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DEG ic,J db <br />9 BOOK <br />RESOLUTION NO.89-161 <br />I 8 F4:GE 721 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, APPROVING A <br />CONCEPTUAL INTERIM MANATEE PROTECTION SPEED ZONE <br />PLAN FOR WATERS OF THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON IN <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. <br />WHEREAS, manatee protection and boating safety are <br />concerns in the interest of public health, safety and welfare; and <br />WHEREAS, on October 24, 1989 the Florida Department of <br />Natural Resources (FDNR) made recommendations to the Governor and <br />Cabinet regarding boating safety and manatee protection strategies <br />for thirteen "key" manatee protection counties, including Indian <br />River County; and <br />WHEREAS, in considering FDNR's recommendations, the <br />Governor and Cabinet voted to give the thirteen key counties 60 <br />days or until December 26, 1989 to choose among three alternatives <br />regarding localspeed zone regulations, those alternatives being: <br />1) a 300' wide shoreline buffer slow -speed zone <br />(marked navigation channels exempt), <br />2) a maximum 30 m.p.h. speed limit within marked <br />channels, 20 m.p.h. elsewhere, or <br />3) a .locally developed site-specific interim speed <br />zone plan; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners authorized <br />the establishment of an Ad Hoc Manatee Protection and Boating <br />Safety Committee to make recommendations concerning the selection <br />and/or formulation of a local speed zone alternative; and <br />WHEREAS, the Ad Hoc Committee has met and has formulated <br />recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners to be con- <br />sidered for approval and for forwarding to the FDNR to meet the <br />December 26, 1989 deadline; and <br />WHEREAS, the Ad Hoc Committee's recommendations for a <br />conceptual interim manatee protection speed zone plan are de- <br />scribed and depicted in "ATTACHMENT A," attached hereto; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED That the Board of County <br />Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, hereby approves the <br />Ad Hoc Manatee Protection and Boating Safety Committee's conceptu- <br />al interim manatee protection speed zone plan and recommendations, <br />as set forth in "Attachment A" attached hereto, said plan and <br />recommendations to be submitted to the Florida Department of <br />Natural Resources for review and consideration in meeting the <br />December 26, 1989 State -imposed time frame. <br />Eggert <br />Bowman <br />The foregoing having been moved by Commissioner <br />and second by Commissioner <br />, upon being put to a vote, was carried with a <br />vote as follows: <br />tii, <br />Chairman Gary C. Wheeler <br />Vice Chairman Carolyn K. Eggert <br />Commissioner Richard N. Bird <br />Commissioner Margaret C. Bowman <br />Commissioner Don C. Scurlock, Jr. <br />Aye <br />Aye <br />Aye <br />Aye <br />Absent <br />The Chairman thereupon declared the resolution duly <br />passed and adopted this 19th <br />80 <br />day of December , 1989. <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER <br />BY <br />Gary C Wheeler, UfiiIrman <br />