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4r� RESOLUTION NO. ' 68- 3a) The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, resolves: 1. That this Board did adopt a Resolution on July 3, 1963, where- in this Board did request the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida "to dedicate in perpetuity to the people of Indian River County, Florida, and to the Board of County Commissioners . , , a body of land and water containing 4760 acres, more or less" and pursuant to that Resolution, the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund did on July 16, 1963, adopt a motion "for perpetual dedication of an estimated 422.58 acres comprising the seven islands, the northernmost being the Turtle Pen Slough and the southern- most being Preachers Island, together with the open water areas or sloughs in the largest island of the group, under supervision of the Board of County Commissioners with authority for said Board to arrange for such assistance by state agencies as might be desirable and practicable in administering the dedication for wildlife refuge purposes and with the right for the county to enter into agreements, approved by the Trustees, for administration on a year to year basis by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or Florida Audubon Society or other conservation agencies or organizations, the dedica- tion to be subject to the current lease to Florida Audubon Society which would expire November 2, 1969, " 2. That a public hearing was held by Robert C. Parker, Director, Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida, in the Indian River County Courthouse on March 29, 1968, on behalf of said Trustee concerning application of the Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a division of the United States Department of the Interior, for the enlargement of Pelican Island Wildlife Refuge to include all state owned submerged lands and mangrove islands located within an area described in the notice of public hearing, containing some 4760 acres, at which said public hearing this Board did endorse the application of that bureau Etas 11.. Smith, Heath, Smith & O'Haire, Attorneys At Law, P. 0. Box 518, Vero Beach, Florida 32960 JUN 5 1968 261