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Chairman Gary C. Wheeler Aye <br />Vice Chairman Carolyn K. Eggert' Aye <br />Commissioner Richard N. Bird <br />Commissioner Margaret C. Bowman <br />Commissioner Don C. Scurlock, Jr. <br />Aye <br />Aye <br />Aye <br />The Chairman thereupon declared the resolution passed <br />and adopted this 21st day of March, 1989. <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />`INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />By <br />Gary . Wheeler <br />Ch man <br />DISCUSSION ON CREATING A MANATEE PROTECTION AREA <br />Commissioner Bowman informed the Board that it has recently <br />come to her attention that the north fork of the Sebastian River <br />is heavily populated with manatees, and in the area where they <br />congregate east of the spillway, there is also a boat ramp. <br />There is no No Speeding zone there, no No Wake zone, and no <br />policing. She advised that she called the St. John's River Water <br />Management District, and it is not their jurisdiction. East of <br />the spillway is the jurisdiction of the Marine Patrol, but <br />unfortunately we have never had very much success with the Marine <br />Patrol. She believed the county line is right down the middle of <br />the river there. <br />County Attorney Vitunac advised that we have a proposal with <br />Brevard County to amend the County boundary, but it won't be <br />effective until June. The boundary will meander and follow the <br />deepest part of the river. <br />Commissioner Bowman noted that she had talked to Biologist <br />Diane Barile, who is trying to get an ordinance passed in Brevard <br />County for the protection of the manatees, and she would like to <br />have one here and then we can have a deputy enforce it. <br />OR 21 `iW9 <br />47 <br />TOOK <br />764'3� <br />F'.1�F <br />