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2/20/91(RESO)LEGAL(WGC/nhm) <br />RESOLUTION NO. 91- 25 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, <br />FLORIDA, OPPOSING ELIMINATING OR WEAKENING <br />MOSQUITO CONTROL IN THE DEPARTMENT OF <br />HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES. <br />WHEREAS, it is reported that the current Administration and <br />the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services are <br />considering diminishing or eliminating the Mosquito Control programs <br />within Entomology Services; and <br />WHEREAS, the state Mosquito Control is an indispensable <br />asset to the SUBCOMMITTEE ON MANAGED MARSHES (SOMM) and in <br />coordinating the St. Johns River Water <br />marsh restoration program; and <br />WHEREAS, without the state Mosquito Control <br />continuing ability of SOMM to function as the leading <br />Management District's SWIM salt <br />support, the <br />committee <br />in <br />determining and encouraging optimal salt marsh management practices in <br />the state will be severely jeopardized, a critical loss for the citizens of <br />the STATE OF FLORIDA; and <br />WHEREAS, since SOMM's formation in 1983, Mosquito Control <br />has actively promoted "best management practices" (BMP) for Florida's <br />ecologically important and environmentally sensitive salt marshes; and <br />WHEREAS, research funded through Mosquito Control has <br />helped define BMPs allowing for improved management of thousands of <br />acres of Florida's salt marshes with a reduced reliance on mosquito <br />control chemicals, and the loss of the state Mosquito Control programs <br />would eliminate this funding source; and <br />WHEREAS, Mosquito Control serves a major role in <br />coordinating mosquito control activities on environmentally sensitive <br />state lands; and <br />WHEREAS, the funding of Mosquito Control proved vitally <br />important to the control of the St. Louis encephalitis mosquito outbreak <br />of 1990; and <br />1 <br />W9/ <br />