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Jun.16. 2006 3:56AM <br />No•1845 P. 2/2 <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE <br />Pelican Island & Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuges <br />1339 201° Street <br />Vero Beach, Florida 32960 <br />Joe Baird, County Manager <br />Indian River County <br />1840 256 Street <br />Vero Beach FL 32960 <br />RE: Indian River County ("County") exchange with State ofFlorida Board of <br />Trustees of the internal Improve meat Trust Fimd ("Trustees'; Golden <br />Sands park <br />Deter Mr. Baird: <br />June 15, 2006 <br />Over the past several months, I have met with your staffand others in regard to the exchange proposed <br />by the County involving the Golden Sands Park owned by the County and the Trustees parcel fly <br />known as the Spalloue tract. The exchange proposal is depicted in the `Before Exchange," "After <br />Exchange," and "After B diange Detail" etthibits provide by the appy, copies of which are aged <br />to this letter. I have visited the property, and reviewed the following documentation in regard to the <br />exchange proposal; the County's exchange proposal submitted to the Division of State Lands, the <br />Kimlcy--Horn survey of the affected lands; the li imley-Horn vegetation ayrvey the design concept for the <br />redeveloped Golden Sands Park the County towlaaago agreement with Windsor Properties; proposed <br />restrictions and commits for the acijaocra Wadscr developer and information provide by County <br />staff as to past public use orthe Golden Sands Park. <br />Based on these doh and field review I am satisfied that the exchange proposal enhances the <br />resource value of Golden Sands Park, the 'Trustees parcel, and adjacent private land and I support the <br />mange proposal. The exchange proposal provides significant additional benefit to sea bustle <br />conservation in that it enlarges the public ownership (both fiont footage and acreage), des <br />protection on the publicly owned lands, and enhances preservation measures on amort privately owned <br />lands through the reoordiag of appropriate restrictive covenants. Another result of our cliscussions is that <br />the USFWS and County have agreed to joint management of County ocean front lands, and this will <br />likely lead to additional eaiha ncament of sea turtle preservation within Indian River County and the Archie <br />Carr National Wildlife Refuge. <br />If I can assist in providing fiirther support for this proposal please let me know. <br />Sincerely, <br />Refuge Tritas'k <br />ger <br />Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge <br />245 <br />