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LIAR 6 1985 <br />BOOK 60 FA.rE 1 <br />DISCUSSION RE NAMING OF ORCHID ISLAND <br />Chairman Lyons informed the Board that information recently <br />received from Congressman Nelson indicates that the people who <br />are in charge of naming the island are more interested in how <br />people think about it today than the historical significance <br />involved. It seems that St. Lucie County has applied to have the <br />barrier island named North Hutchinson Island and has backed up <br />their application with signatures. Therefore, if we are <br />interested in having it named Orchid Island, we need to give <br />Congressman Nelson a Resolution indicating our interest and to <br />get as many people as possible to write letters supporting the <br />name Orchid Island. One further problem is that we have very <br />little time to do this, and the Chairman requested help from the <br />Press to make this known. Any letters can be sent to the County <br />Commission. <br />Nancy Offutt thought we had already done this, and Chairman <br />Lyons agreed that we did apply through the Historical Commission, <br />but it appears the state agency responsible is saying that they <br />are not interested in historical significance. He believed we <br />should contact the municipalities and the public, and see if they <br />felt strongly enough about this to get their letters in. <br />Commissioner Bowman felt possibly the name Orchid Island <br />could cover the area from the Sebastian Inlet to the south limits <br />of Indian River County. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Scurlock, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Bird, the Board unanimously (4-0) <br />adopted Resolution 85-25 to be prepared by the <br />County Attorney indicating our continuing interest <br />in having the barrier island named Orchid Island. <br />36 <br />r <br />