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4. PUBLIC HEARING <br />4.A. MINING MORATORIUM ORDINANCE (LEGISLATIVE) <br />County Attorney William Collins II informed the Board that Vice Chairman Davis <br />had spoken to him about a potential conflict of interest. Commissioner Davis confirmed that he <br />had a conflict of interest due to his brother's ownership of a mine; thus, he would engage in the <br />discussion, but not vote on the moratorium. <br />(Clerk's Note: Form 8B, Memorandum of Voting Conflict for County, Municipal, <br />and other Local Public Officers, is on file in the office of the Clerk to the Board.) <br />Recapping his memorandum of December 28, 2007, Attorney Collins provided <br />background information on this item. He explained that on October 23, 2007, the Board directed <br />staff to prepare an ordinance to halt the acceptance, processing, and issuance of new mining <br />permits in the unincorporated areas of Indian River County. Attorney Collins outlined the steps <br />that the Board has taken in order to satisfy the legal requirements for adoption of moratoriums, and <br />announced that tonight's meeting would be the second, and final, of two public hearings. <br />Attorney Collins reported that at their December 13, 2007 meeting, the Planning & Zoning <br />Commission (P&Z) had unanimously recommended, with exemptions, the passage of the <br />moratorium. <br />Attorney Collins provided a detailed review of the exemptions that were placed in <br />the draft Ordinance, and declared that the Ordinance mandated that no applications for mining or <br />administrative permit approvals would be accepted or processed, and no mining permits would be <br />issued until July 2008. He deduced that the expiration date of the moratorium would be July 10, <br />2008. <br />January 7, 2008 2 <br />