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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />IL11)WJ Itimma COVIIT <br />RESOLUTION <br />VERO BEACH • FLORIDA <br />Whereas, it is desired to call the attention of the Honorable Stewart L. Udall <br />to the long term economic and social advantages of. preserving the habitat and <br />the living resources of our doastal rivers, estuaries and inlets,. and whereas <br />Innumerable species of birds, fish, shellfish and other wildlife of vast sport, <br />commercial, tourist, resident and general public interest and enjoyment are de— <br />pendent on these types of coastal habitat, and whereas <br />It is believed that this County and the City of Vero Beach, its County Seat, <br />are central to a most valuable remaining area of habitat and resources of these . <br />types in the Indian River of the East Coast of Florida, and <br />These are exemplified by the Pelican Island National Refuge and its environs in <br />this vicinity, for which the City of Vero Beach has offered to donate a most <br />valuable and appropriate visitor center site; therefore, <br />Be it resolved, that the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, <br />Florida, assembled 25 May 1966 at its regular public meeting in the City of <br />Vero Beach, joins with the Municipal Government of this City in its desire to' <br />cooperate with the Honorable Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior, to-' <br />ward the establishment here at its County Seat of a visitor center of the <br />United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and resolved, <br />That a signed original of this resolution be sent direct to the Honorable <br />Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of•the Interior, Washington, D. C. <br />/�L TX2 c< <br />ullers, ull , m. <br />Robert W. Graves, Chairman <br />Dr. B. Q. Waddell <br />ld MacDonald <br />AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA. <br />MAY 2r 1966 <br />