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DR, HERBERT KALE, PRESIDENT OF.THE PELICAN. ISLAND ° AUDUBON SOCIETY APPEARED AND REQUESTED THAT THE STATEMENT FROM THE PELICAN ISLAND AUDUBON SOCIETY BE MADE A PART OF THESE MINUTES, ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT.'SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED MAKING THE STATEMENT FROM THE PELICAN ISLAND AUDUBON SOCIETY A PART OF THESE MINUTES, PELICAN ISLAND AUDUBON SOCIETY P. O. Box 1833 VERO BEACH, FLORIDA 32960 _ t't W. W. Siebert Ind3,an River County Cc=-, sioner STATETC-NT of Pelican Island Audubon Society concerning requests for rezoning of the south beach area presented at public hearings before the Indian i3lver County Zoning Commission, September 6, 1973 .. and the Indian River County Commissioners, September 19, 1973. k The following statement outlines the position'of the Society a on the proposed rezoning requests on the barrier island south of Vero Beach, in accordance with policy approved by the Board of Directors. We have stated in the past that'we wish to see the present character of the barrier island in Vero Beach and Indian ;liver County be maintained--i.e., primarily residential and low density. Rezoning of the land to a classificiation that will greatly contri— bute to an actual alteration of this present character is not consistent with the airs of many organizations and people in this county --business, governmental, public, private, advisory, and civic --911 of whom insist that they, too, want to preserve and protect the present character o -f our area. Although we agree that the proposed Veromar project may be well designed and considerate of the surrou-r:ding community, the fact remains that this project is only the first of many waiting in the wings for this part of the south beach. Rezoning of this parcel today will set the pattern for the entire area. And without drawing any conclusions about whether or not this classification of .zoning is right or wrong for the future of the south beach we , must (frankly, we do not now know the answer to that question), ask the question "Are we ready for this today?" Several months ago a member of the zoning commission stated that he could not voce for the rezoning of the south beach area until provis:.ons for supportive facilities of water, sewage, and transportation particularly a second bridge, were available and in existence. And until that time we can not logically allow the tremendous growth that will surely follow this rezoning. The life support systems of the entire south beach area including construction materials and services, water, food, police protection, hospital and medical services, garbage and trash collection, domestic services, and, In the future, sewage treatment are all based on the mainland. All of these, except grater, m_jst cross the one and only bridge now in existence. NOV 71973 eooK 18 {Aai?127