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the center of the river, and they are working on protection plans with both Brevard County and Indian River County. In fact, they just sent their proposed rule for Brevard County to the Florida Administrative Weekly for advertisement and are scheduling public meetings to get additional input. He informed the Board that they included the rest of the Sebastian River that was in Indian River County in that rule, and the main reason for this was the critical nature of the need for protection of the manatees within the Sebastian River system. This part of the rule making will go to the Governor some time in June, and the rule making for the rest of the county will go to the Governor in the fall. Mr. Rose assured the Board that they will certainly take the Board's comments back to the'Governor, but noted that they did not include a 20 mph corridor in the proposed rule that just went out for publication. Commissioner Bird just wished to make the point that the river is extremely wide in that area, and having a corridor in the center for the boaters would still leave a large area along both the shorelines for the manatees to migrate in and out. Mr. Rose advised that they have looked at that possibility, but they spent a lot of time evaluating that area and still are not recommending such a corridor. He wished the Board to be aware that they feel that what is proposed is --a minimum plan for protection of the manatees and they will be back working with the county in the intervening years towards the final plan which is scheduled for 1993. Commissioner Scurlock felt, in other words, they are just tightening the noose and by 1993, they will have everyone out of the river but the manatees. Mr. Rose stated that is not it at all. The point is to take that time and work out reasonable solutions to protect the manatee and allow for the recreation and commercial uses of the river system. BOOK 35 MAY 81990 J