED THEIR PRESENTATION, RECAPPING HIS
EARLIER STATEMENTS,
COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT IN REGARD TO ACQUISITION OF LANDFILL,
WE CANNOT WAIT AND WILL NEED TO MAKE OUR OWN SELECTION. SHE ASKED MR.
HOWARD IF THEY ARE PRESENTLY EMPLOYED BY ANY COUNTY IN FLORIDA TO CONDUCT
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MR. HOWARD STATED THEY ARE NOT AT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED MR. HOWARD TO ESTIMATE THE TIMETABLE
NECESSARY TO HANDLE THIS TYPE STUDY FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,
MR. HOWARD STATED THAT THEY COULD BEGIN IMMEDIATELY AND WAS SURE
THEY COULD MEET WHATEVER TIMETABLE WAS NECESSARY.
COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED WHAT EXPERIENCE CONNELL, METCALF & EDDY
HAVE HAD WITH REGARD TO THE SOLID WASTE PORTION OF THE STATE REQUIRED
MASTER USE PLAN.
MR. HOWARD ANSWERED THAT THERE IS NOTHING UNIQUE ABOUT FLORIDA
AND ITS LAND USE PLAN; THAT THERE ARE REGULATIONS AND RULES IN FORCE IN
OTHER STATES THAT ARE SIMILAR AND MORE RESTRICTIVE AND THEY HAVE HAD
EXPERIENCE ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES IN MEETING AND BEING COMPATIBLE
WITH THESE SITUATIONS. HE NOTED THAT THEIR PLANNERS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE
LAND USE PLAN.
COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER ASKED WHAT WORK THEY HAD DONE AT CAPE
KENNEDY.
MR. HOWARD STATED THAT THIS WAS STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, BUT THEY
HAVE DONE SEVERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS IN FLORIDA.
COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER ASKED IF THEIR STAFF IS BASED MOSTLY IN
MIAMI OR IN ORLANDO.
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MR. HOWARD ANSWERED THAT THEY HAVE A SMALL STAFF IN ORLANDO AND
CAPE CORAL, BUT ARE MAINLY LOCATED IN CORAL GABLES AND THE KEY PEOPLE
WOULD BE FROM MIAMI.
CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF THEY COULD ESTIMATE THE MAXIMUM TIME
,PERIOD NEEDED IF THE SITE ACQUISTION WAS RESOLVED.
MR. MILLER NOTED THAT HAVING THE SITE TIED DOWN WOULD MAKE THE
PROJECT THAT MUCH EASIER. HE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF.THE SELECTION OF
THE PROPER SITE AND POINTED OUT THAT YOU CAN LIVE WITH A SMALLER SITE IF
YOU USE A DIFFERENT METHOD,
MR. HOWARD AND MR. MILLER ESTIMATED, WITH A QUICK RESOLUTION
IN REGARD TO A SITE, THEY COULD CARRY OUT THE WORK WITHIN A MAXIMUM OF
THREE MONTHS,
THE INTERVIEW TERMINATED, AND MR. HOWARD AND MR. MILLER LEFT,
MESSRS. ROY COWELL AND .JAMES YOUNG APPEARED, REPRESENTING
STOTTLER STAGG & ASSOCIATES,
COMMISSIONER Loy DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE NO OTHERS PRESENT
IN THE COMMISSION ROOM THAN THE REPRESENTATIVES OF STOTTLER STAGG &
ASSOCIATES AND INFORMED THEM THAT THIS INTERVIEW IS BEING CONDUCTED AS
REQUIRED IN PARAGRAPH 2, STATE RESOURCE RECOVERY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM,
CHAPTER 17-7, FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE,
MR. COWELL MADE THE PRESENTATION, AND EXPLAINED CHARTS SHOWING
THEIR METHODOLOGY SIMILAR TO THOSE PRESENTED IN THE EARLIER INTERVIEW,
HE THEN SPOKE BRIEFLY OF THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD WORK
ON THIS PROJECT AND NOTED THAT MR. YOUNG, A RESIDENT OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,
WOULD BE PROJECT COORDINATOR,
MR, COWELL NOTED THAT HE FEELS IT IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO
CONSIDER THE FUTURE USE OF THE LANDFILL SITE AND POINTED OUT THAT THEY
WOULD HAVE A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT CONSIDER THIS, HE FURTHER NOTED THAT
THEY HAVE ALL THE STAFF NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THIS PROJECT " IN-HOUSE It
AND WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE THEIR OWN ORGANIZATION FOR ANY
ASSISTANCE IN PREPARING THIS PROJECT.
