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JUN 2 6 1990 <br />RONALD SALES <br />BOOK. �� F',',CE 47 7 <br />LAW OFFICE <br />RONALD SALES, P.A. <br />P. O. aOx 3107' <br />Iasi FORUM PLACE • SUiTE. 30OF <br />WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 33402 <br />June 26, 1990 TELEPHONE 686.2333 <br />AREA CODE 407 <br />PLEASE REFER TO: <br />Commissioner Caroline Eggert <br />Chairman, County Commission <br />Indian River County <br />1840 25th Street <br />Vero Beach, Florida <br />Commissioner Douglas Scurlock <br />Indian River County Commission <br />1840 25th Street <br />Vero Beach, Florida <br />Commissioner Maggie Bowman* <br />Indian River County Commission <br />1840 25th Street <br />Vero Beach, Florida <br />Commissioner Gary Wheeler <br />vice Chairman, County Commisslon <br />Indian River County <br />1840 25th Street <br />Vero Beach, Florida <br />Commissioner Richard Bird <br />Indian River County Commission <br />1840 25th Street <br />Vero Beach, Florida <br />Mr. James Chandler <br />County Manager <br />Indian River County <br />1840 25th Street <br />Vero Beach, Florida <br />Re: Proposed Lease to Indian River County of Real <br />.Property for Gun Range <br />Dear Commissioners Eggert, Wheeler, Scurlock, Bird and Bowman and <br />Mr. Chandler: <br />i represent Twenty Mile Bend Groves, Inc. it owns <br />- around 354 acres in Section 6, Township 33 Range 36 in Indian <br />River County. The east boundary of Its land, around one and one- <br />half miles from north to south, is contiguous to property owned <br />by St. John River Water Management District to the east, around <br />fifty acres, which is the subject of a proposed lease by the <br />water district to Indian River County for a gun range. <br />The water district's fifty acres is a fresh water marsh <br />with a muck bottom, cattails, myrtles and native palms. The <br />marsh IS full of rare and beautiful birds and animals. There are <br />Everglades kites, bald eagles, sandhlll cranes, osprey, otters <br />and bobcats. There are significant environmental concerns on <br />the land. <br />The gun range ought to be located somewhere else. If <br />the County Insists on locating the gun range contiguous to my <br />client's property, this Is your notice and request that Mr. <br />William M. Cobb, president of Twenty Mile Bend Groves, Inc. and <br />be given notice of all applications and all hearings on applica- <br />tions for construction, draining, filling and other permits and <br />permissions to Indian River County, st. John River Water <br />Management District, Department of Environmental Regulation, - <br />Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Agency <br />or the U.S Corps of Engineers related to the construction and <br />operation of a gun range. <br />rs:m <br />CC: Mr. William M. Cobb <br />Sincerely, <br />Ronald Sa s <br />16 <br />