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RESOLUTION NO. 67-17 <br />WHEREAS, various groups interested in conservation of natural <br />resources have expressed concern for the adverse effect on aquatic life which <br />may occur by virtue of the extent of dredging beyond the bulkhead line in the <br />public waters of Indian River County and the issuance of permits for such <br />dredging without biological evidence of the effect on aquatic life; and, <br />WHEREAS, any such dredging 'permits heretofore approved by this <br />Board have been on bottom lands of such nature and in such depth that it <br />appeared to this Board that there would be no harm to the public interest in <br />fish and wildlife habitat; Now, therefore, <br />BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian <br />River County, Florida, that the Marine Laboratories of the State Department <br />of Conservation are herewith requested to study the effect of dredging in the <br />public waters of this county with particular emphasis upon the waters on the <br />east shore of the Indian River from the Sebastian Inlet southward and to make <br />a report and recommendations to this Board of their opinion of the safe limits <br />1 where dredging might be considered permissible within the public interest as <br />a guide for this Board in considering any further requests for approval of <br />dredging permits; and, <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the District Engineer of the <br />Corps of Engineers of Jacksonville be immediately requested to defer final <br />action on any pending applications for dredging permits in the public waters of <br />Indian River County until he has been advised of the results of the above re- <br />quested study; and, <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolu- <br />tion be furnished to the State Department of Conservation and the District <br />Engineer. <br />MAR 2 21967 <br />CNN <br />Smith, Heath, Smith & O'Haire, Attorneys At Law, Vero Beach, Florida <br />PAGE 3U1 <br />