MR, COWELL THEN BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON ANALYSIS OF EXISTING CONDITIONS -
POPULATION FIGURES- LAND USES - GENERATION SOURCES - QUALITIES AND
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SOLID WASTE GENERATED - PROJECTIONS INTO THE FUTURE
AND COMPARISON OF A VARIETY OF SYSTEMS,' HE NOTED THAT RESOURCE RECOVERY
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IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND SPOKE OF USES FOR VARIOUS SALVAGED ITEMS. HE
POINTED OUT THAT THE IMPACT ON PRIVATE INDUSTRY MUST BE CONSIDERED AND
DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF WORKING WITH NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.
MR. COWELL NEXT PRESENTED TO THE BOARD COPIES OF THE STUDY THEY
HAVE DONE FOR POLK COUNTY FOR THE REGIONAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
'SAND STATED THAT RIGHT NOW IT IS THE ONLY STUDY IN THE STATE WHICH HAS
PROGRESSED TO THE POINT OF THE DER RECEIVING SOME OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION
FROM A GOVERNMENTAL UNIT FOR A PERMIT. HE PRESENTED BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
SHEETS ON EACH OF THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD HAVE MAJOR. RESPONSIBILITY ON THE
PROPOSED PROJECT. MR. COWELL CONTINUED THAT STOTTLER STAGG & ASSOCIATES
IS A FLORIDA COMPANY WITH EIGHT OFFICES IN THE STATE AND ALSO HAS AN
OFFICE IN ATLANTA AND WASHINGTON, D.C. HE NOTED THAT THEY DO DEAL WITH
OFFICIALS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. HE CONCLUDED HIS PRESENTATION BY POINTING
OUT THAT THEY KNOW THIS AREA VERY WELL AND HAVE DONE WORK IN BREVARD
COUNTY, MARTIN AND ST, LUCIE.
COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF THEY ARE PRESENTLY EMPLOYED BY ANY
COUNTY IN THE STATE TO.CONDUCT A STUD. UNDER CHAPTER 17-7.
MR. COWELL SAID THEY ARE NOT.
COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED WHAT TIMETABLE MR, COWELL WOULD ESTIMATE
AS NECESSARY TO MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS.
MR. COWELL ESTIMATED A MINIMUM OF ONE MONTH AND A MAXIMUM OF
FIVE MONTHS, BUT STATED HE COULD NOT MAKE A CLOSER ESTIMATE WITHOUT
PINNING DOWN SOME OF THE DETAILS SUCH AS WHETHER A PROFIT-MAKING OPERATION
IS TO BE ESTABLISHED OR WHETHER THIS IS JUST BEING DONE BECAUSE IT IS
REQUIRED. HE NOTED THAT HE COULD PRESENT AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT HAS TAKEN
PLACE IN OTHER LOCATIONS. HE STATED THAT IF THE BASE DATA IN REGARD TO THE
LANDFILL SITE IS AVAILABLE, IT WILL CONSIDERABLY REDUCE THE TIME ELEMENT
AND HE WOULD ESTIMATE TWO TO THREE MONTHS AT THE OUTSIDE.
COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF STOTTLER STAGG & ASSOCIATES HAD ANY
EXPERIENCE WITH REGARD TO THE SOLID WASTE PORTION OF THE STATE REQUIRED
MASTER LAND USE PLAN.
MR. COWELL STATED THAT THEY HAVEN'T ACCOMPLISHED ANY WORK UNDER
IT YET, BUT NOTED THE STATE MASTER PLAN IS IN A STATE OF FLUX AND DEALING
WITH STATE AGENCIES IS SOMETHING THEY ARE FAMILAR WITH.
COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER ASKED WHETHER THEIR MANAGER AND PRINCIPALS
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ON THIS PROJECT WOULD BE OUT OF BREVARD COUNTY, `
MR. COWELL STATED THAT THEY WOULD BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEIR
COMPUTER SYSTEM IS.'
COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER NOTED THAT WE ARE NOW TRYING TO DETERMINE
'A SITE AND ASKED IF THEY WOULD COORDINATE WITH THE SITE SELECTION TO BE
SURE IT WOULD MEET ALL STATE REQUIREMENTS, •
MR. COWELL STATED THAT THEY WOULD VERY QUICKLY COORDINATE THEIR
EFFORTS WITH THE EFFORTS OF THE COUNTY ENGINEERS AND COULD DO A COMPARISON
OF SITES WITH ALL FACTORS CONSIDERED IN THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEM. HE FELT
IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SUCH A STUDY BEFORE REACHING A FINAL DECISION
AND NOTED THAT THE CHEAPEST PIECE OF LAND CAN BECOME THE MOST EXPENSIVE
IN THE LONG RUN BECAUSE OF TRANSPORTATION.
COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT WE HAVE A TIME PROBLEM AND MAY NOT
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COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER ASKED IF THEY WOULD TRY TO DETERMINE
ACTUAL VOLUMES OF WASTE GENERATED IN THIS COUNTY,
MR. COWELL SAID THAT THESE FIGURES WOULD HAVE TO BE PROJECTED
INTO THE FUTURE AND A GREAT DEAL WOULD DEPEND ON WHETHER YOU SEPARATE
MATERIALS I.E., INTO GLASS - METAL - GARBAGE - ETC, AND WHETHER THE
SEPARATION IS DONE AT THE SOURCE OR AT THE SITE,
CHAIRMAN VJODTKE ASKED HOW SOON THEY COULD START WORK IF THEY
WERE SELECTED, AND MR. COWELL SAID THEY COULD START INSTANTLY.
CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED WHETHER IN DOING A PROJECT OF THIS TYPE
THERE IS ANY COST BENEFIT TO THE CLIENT IF THERE IS AN OFFICE WHICH IS
LOCATED NEARBY AS OPPOSED TO ONE AT A DISTANCE,
MR, COWELL SAID THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE WITH THEIR SET UP AS THEY
DO NOT CHARGE TRAVEL TIME AND BELIEVED IT WAS THE SAME WITH MOST ENGINEERING
FIRMS, NOTING THAT SOME FIRMS HAVE INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS AND ONLY A
FEW OFFICES,
MR. YOUNG POINTED OUT THAT HE IS A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY AND
COULD BE AVAILABLE VERY QUICKLY,
CHAIRMAN WODTKE INQUIRED WHETHER IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR THEM
TO MAKE USE OF ANY OF THE WORK DONE RELATING TO OUR MASTER PLAN, AND IF SO,
IF THAT WOULD HELP ON THE COST BASIS.
MR. COWELL SAID IT COULD BE USED,'AND HE FELT IT WOULD HAVE SOME
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CHAIRMAN WODTKE THEN ASKED IF WE MUST STUDY ALL METHODS OF WASTE
DISPOSAL IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE STATUTES GOVERNING OUR NON -DESIGN-.
ATED REPORT OR IF CERTAIN TYPES COULD BE ELIMINATED.
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MR. COWELL FELT THAT SOME METHODS COULD BE ELIMINATED BECAUSE
THEY OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE TOO COSTLY,
MR. YOUNG CONCURRED THAT YOU COULD ELIMINATE THOSE THAT YOU DO
'NOT FEEL ARE A VALID CONSIDERATION.
THE INTERVIEW CONCLUDED AT THIS POINT AND MR, COWELL AND MR,
YOUNG LEFT THE COMMISSION ROOM,
MESSRS. PHILLIP SEARCY AND RICHARD OLNEY APPEARED, REPRESENTING
POST, BUCKLEY, SCHUN & ,JERNIGAN , INC.
