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RESOLUTION NO. 90-20 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, INTERIM MANATEE PROTECTION WATERS OF THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FLORIDA, APPROVING AN SPEED ZONE PLAN FOR LAGOON IN INDIAN RIVER WHEREAS, manatee protection and boating safety are concerns in the interest of public health, safety and welfare; and WHEREAS, on October 24, 1989 the Florida Department of Natural Resources (FDNB) made recommendations to the Governor and Cabinet regarding boating safety and manatee protection strategies for thirteen "key" manatee protection counties, including Indian River County; and WHEREAS, in considering FDNR's recommendations, the Governor and Cabinet voted to give the thirteen key counties 60 days or until December 26, 1989 to choose among three alternatives regarding local speed zone regulations, those alternatives being: 1) a 300' wide shoreline buffer slow -speed zone (marked navigation channels exempt), 2) a maximum 30 m.p.h. speed limit within marked channels, 20 m.p.h. elsewhere, or 3) a locally develop site-specific interim speed zone plan; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners authorized the establishment of an Ad Hoc Manatee Protection and Boating Safety Committee to make recommendations concerning the selection and/or formulation of a local speed zone alternative; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners conceptually approved said Ad Hoc Committee's recommendations and forwarded such recommendations to the FDNR to satisfy the December 26, 1989 deadline, conditioned upon the County retaining the flexibility to refine the submitted recommendations based on subsequent public workshop/hearing input; and WHEREAS, the Ad Hoc Committee has thereafter met and has formulated further recommendations to the Board of County Commis- sioners to be considered for approval and for forwarding to the FDNR to meet a March 1, 1990 deadline for a finalized interim manatee protection speed zone plan; and WHEREAS, the Ad Hoc Committee's recommendations for a finalized interim manatee protection speed zone plan were forward- ed to the Board of County Commissioners for consideration; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has held a public hearing on the adoption of the finalized interim manatee protection plan, and has considered comments made public at a joint public workshop on the matter held January 30, 1990 in Sebastian; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners voted to modify the Ad Hoc Committee's recommendations, based on public input, said modified interim manatee protection speed zone plan described and depicted in "Attachment A", attached hereto; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED That the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, hereby approves the modified interim manatee protection speed zone plan as set forth in "Attachment A" attached hereto, said plan to be submitted to the Florida Department of Natural Resources for review and consid- eration for incorporation into State rules.