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WHEREAS, the unincorporated area of Orchid Island in Indian River County is served by three bridges, two in the City of Vero Beach and one at Wabasso, and WHEREAS, the existing plus approved development in the unincorporated area of Orchid Island in Indian River County will place the existing transportation facilities at, and in some instances, above capacity, creating serious health and safety problems including traffic congestion and evacuation concerns in case of hurricane, possible degradation to waters of the Indian River, the beach -front systems, and the wetlands of Orchid Island, and WHEREAS, on October 8, 1982, Governor Bob Graham, as Chief Planning Officer of the State of Florida and in recognition of the environmental and economic treasures of the area, and its serious transportation and other public facility problems, pursuant to Section 380.45, Florida Statutes, appointed the Hutchinson Island Resource Planning and Management Committee ( "the Committee") for the Hutchinson Island area, based upon a recommendation received from the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council, and WHEREAS, the objectives of the Committee were to organize a voluntary, cooperative resources planning and management program to resolve existing, and prevent future problems which may endanger the area's resources, and WHEREAS, the Committee developed the Hutchinson Island Resource Management Plan and formally adopted the Plan on October 6, 1983, which recognized the environmental and economic treasures of Orchid Island, its existing development patterns, and the transportation, land use, and hurricane evacuation problems, and recommended specific solutions, and WHEREAS, on September 25, 1984, the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners, in recognition of these present land use, transportation, and hurricane evacuation problems in the unincorporated areas of Orchid Island in Indian River County BOOK ' t'9 71