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COUNTY COORDINATOR L. S. THOMAS INFORMED THE <br />BOARD THAT HE HAD MET WITH PAT LYONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL <br />COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDUBON SOCIETY TO DISCUSS <br />THE SPOIL ISLANDS THE COUNTY IS LEASING FROM THE FLORIDA <br />INLAND NAVIGATIONAL DISTRICT. THE WEST SIDE OF FRITZ ISLAND <br />HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A RECREATION AREA, AND TWO OF THE <br />SMALLER ISLANDS WILL BE DESIGNATED CONSERVATION AREAS, <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT REPORTED TO THE BOARD THAT <br />THE FELLSMERE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CITY COUNCIL WERE STILL <br />IN DISAGREEMENT AS TO THE TYPE OF FIRE TRUCK THEY NEEDED, <br />THE BOARD INSTRUCTED ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS TO <br />ADVISE THE MAYOR OF FELLSMERE THAT THE BOARD WILL ACCEPT <br />THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />FELLSMERE AS TO THE TYPE OF FIRE TRUCK THEY DESIRE OR ELSE <br />THE BIDS WILL HAVE TO BE REJECTED. <br />COMMISSIONER MASSEY REPORTED THAT A SKIN DIVING <br />ASSOCIATION HAD APPROACHED HIM IN REGARD TO USING THE LAKE <br />IN HOBART PARK FOR SKIN DIVING INSTRUCTION. THEY WOULD ALSO <br />LIKE PERMISSION -TO CLEAN UP THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKES IN THAT <br />AREA AS PART OF THEIR COURSE. <br />AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, THE BOARD AGREED THAT <br />WHILE THE MAIN SWIMMING LAKE IN HOBART PARK WAS PRESENTLY <br />CLOSED, THE SKIN DIVING ASSOCIATION DID NOT NEED THEIR <br />PERMISSION TO USE THE LAKES, <br />COMMISSIONER MASSEY LEFT THE MEETING AT 6:30 <br />0 CLOCK P.M. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT REPORTED TO THE BOARD THAT <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY HAS BEEN SHIFTED FROM THE CENTRAL AND <br />SOUTHERN FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT TO THE UPPER ST. .JOHNS <br />RIVER BASIN DISTRICT, WHICH DISTRICT HAS NO TAXING AUTHORITY. <br />BREVARD COUNTY HAS BEEN SHIFTED TO THIS DISTRICT ALSO, AND <br />CHAIRMAN LOY READ TO THE BOARD A RESOLUTION PASSED BY BREVARD <br />COUNTY ASKING THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN THE CENTRAL <br />AND SOUTHERN FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, <br />69 <br />MAY Baow 4u puf15 <br />