COMMISSIONER LOY DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE NO OTHERS PRESENT
IN THE COMMISSION ROOM THAN THE REPRESENTATIVES OF POST, BUCKLEY, SCHUH
$ .JERNIGAN, INC., AND INFORMED THEM THAT THIS INTERVIEW IS BEING CONDUCTED
AS REQUIRED IN PARAGRAPH Z, STATE RESOURCE RECOVERY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM,
CHAPTER 17-7, FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE,
PHILLIP SEARCY MADE THE PRESENTATION AND NOTED THAT HE IS A
GRADUATE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND HAS SPENT SIX YEARS WORKING WITH
THE FEDERAL AIR POLUTION PROGRAM AND NINE YEARS IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT IN
FLORIDA. MR, SEARCY INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY ARE A FLORIDA OWNED AND
. OPERATED FIRM, WHICH FIRM IS, IN FACT, OWNED AND OPERATED BY ITS EMPLOYEES,
HE STATED THAT THEY ARE INVOLVED IN GENERAL CIVIL ENGINEERING - PLANNING
SERVICES - TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING - SURVEYING AND ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING, WHICH IS THEIR BIGGEST PROGRAM, HE NOTED THAT THEIR ACTIVITIES
RANGE FROM STUDIES AND REPORTS ON UTILITY STYSTEMS ALL THE WAY THROUGH
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, FINANCIAL PLANNING, AND THEY EVEN GET INVOLVED
IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, MR. SEARCY CONTINUED THAT THEY
HAVE ESTABLISHED THEIR REPUTATION IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD IN FLORIDA
AS BEING A FIRM RESPONSIVE TO THEIR CLIENT S NEEDS, HE NOTED THAT THEY
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STUDY THE STATE REQUIREMENTS DELIGENTLY AND FEEL THE COUNTY NEEDS SOMEONE
TO HELP SEPARATE THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF, PULL THE RED TAPE APART AND
FOR THE TIME AND EFFORT SPENT, ABLE TO END UP WITH SOMETHING THAT CAN BE
IMPLEMENTED,
MR, SEARCY INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEIR WORK HAS BEEN CONCENTRATED
IN SERVING FLORIDA COMMUNITIES AND COUNTIES, HE REVIEWED WHAT THEY HAVE
BEEN DOING IN THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM AND EMPHASIZED THAT DURING THE
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LAST THREE YEARS, POST, BUCKLEY, SCHUH & .JERNIGAN, INC., HAS BEEN
INVOLVED IN OVER 120 ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND
IN THE LAST 30 MONTHS HAS COMPLETED EIGHT COMPREHENSIVE SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS, COMPLETED ZO SANITARY LANDFILL DESIGN PROJECTS,
COMPLETED THE APPLICATION FOR AND OBTAINED TEMPORARY OPERATING PERMITS
FOR FIVE LANDFILL OPERATIONS AND HAS SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS FOR THEIR
'CLIENTS AND OBTAINED A TOTAL OF EIGHT OPERATING AND CONSTRUCTION PERMITS
ALL IN FLORIDA SOLVING FLORIDA PROBLEMS. HE MENTIONED WORK DONE FOR MONROE
COUNTY, HENDRY COUNTY, LEE COUNTY, LEON COUNTY, BELLE GLADE, POMPANO
BEACH, AND NORTH MIAMI, AMONG OTHERS.
MR. SEARCY THEN WENT ON TO DISCUSS THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE
PROJECT TEAM MEMBERS SELECTED FOR THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY PROJECT AND
INTRODUCED RICHARD OLNEY WHO WOULD BE PROJECT MANAGER.
MR. OLNEY NOTED THAT THERE ARE TWO REQUIREMENTS THAT NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED - THE SOLUTION OF THE SANITARY LANDFILL PROBLEM AT THE AIRPORT
SITE AND THE PREPARATION OF THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AS
REQUIRED UNDER CHAPTER 17-7. HE DISI�IJSSED THE FACT THAT THE LANDFILL
WILL SOON REACH CA^ACITY AND IS ALREADY IN VIOLI,TION RE FLIGHT CLEARANCES
AS REQUIRED BY FAA, AND NOTED THAT IF THE SITE HAS BEEN SELECTED,.
