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Attorney Vitunac reviewed his efforts to bring the Commission's Resolution regarding the creation of the Advisory Council to the attention of the District, and noted that they apparently have amended the make-up of the Council to include two members from each Indian River and Brevard Counties and have emphasized that the council is advisory only, not policy-making. If we are happy with this, there is no need to answer except to thank them. Administrator Wright suggested that the Board argue the representation. He did not know what the League of Women Voters, for instance, has to do with this or why they should have a representative. Commissioner Bird commented that when we adopted a Resolu- tion asking for 50% representation, he did not realize the County was going to be advising re property all the way to Jacksonville. He, therefore, felt to have four members between Indian River County and Brevard County is a reasonable compromise. Commissioner Wodtke pointed out that the mission of the Council is to assist and support the District in the development of a model regional recreation area to be known as the Upper St. Johns Recreational Area, which he felt actually refers to the recreational sites in Indian River County and Brevard County, and he did not feel comfortable with someone in Jacksonville telling us how to run those sites. If the League of Women Voters has a representative, he felt that representative should be from either Indian River or Brevard County. Mrs. Wilson believed their representative will be from Satellite Beach. She felt the District basically made up their list of representatives from organizations that expressed an interest in serving in this capacity. She did feel the representative from the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission should be from our local area. Motion was made by Commissioner Scurlock, seconded by Commissioner Bowman, to authorize Commissioner Bird and 49 � SEP 4 1985 _ _ BOOK FACE 93 2