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AU 1987 <br />BOOK <br />0. <br />Vitunac advised <br />that he would first work with the <br />County <br />Adminis- <br />trator before advertising a joint meeting of the committees <br />involved. <br />Chairman Scurlock reported that the Finance Advisory <br />Committee is considering various alternatives for funding of the <br />library bonds, and lengthy discussion took place on the timing of <br />_.bond issues on the libraries. <br />The Board indicated their agreement that Commissioner Eggert <br />was to approach the Library Committee with the idea of the main <br />library being built in the proposed new governmental complex. <br />DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF LAND IN SOUTH BREVARD AND <br />NORTH INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES TO PRESERVE TURTLE NESTING HABITAT <br />The Board reviewed the following letter dated 8111187: <br />o - State of Florida <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE <br />TG'Q9 RES�J� Marjory Stoneman Douglas Building <br />3900 Commonwealth BoulevadiSTRLBUTION LIST BILL GUNTER <br />• 13Tallahassee. Florida 32399 ' / e State Treasurer <br />Commissioners V DOYLE CONNER <br />TOM GARDNERAgriculture <br />" '• ircnor 4 � REPLY TO: Administrator Commissioner of Agriculture q AUG1987 BETTY CASTOR <br />1�/i7A 4O •. N Division of Marine Resourc&ttorney Commissioner of Education <br />�% �-iVEp O Phone: (813) 896-8626 <br />6J to ,� Research Laboratories PerSOMeI <br />AU�� clt �l:P I�1i1itJC�"R "' 100 Eighth Avenue S.E. Suncom: 623-1011 <br />G )987 �p (r► w St. Petersburg, Florida 33701&mbliC Works <br />o ��' Community Liev. <br />to <br />� 80gRp���D ^' !���'blsZtZ9ti11 August W&,es <br />C" com,,ss�e " 'ti Finsn::a <br />Na >4' rmit Holder: Other- n rn ne-y <br />O£6ZgZ 9is letter is being mailed to all permit holders to make a very special <br />request. Your assistance is requested to support the purchase of land in <br />south Brevard and north Indian River counties to be preserved as sea turtle <br />nesting habitat. The area is also important for the protection of a variety <br />of:other threatened or rare animal and plant species including the gopher <br />tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)•, eastern indingo snake (Drymarchon corais <br />couperi), Florida.scrub jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens coerulescens), beach <br />creeper (Ernodea littoralis), sea -side cactus (Cereus gracillus) and necklace <br />pod (Sophora tomentosa), to name a few. , <br />The Florida Natural Areas Inventory has proposed that the state's Conservation <br />and Recreation Program (C.A.R•.L.) acquire two separate parcels of land. 'The <br />property in'south Brevard County is being referred to as "Brevard Turtle <br />Beaches" while the property in north Indian River County is being referred to <br />as "Wabasso•Beach" - please refer,to enclosures. Brevard turtle beaches <br />include tracks of land within the most important loggerhead (Caretta caretta) <br />rookery in the Western Hemisphere. Dr. Lew Ehrhart, University of Central <br />Florida, has been surveying a 21 kilometer stretch from Melbourne Beach to the <br />northern boundary of Sebastian Inlet State Recreation Area since 1982. During <br />the 1986 nesting season, more than one third of all loggerhead nests counted <br />in Florida (10,745 out of 30",983) were within this zone. Nesting densities <br />range between 400-600 loggerhead nests per kilometer per year. Green turtle <br />(Chelonia m das) nesting is also relatively high with as many as 13.4 nests <br />per kilometer per -year. <br />51 <br />