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L. S. "TOMMY" THOMAS REPORTED THAT .JOE EARMAN REPRESENTING FLORIDA <br />INLAND NAVIGATIONAL DISTRICT HAD VISITED ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS AND SUG— <br />GESTED THAT THIS MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO CONSIDER APPLYING FOR OWNER— <br />SHIP OR LEASES ON THE SPOIL ISLANDS. MR. THOMAS STATED THERE HAS BEEN <br />SOME CONCERN ABOUT EXPENSE, BUT HE FELT WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO SPEND ANY GREAT <br />T FF <br />AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR MAINTENANCE OR PATROL BECAUSE HE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT <br />AND MARINE PATROL WILL HELP, AND HE FELT THE STATE WOULD PROBABLY GO ALONG <br />FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS BEFORE THEY WOULD REQUIRE ANY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. <br />HE CONTINUED THAT A FEW DOCKS COULD BE BUILT WITH FUNDS FROM BOAT FEES <br />WHERE WE PUT IN THE DOCKS AND SOME SIGNS OR MARKERS PUT UP. MR. THOMAS <br />POINTED OUT THAT THREE OR FOUR,YEARS FROM NOW WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO OBTAIN <br />THESE ISLANDS. <br />MR. THOMAS CONTINUED THAT .JOE EARMAN HAD.PROVIDED A BRIEF OUTLINE <br />OF A METHOD OF PROCEDURE AND STATED THAT WE STILL HAVE $1,500.00 ON HAND <br />TO FOLLOW THIS PROCEDURE. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED MR. THOMAS TO SUPPLY THE BOARD WITH A MEMO <br />BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY MR. EARMAN. <br />MR. THOMAS EXPLAINED THAT F.I.N.D. WAS DONATED $1,000.00 (TWO $500 <br />GRANTS) TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BICENTENNIAL AND THEY WISH TO <br />TIE IT IN WITH SOME ACTION IN THE RIVER AS A THEME. THEY HAVE DECIDED TO <br />TIE A PROGRAM IN WITH THE RAMP AT WABASSO AND HAVE ANOTHER PROGRAM IN VERO <br />BEACH WHICH HAS NOT BEEN DECIDED ON YET. THEY ARE MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO <br />PROVIDE MORE SERVICES AND MAKE THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THEY <br />HAVE A CORPS OF ENGINEERS BRANCH WHICH IS PICKING UP OLD DERELICTS, PILINGS, <br />OR ANY HAZARD OR OBSTACLES FROM THE RIVER. <br />MR. THOMAS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT F.I.N.D. RECOMMENDS THAT BEFORE <br />WE GO TO TALLAHASSEE, AN ORDINANCE BE PASSED REZONING THE SPOIL ISLANDS TO <br />A PARK—TYPE ZONING, P-1 OR P-2. <br />_ DISCUSSION FOLLOWED IN REGARD TO CREATING A MARINE PARK DISTRICT, <br />AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE BELIEVED SUCH AN ORDINANCE HAS ALREADY <br />BEEN PASSED ON BY THE ZONING BOARD. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, <br />THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ATTORNEY TO ADVERTISE THE ORDINANCE <br />CREATING A MARINE PARK DISTRICT FOR PUBLIC HEARING. <br />44 <br />25 <br />MAR 10 1976 , <br />®id <br />I <br />