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