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a water pollution study at no cost to the County was unanimously approved. Mr. Ralph Stogner requesting abandonment of certain lands on Old Dixie Highway was referred to the office of the Administrator. The Board then adjourned at 12:00 o'clock Noon and reconvened at 1:30 o'clock P. M. with the same members present. On Motion by Commissioner Graves, seconded by Commissioner Bogosian and unanimously carried, Commissioner Macdonald was authorized to travel to Tallahassee within the next two or three h weeks regarding several items of County business. Mr. Pat Corrigan, Mr. E. E. Carter, and Mr. M. H. Carlton, local representative of the U. S. Soil Conservation Service appeared before the Board and introduced Mr. James Weir, a Coordinator of the River Basin Investigation Program of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. He advised the Board that his office is cooperating with the Florida State Board of Conservation to make reports on several areas in the State, and to develop a Master Plan for soil and water conservation for many years to come. He stated that Indian River County as part of theSt. Johns River Basin and Intervening Coastal Area is rich' in land resources, but somewhat short on water resources. Mr. Weir then introduced Mr. Charles Saunders,•a civil engineer employed by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, who showed the Board a program of projection slides including maps and charts of water resources of this Area. The presentation showed proposed water management canals, the value of which could be greatly lessened • and perhaps made worthless by the construction of Highway I 95 as presently planned. The Board was made aware of the necessity for at least three large bridges under the new highway in order to allow the proper flow of water across Indian River County. Mr. Weir recommended that the Board communicate with both the State Road Board and Mr. J. B. Solohub of the State Water Resources and Conservation Division RP 8 eno.r 11:.:372