THEY HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO MAKE REPORTS TO GET PERMITS, AND IF IT HAS NOT,
THEY CAN ASSIST IN THE SITE SELECTION WITH HYDROLOGICAL REPORTS, ETC.
MR, SEARCY INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY WOULD COMMIT A TOP
PRIORITY TO THIS PROJECT, HE ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED WHETHER THEY ARE PRESENTLY EMPLOYED BY
ANY COUNTY IN FLORIDA TO CONDUCT THE STUDY REQUIRED UNDER CHAPTER 17-7.
MR. SEARCY STATED.THAT THEY ARE DOING A SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
PLAN FOR LEE COUNTY AND ARE DOING THE SAME SORT OF THING IN HENDRY COUNTY,
WHERE THEY ALSO HAD A LANDFILL IN VIOLATION OF FAA REQUIREMENTS.
COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED, BASED ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF INDIAN
RIVER COUNTY, WHAT KIND OF TIMETABLE THEY WOULD ESTIMATE TO HANDLE THIS
STUDY.
MR. OLNEY ESTIMATED GO TO 90 DAYS FOR A SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
PLAN AS HE FELT A LOT OF THE INFORMATION COMPILED FOR THE LANDFILL SITE
COULD BE UTILITZED IN THIS STUDY.
COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF MR. SEARCY HAD SAID THAT THEY
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HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN SECURING PERMITS FOR EXISTING LANDFILLS THAT
WERE HAVING PROBLEMS,
MR. SEARCY SAID THAT THEY HAD AND NOTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME
SITUATIONS WHERE DRAINAGE WAS A DIFFICULTY, AND THEY HAD DEVELOPED A
SYSTEM OF PERIPHERAL DRAINAGE DITCHES WHICH IRRIGATED BACK ONTO THE
LANDFILL ITSELF AND THUS SPEEDED UP DECOMPOSITION OF THE SITE,
COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF POST, BUCKLEY, SCHUH & JERNIGAN, INC,
HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH REGARD TO TH7 SOLID WASTE PORTION OF THE STATE
REQUIRED MASTER LAND USE PLAN,
MR. SEARCY SAID THAT THEY DID IN SEMINOLE COUNTY AND IN LEE
COUNTY,
COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT WE MUST CLOSE OUR PRESENT LAND—
FILL, WHICH IS IN VIOLATION OF FAA STANDARDS, AND HAVE INSTRUCTED OUR
CONSULTING ENGINEER, JAMES BEINDORF, TO INVESTIGATE SITES, BUT HAVE NOT
OBTAINED ONE YET. HE ASKED WHETHER IT WOULD BE THEIR PROPOSAL THAT THEY
IMMEDIATELY TRY TO SOLVE THE AIRPORT PROBLEM AND WORK WITH MR. BEINDORF
ON THIS MATTER.
MR. OLNFY STATED THAT THEY WOULD WORK WITH MR, BEINDORF AND
DETERMINE JUST WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO SOLVE THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM AND
THIS INFORMATION WOULD THEN BE CARRIED OVER INTO THE SOLID WASTE MANAGE—
MENT PROGRAM SO THERE WOULD BE NO DUPLICATION,
COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED WHETHER THEY GIVE CONSIDERATION TO
THE UTILIZATION OF THE LAND WHEN IT CEASES TO BE A LANDFILL OPERATION,
MR. SEARCY REPLIED THAT THEY DEFINITELY DO AS THEY WANT TO
CREATE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE USED AT A FUTURE DATE,
COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER ASKED WHETHER THEY WOULD DETERMINE
ACTUAL (QUANTITIES OF WASTE GENERATED IN THIS COUNTY OR JUST USE BASIC
AMOUNTS GENERATED BY COMPARATIVE POPULATIONS,
MR, OLNEY STATED THAT IF THE COUNTY HAS RECORDS AVAILABLE,
THEY WOULD USE THESE; OTHERWISE, THEY WOULD USE STANDARDS THAT ARE
FAIRLY CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT FLORIDA,
CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE INFORMA—
TION THAT THE COUNTY COULD MAKE AVAILABLE TO THEM OR WOULD THEY HAVE TO DO
A LOT OF THEIR OWN RESEARCH.
