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5.C. PRESENTATION OF THE FLORIDA GREEN BUILDING COALITION'S AWARD <br />FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AS THE 2009 HIGHEST SCORING COUNTY FOR <br />LOCAL GOVERNMENT <br />Cindy Hall, Capstone Industries, Board of Directors of the Florida Green Building <br />Coalition, read and presented the Green Building Coalition's award to the Board of County <br />Commissioners. Chairman O'Bryan recognized Himanshu Mehta, Managing Director of the <br />Solid Waste Disposal District, and volunteers Amy Thoma, Karen Swanson, and Judy Orcutt, for <br />their dedicated efforts in helping the County achieve the certification. <br />S.D. PRESENTATION BY EDIE WIDDER OF OCEAN RESEARCH & <br />CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION (ORCA) ON MONITORING FOR EARLY <br />DETECTION OF PETROLEUM IMPACTS TO THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON <br />Edie Widder, through a PowerPoint Presentation, provided background information on <br />the Ocean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA), an organization dedicated to <br />protecting aquatic ecosystems. She described two technologies, the Kilroy Ecosystem <br />Monitoring System and the PetroSense Hydrocarbon Probe, which are being used to detect <br />pollution and the presence of oil, and which will be used to help researchers determine possible <br />impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on the Indian River Lagoon, with the goal of <br />preventing the oil from reaching the mangroves. <br />S.E. UPDATE FROM DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, JOHN KING, <br />REGARDING THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL <br />Emergency Services Director John King used a PowerPoint presentation (on file), to <br />update the Board on Day 64 of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. He <br />identified the locations in Florida which have been impacted by the spill, described mitigation <br />efforts being taken by the State, and affirmed that there were no beach closings in Florida. He <br />3 <br />June 22, 2010 <br />