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Mack B May was appointed to the Code Enforcement Board <br />as the realtor representative by acclamation. <br />NORTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT <br />The Board of County Commissioners recessed at 8:48 <br />o'clock A.M. in order that the District Board of Fire <br />Commissioners of the North Indian River County Fire District <br />might convene. Those Minutes are being prepared separately. <br />The Board of County Commissioners recovened at 8:50 <br />o'clock A.M. with the same members present. <br />DISCUSSION RE ST. JOHNS MARSH <br />Commissioner Bowman invited Mrs. Susan Wilson to <br />'address the Board on the matter of the upper St. Johns river <br />basin. <br />Mrs. Wilson explained that currently the St. Johns <br />Marsh is classified as a Type II wildlife management area. <br />The river basin area involved is south of State Road 60 on <br />up to SR 192. Under a Type II rating, one can apply for a <br />license or permit to hunt, but fishing, frogging, etc. is at <br />no cost. However, St. Johns is now in the process of <br />changing the wildlife rating to a Type I, which is much more <br />restrictive, and would be managed by the Florida Game and <br />Freshwater Fish Commission. It would require permits to <br />hunt, fish and frog, and it is feared that eventually it <br />will do away with hunting altogether. She added that this <br />is basically a river basin and felt it should remain a Type <br />II ylildlife area. <br />Mrs. Wilson reported that St. Johns River Water <br />Management District.governing board is holding a meeting <br />April 13 to decide whether to change the classification of <br />the marsh. She understood that the change was being <br />APR 6 1983 <br />