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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 />