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IT AND STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE ADMINISTRATOR TO ADDRESS <br />THE WHOLE SITUATION. THE BOARD AGREED. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT REQUESTED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO PURSUE THIS <br />MATTER AND BRING BACK A REPORT. <br />QUESTION AROSE AS TO WHETHER THE 25 YEAR EXTENSION PERIOD WAS <br />AN ADDITIONAL 25 YEARS OR 25 YEARS FROM THE ORIGINAL DATE OF THE LEASE, <br />AND COORDINATOR THOMAS FELT IT WAS FROM THE DATE OF THE EXPIRATION <br />OF THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, MAY 8, 1979. <br />THE CHAIRMAN REQUESTED THAT MR. THOMAS GIVE A HISTORY OF <br />THE ACQUISITION OF THE SPOIL ISLANDS, <br />MR. THOMAS NOTED THAT THIS SITUATION GOES BACK 15 YEARS AT <br />LEAST WHEN THERE WERE A FEW SQUATTERS ON THE ISLANDS IN INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY AND A GOOD MANY IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF <br />PROBLEMS. A GROUP OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING COMMISSIONER Loy, BECAME INTER- <br />ESTED IN ACQUIRING THESE ISLANDS SO THEY COULD BE PRESERVED FOR ALL <br />THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY, AND THEY WORKED INDEPENDENTLY TO ACHIEVE <br />THIS. THE COUNTY THEN AUTHORIZED THE FORMATION OF A MARINE ISLAND <br />ADVISORY COMMISSION. THIS COMMISSION NEGOTIATED WITH F.I.M.D. FOR <br />THE FOUR ISLANDS THEY OWNED; THE BALANCE WERE OWNED BY THE STATE. <br />A FIVE YEAR LEASE WAS OBTAINED, AND IN ADDITION, F.I.N.D. INDICATED <br />THEIR SUPPORT BY SUBSCRIBING $1,500 OF THEIR OWN MONEY FOR STUDIES <br />RELATING TO THE SPOIL ISLANDS, THIS LEASE EXPIRED LAST YEAR, AND <br />DURING THE INTERIM PERIOD, THE MARINE COMMISSION, THE PLANNING DEPART- <br />MENT, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,AND THE DER CAME UP WITH A <br />TOTAL OF $20,000 TO CONDUCT AN IN-DEPTH STUDY. WITH THOSE FUNDS, <br />THE COUNTY EMPLOYED HARBOR BRANCH FOUNDATION, TO WORK ALONG WITH OUR <br />PLANNING DEPARTMENT, TO DO THIS IN-DEPTH STUDY, WHICH WAS FILED WITH <br />THE DER AS A PILOT PROJECT FOR THE WHOLE STATE ON THE 1ST OF OCTOBER. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT WISHED IT NOTED THAT FORMER COMMISSIONER <br />MASSEY ALSO WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS PROJECT ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER <br />LOY AND COMMISSIONER WODTKE, WHO IS CHAIRMAN OF THE MARINE COMMISSION, <br />AND NOW THESE SPOIL ISLANDS ARE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE COUNTY <br />FOR 25 YEARS. <br />T 2 2 13 BDOX 4 PACE - 13 <br />OC 1980 <br />