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S E P 195 <br />BOOK 1 rvE 937 <br />Mr. Forte was definitely not in favor of abolishing the <br />District and stated that he had not read the Senator's Bill, but <br />was asking support of his letter. <br />Commissioner Bowman believed that Senator Deratany was dia- <br />metrically opposed to Representative Date Patchett's position <br />that the Inlet Commission should be dissolved and the Inlet <br />turned over to F.I.N.D. (Florida Inland Navigation District). <br />Chairman Lyons returned to the meeting at 11:00 o'clock A.M. <br />and took back -the gavel. <br />Fred Mensing, resident of Roseland, offered the suggestion <br />that a new Board be created for the Inlet consisting of three <br />Commissioners from Brevard County and two Commissioners from <br />Indian River County or another option would be a taxing district. <br />Mr. Mensing noted that this inlet was created in World War II by <br />local people for the benefit of people in the area, and he felt <br />it is important that local control be retained. He felt if the <br />Board does not take a very firm position on this, Tallahassee <br />will take over the Inlet, and if they don't spend money to <br />maintain it, we will not have an inlet because manmade inlets <br />must be maintained or they will go out of existence. <br />Commissioner Bird returned to the Chambers at 11:10 o'clock <br />w <br />A. M. <br />Commissioners Scurlock and Bowman wished to amend their <br />previous Motion and restate it as follows: <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Scurlock, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Bowman, to authorize the Chairman to write <br />a letter indicating we would support strong local con- <br />trol of the Sebastian Inlet with no fees and no limita- <br />tions for the residents of Brevard or Indian River <br />Counties and also requesting that various vehicles <br />for better management of that district be analyzed. <br />54 <br />