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RESOLUTION NO. 90-58 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, APPROVING A REVISED INTERIM MANATEE PROTECTION SPEED ZONE PLAN FOR WATERS OF THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, REPLACING RESOLUTION 90-20. 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, on February 6, 1990, the Board of County Commissioners held a public hearing on the adoption of a finalized interim manatee protection plan, and 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 adopted an interim manatee protection speed zone plan, Resolution 90-20, and forwarded said plan to the FDNR for review and consideration for incorporation into State rules; and WHEREAS, FDNB found Resolution 90-20 not to provide adequate protection for manatees, and consequently submitted a proposal to the Board requesting that it be adopted in lieu of Resolution 90- 20; and WHEREAS, the Board has now held a public hearing to consider the adoption of the FDNR proposal with certain modifications, as set forth in "Attachment A" attached hereto; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, hereby approves a revised interim manatee protection speed zone plan as set forth in "Attachment A" attached hereto, in lieu of Resolution 90-20, said plan to be submitted to the FDNR for incorporation into State rules.