MR, SEARCY ANSWERED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A STRATEGY MEETING WITH
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THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS TO FIND OUT JUST WHAT INFORMATION IS AVAIL-
ABLE, AND THE MORE THAT IS AVAILABLE, THE MORE YOU CAN SPEED UP THE
PROCESS AND CUT DOWN THE COST,
CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT WE DO HAVE AN UP-TO-DATE COMPREHEN-
SIVE LAND USE STUDY, AND MR. OLNEY STATED THAT THIS WOULD BE OF GREAT
VALUE TO THEIR STUDY.
MR. SEARCY PRESENTED THE BOARD WITH BOOKLETS DESCRIBING THEIR
PROPOSED STUDY, THEIR STAFF AND THEIP QUALIFICATIONS.
COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED THAT THE RECORD INDICATE THAT ALL THE
ENGINEERS INTERVIEWED THIS AFTERNOON HAVE FILED THE APPROPRIATE PAPERS
AS TO THEIR BACKGROUND AND SCOPE WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR AND THEY CAN BE
REVIEWED IN HIS OFFICE,
THE INTERVIEW TERMINATED AND MR. SEARCY AND MR. OLNEY LEFT.
ROSEMARY RICHEY, SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS, APPEARED AND REQUESTED
THAT AN EMERGENCY ITEM IN REGARD TO IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE BILL No. 1206
BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA.
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LOY,
HE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO PLACE THE EMERGENCY ITEM REQUESTED BY
I11RS, RICHEY ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
MRS. RICHEY INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SENATE BILL 1206 (CH. 76-
121) IS IN REGARD TO UPDATING OF FLORIDA PRECINCTS TO CONFORM WITH THE
UIDELINES OF THE U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, AND MAPS SHOWING THIS
NFORMATION MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN TALLAHASSEE
NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 15, 1976, SHE STATED THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE
�ISHES THE BOARD TO APPOINT A DESIGNEE TO FULFILL THESE LEGISLATIVE
REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDE HIM WITH THE NAME OF THE DESIGNEE,
IN DISCUSSION, IT WAS NOTED THAT THIS MAP WILL FREEZE THE
RECINCT BOUNDARIES AS OF .JANUARY 1, 1977, UNTIL AFTER THE 1980 CENSUS
S TAKEN, IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WISH TO BE PROVIDED WITH A MAP SETTING
OUT THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR PRESENT PRECINCTS.
ON MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
CHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPOINTED ROSEMARY RICHEY, SUPERVISOR
F ELECTIONS, TO BE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY'S DESIGNEE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF
SENATE BILL NO. 1206 (CH. 76-121),
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LOY,
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO ADD TO TODAY'S AGENDA AS AN EMERGENCY ITEM
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APPROVAL OF THE BOND OF FILL C, LAW, PROPERTY APPRAISER ELECT, j
ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AND SIGNED BOND OF BILL C, LAW,
PROPERTY APPRAISER ELECT, 1!
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IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS BOND DE ¢XECl1TCD AND QUALIFICATION PAPERS COMPLETED WITHIN SIXTY DAYS AFTER ELECTION
t5®nd
STATE Or FLORIDA
County of _.-....-IND.I.AR.. IME.B.__....._...._...
KNOW ALL MRN BY TIIESE PRESENTS, That Wc, .............. ILL G+._..1, W
as principal, and....._.._ U.PiI.TEA .STATES....E IMELI.T..Y.._Aa'D....GUAPA.NTY..-C.OMP.11NK._.........»..
as sureties
are held and firmly bound unto the Governor of the State of Florida, and his successors in office,
TEN THOUSAND AND 00 100------------------------------
($10'_ 000 00
inthe sum of._»..._......._....._......._._.__..._...._.__.........,M...._...__...._M...._.._._._....._.._.._A....._....__._
lawful money, for the payment whereof, well and truly to be made, we do bind ourselves, ot,- and each of
our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Sealed with oui seals, and dated this _._obi].._ day of __._....-Dt:.iKemb n _. _ _ > 19�•G__
The condition of the above obligation is such, That whereas, the above bounden --»
BILL C. LAW _ . „„ was, on the _ _. 2nd day of November,
A. D. 19...-Z....6.., elected_...__ -Eroperty_Appraiser.:Indian River Count
to bold his office for the term of four years from the. first Tuesday after the first Monday in January, A. D.
