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CCT 2 0 1386 <br />BOOK 66 r 94 <br />District to use its present technique of spraying by fixed wing <br />aircraft, and they are considering using a helicopter which .is <br />far more costly. Staff is requiring the developer to work with <br />Mosquito Control to develop a bonding or escrow account to cover <br />the cost and implementation of whatever mosquito control <br />techniques are felt suitable by the Mosquito Control District. <br />This condition must be resolved prior to the owner receiving a <br />land development permit from the County. <br />John Beidler, Executive Director of the Indian River <br />Mosquito Control District, reported that the developer has been <br />told that despite their best efforts there will be large numbers <br />of mosquitoes in the area from time to time. He believed, <br />however, that sandflies might be a worse problem. The Mosquito <br />Control District recognizes that they have a great deal o- — - <br />responsibility in this particular area. An impoundment area was <br />ruined when the Army Corps of Engineers placed a great deal of <br />fill material in the area, and the past few years it has been <br />controlled only by spraying -larvicide from fixed -wing airplanes. <br />They feel that the implementation of an open marsh water <br />management technique instead of the impounding technique warrants <br />special attention to this particular area with the cost to be <br />borne by_the developer, and they worked out a tentative agreement <br />with the developer last Friday which basically requires that for <br />a number of years the developer will support mosquito breeding <br />inspections of this particular area and will furnish the <br />equipment and subsidize the salary of the inspector for the <br />Mosquito Control District. In addition, if it deemed <br />necessary, the developer has agreed to supplement the open marsh <br />water management with a rotary ditching technique if that is <br />acceptable to the DER and the DNR.- The District would have to <br />continue monitoring this area of small islands on a basis of 3 <br />times a week during the breeding period and then 2 days a week <br />during the non -breeding period. The District will continue to <br />larvicide the area at the taxpayers expense, just like any other <br />_ 7 <br />