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TO • • Board of County Commissioners FROM: Gary C. Wheeler Chairman Marine Advisory Committee DATE: January 14, 1988 FILE: SUBJECT: Marine Advisory Committee Recommendations REFERENCES: The Marine Advisory Committee made the following recommendations at their January 7, 1988 meeting: The Committee unanimously recommended that the County Commission assess $4,000 as this County's portion of the cooperative effort to do an aerial photography study of seagrass beds in the Indian River Lagoon. The Committee further unanimously recommended that the County Commission send a Resolution to the Governor asking that the Indian River Lagoon- be designated as an Estuary of National Significance. If the Indian River Lagoon is designated as an Estuary of National Significance, funds may be available from the Environmental Protection Agency for the implementation of our programs for the protection and management of the Indian River Lagoon. Commissioner Wheeler introduced Diane Barite of the Resources Council of East Central Florida, who will give presentation, and also Dr. Robert Virnstein of Seagrass Ecosystems Analysts. Ms. Barile informed the Board that appropriated funds for the Indian River Improvement Management Bill (S.W.I.M.). Marine a the State Legislature under the Surface Water Research on the river has been going on for quite some time and about 2.1 million in state and local funds have been spent on strategies. Right now this estuary is a studies and management model for the rest of the country, and Ms. Barite advised that they have been invited all over the United States to explain how they came up with strategies for the Indian River that people are willing to work with and act upon. Ms. Barite continued that there are three agenda items today related to the Indian River river. One is a part of S.W.I.M. - JAN 19 1988 27 BOOK 70 Fay[ 587