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u3, . <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2004- 062 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY, FLORIDA CALLING A BOND REFERENDUM ELECTION FOR THE ISSUANCE <br />OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS; PROVIDING THE FORM OF THE BALLOT TITLE AND <br />THE BOND REFERENDUM QUESTION; PROVIDING FOR PLACES OF VOTING, PRINTING <br />OF BALLOTS AND BOND REFERENDUM ELECTION PROCEDURE; PROVIDING FOR <br />EFFECT OF REFERENDUM RESULTS; PROVIDING FOR A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF <br />THE PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED BY THE BONDS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE BOND <br />REFERENDUM QUESTION; PROVIDING AUTHORIZATION FOR NECESSARY ACTION; <br />PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE <br />WHEREAS, on August 18, 1992, the Indian River County Board of County <br />Commissioners ("Board") adopted Resolution No. 92-146, calling for a bond referendum as <br />more specifically set forth in the resolution; and <br />WHEREAS, on November 3, 1992, Indian River County, Florida (the "County") <br />conducted a bond referendum that was approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon, <br />concerning whether the County should be authorized to acquire environmentally significant land <br />to protect water quality, open spaces and wildlife habitat, by issuing one or more series of <br />general obligation bonds (collectively, the "1992 Bonds"), as more specifically set forth in the <br />referendum question (the "1992 Referendum"); and <br />WHEREAS, the Board created a Land Acquisition Advisory Committee to determine the <br />types of lands that should be acquired by the County and adopted a Land Acquisition Advisory <br />Guide, now known as the Environmental Lands Program Guide (the "Environmental Lands <br />Program Guide") that sets forth in detail the selection and acquisition methodology and criteria <br />for the types of land to be acquired with the proceeds of the 1992 Bonds; and <br />WHEREAS, the proceeds of the 1992 Bonds are all allocated to purchase lands on the <br />current Land Acquisition Advisory Committee land acquisition list; and <br />WHEREAS, the Land Acquisition Advisory Committee has requested that the Board <br />call for a new referendum on a new land acquisition bond question to allow for the acquisition of <br />lands to protect water resources, drinking water sources, environmentally significant lands, <br />historic sites, agricultural lands, open spaces, and/or wildlife habitat; and <br />WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the citizens of the County that all appropriate <br />actions be taken to allow for the acquisition of lands to protect water resources, drinking water <br />1 <br />