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approved the County's withdrawal from the Consultants <br />Competitive Negotiation Act Committee (CCNA) with the <br />City of Vero Beach. <br />Dr. Faherty expressed the desire of the South Beach residents to receive utility services <br />from the County. <br />Vince DeTurris, 595 Reef Road, representing the South Beach Board of Directors, urged <br />the County to provide future utility services to the South Beach residents. <br />I0. B.4. ADD: REQUEST TO SPEAK FROM AL BENKERT REGARDING SHARK <br />FISHING <br />Al Benkert, 726 Silver Shores Road, Vero Beach, FL 32963, President of the Oceanside <br />Business Association, addressed the Board with his request for the County to develop an <br />Ordinance regulating the practice of shark fishing, baiting, and chumming, from the beaches. <br />He related that Vero Beach is being promoted on the internet as a prime spot for boatless shark <br />fishing from the shoreline. He read portions of an Ordinance (on file), developed by Volusia <br />County, which regulates fishing and shark fishing, and asked Commissioners if they saw a <br />downside to drafting a similar Ordinance. <br />Commissioner Flescher believed that an Ordinance would give the County a tool to <br />mitigate any dangerous situations and keep the anglers away from bathers and swimmers. He <br />noted that the intention of the Ordinance would not be to eliminate shark fishing. <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Flescher, <br />SECONDED by Commissioner Wheeler, to direct the <br />County Attorney to review Volusia County's Ordinance, <br />and to draft a proposed Ordinance regulating shark fishing <br />19 <br />June 1, 2010 <br />