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L.S. °TOMMY° THOMAS, COUNTY COORDINATOR INFORMED THE BOARD THAT <br />FOUR YEARS AGO COMMISSIONER MASSEY REQUESTED LOOKING INTO POSSIBLE <br />COUNTY CONTROL OF THE SPOIL ISLANDS IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. AT THAT TIME <br />ATTORNEY PAUL BURCH CONTACTED THE TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT <br />FUND, WHO THEN HAD CONTROL OF THESE ISLANDS. SINCE THEN WE HAVE ACQUIRED <br />FOUR ISLANDS THROUGH THE ASSISTANCE OF COLONEL WILLIAM POWERS, GENERAL <br />MANAGER OF THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT. F.I.N.D. HAS ALSO <br />APPROPRIATED $1,500.00 FOR USE IN ACQUIRING ADDITIONAL ISLAND, AT THIS <br />TIME WE HAVE NOT ASKED FOR ANY FUNDS. <br />A SLIDE PRESENTATION OF THE SPOIL ISLANDS WAS PREPARED BY MR. <br />THOMAS, BOB BERG, ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR AND DALE PATCHETT, URBAN <br />FORESTER, <br />THE FOLLOWING WERE PRESENT FOR THIS DISCUSSION: COLONEL WILLIAM <br />POWERS, ROY HARE, MR. ZIEGLER, PAT LYONS, DALE PATCHETT AND BOB BERG. <br />CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THAT IT IS THE BOARD'S INTENTION TO GO <br />TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND ASK FOR CONTROL OF THESE SPOIL ISLANDS IN <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. <br />MR. THOMAS STATED THAT THERE ARE 44 SPOIL ISLANDS- FOUR <br />OF WHICH HAVE BEEN LEASED TO THE COUNTY BY F.I.N.D. <br />COLONEL POWERS STATED THAT TRASH ACCUMULATES ON THE ISLANDS <br />IN SPITE OF LOCAL EFFORTS, OLD WRECKS SHOULD BE REMOVED, OLD STRUCTURES <br />THAT RUN OUT INTO THE WATER SHOULD BE TAKEN DOWN. WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL <br />NATURAL SETTING WHICH WE SHOULD NOT LOSE. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT THERE ARE HOMES ON SOME ISLANDS. <br />THESE SQUATTERS - DO THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO THESE ISLANDS AFTER A PERIOD <br />OF TIME? <br />COLONEL POWERS STATED THAT HE HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT THERE ARE <br />NO SQUATTERS RIGHTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BUT IF SQUATTERS HAVE LIVED <br />ON AN ISLAND FOR SAY SIX OR SEVEN YEARS, IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE <br />THEM, BUT YOU CAN MAKE THEM LIVE UP TO CERTAIN REGULATIONS. <br />CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THAT THIS IS JUST A REVIEW AND REPORT ON <br />THE SPOIL ISLANDS. MANY OF THE ISLANDS, IF WE ARE FORTUNATE TN SECURING' <br />THEM OR HAVING THEM LEASED TO US, WOULD BE USED FOR CONSERVATI,ON, <br />RECREATION OR EDUCATION, <br />COLONEL POWERS STATED THAT F.I.N.D. IS PREPARED TO ASSIST THE <br />BOARD IN ANY WAY WITH THETR PRESENTATION TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF <br />NATURAL RESOURCES, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE RECEIVED FROM PALM <br />-13- <br />SEP 1 01975 <br />8001on (•PAGE2UJ <br />