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Deletion: Item 14.E.1. Economic Opportunities in the State Road 60 Corridor <br />Move: Item 14.E.2. Commissioner Zorc on the Zika Virus to be heard in <br />conjunction with Item S.C. <br />ON MOTION by Vice Chairman Flescher, SECONDED by Commissioner <br />O'Bryan, the Board unanimously approved the Agenda as amended. <br />5. PROCLAMATIONS and PRESENTATIONS <br />9:04 A. Presentation of Proclamation Designating the Week of July 17, 2016, as <br />a.m. Treasure Coast Waterway Cleanup Week in Indian River County 1 <br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />Commissioner O'Bryan read and presented the Proclamation to Steve <br />Haigis, Site Coordinator and former president of Marine Industries <br />Association of the Treasure Coast. Mr. Haigis announced the cleanup <br />sites for the 91h Annual Treasure Coast Waterway Cleanup that will take <br />place on Saturday, July 23, 2016. <br />9:08 B. Presentation of Proclamation Designating the Month of July, 2016, As Parks <br />a.m. and Recreation Month 2 <br />------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />Vice Chairman Flescher read and presented the Proclamation to <br />Assistant County Administrator Michael Zito; Parks Foreman Lorenzo <br />Jefferson; Conservation Lands Manager Beth Powell; and Recreation <br />Coordinator Scott Seeley. <br />10:50 C. Presentation on Zika Virus by Doug Carlson, Director, Indian River <br />a.m. Mosquito Control District, John King, Director, Indian River County <br />Emergency Services, and Miranda Hawker, Administrator, Indian River <br />County Health Department ---- <br />-------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />(Clerk's Note: This item was heard following Item 13. C. and is placed <br />here for continuity). <br />Indian River County Health Department Administrator Miranda <br />Hawker gave a PowerPoint Presentation on the Zika virus (Zika). She <br />discussed modes of transmission; symptoms; birth defects; geographical <br />locations with active transmissions; the status of cases in the United <br />States and locally; and the Health Department's response to the virus. <br />Indian River Mosquito Control District Director Doug Carlson <br />continued the Presentation to describe the Florida mosquito species <br />(Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus), which transmit Zika. He urged <br />citizens to eliminate natural and artificial container habitats where the <br />mosquitos breed, and discussed the problem of mosquitos breeding in <br />discarded tires. <br />Board of County Commission Meeting Page 2 <br />July 12, 2016 <br />