19-1L-, and until his successor is qualified according to the Constitution and laws of this State.
Now, therefore, if the said shall faithr-illy
perform the duties of his said office, as provided by law, then this obligation to be void, else to be and remain
in full force and virtue.
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of us:
The above bond is approved this
The above bond is approved this
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day of
BILL C. LAW
Principal
UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY
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Comptroller.
DEC '8 1976 coat 27 POW
THE BOARD NEXT DISCUSSED MAKING A SELECTION FROM THE ENGINEER-
ING FIRMS INTERVIEWED TODAY AND WHETHER JUST ONE SHOULD BE SELECTED OR
WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE NAMED IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE - ONE, TWO AND THREE.
ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE STATUTES REQUIRE
THEY BE NAMED IN THE ONE, TWO, THREE ORDER.
IN DISCUSSION, IT WAS AGREED THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAKE A
SELECTION TODAY AS IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THEM COORDINATE WITH
ENGINEER BEINDORF ON SITE SELECTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
Loy, TO NAME POST, BUCKLEY, SCHUH & JERNIGAN, INC., FIRST PREFERENCE;
STOTTLER STAGG & ASSOCIATES, SECOND PREFERENCE; AND CONNELL, METCALF &
EDDY, INC., THIRD PREFERENCE.
COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER AGREED THAT POST, BUCKLEY, SCHUH &
JERNIGAN, INC., MADE A SUPERIOR PRESENTATION, BUT WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED
THAT THEY WERE BASED IN MIAMI.
COMMISSIONER Loy STATED SHE FELT THEIR CONSIDERABLE EXPERIENCE
IN THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF WORK OVERSHADOWED ANY CONSIDERATION IN REGARD
TO DISTANCE.
CHAIRMAN WdDTKE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO REVERSE THE ORDER
OF THE FIRST AND SECOND PREFERENCE AS HE FELT LOCAL CONTACTS ARE
IMPORTANT.
COMMISSIONER Loy SPOKE OF MR. SEARCY'S EXPERIENCE ON THE
RESOURCE RECOVERY COUNCIL AND POINTED OUT THAT HE IS EXTREMELY KNOWLEDGE-
ABLE IN THIS FIELD.
CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT HE WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR
WORKING CLOSELY WITH MR. BEINDORF.
ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS SAID HE DID NOT FEEL THERE WOULD BE ANY
PROBLEM IN THIS REGARD WITH ANY OF THE THREE FIRMS.
THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. COMMISSIONERS SIEBERT,
Loy, SCHMUCKER AND DEESON VOTED IN FAVOR. CHAIRMAN WODTKE VOTED IN
OPPOSITION. THE MOTION CARRIED.
CHAIRMAN VJODTKE INSTRUCTED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO CONTACT POST,
BUCKLEY SCHUH & JERNIGAN, INC., AND ASKED THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR,
COMMISSIONER LOY AND ATTORNEY COLLINS REVIEW WITH THE CONSULTANTS THEIR
PROPOSED FEES AND, IF POSSIBLE, PRESENT A CONTRACT FOR CONSIDERATION AT
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THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1976
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ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT A DATE SHOULD j
BE SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MID -FLORIDA UTILITIES RATE INCREASE
REQUEST, AND IT WAS AGREED TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY 19, 1977,
AT 2:00 O'CLOCK P.M,
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THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, ON MOTION MADE, SECONDED AND i
CARRIED, THE BOARD ADJOURNED AT 4:25 O'CLOCK P.M. f
ATTEST: `
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LERK CHAIRMAN
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