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18. First Responders • Indian River County BCC SUPPORTS the use of Critical Incident Stress Management Plans to assist first responders with psychological traumas including post-traumatic stress syndrome. 19. Emergency Shelters— Reimbursements • Indian River County BCC SUPPORTS policy changes that allow school boards, municipalities, or other emergency sheltering entities to directly seen reimbursement from FEMA for emergency sheltering. 20. Housing Assistance • Indian River County BCC OPPOSES policies that require the establishment of a local government risk mitigation program. 21. Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity (COPCNI • Indian River County BCC OPPOSES policies relating to COPCNs which would negatively impact the County's Emergency Services District's ability to provide services. 22. School Resource Officers • Indian River County BCC SUPPORTS the creation of a new dedicated and recurring statutory funding source to fully fund School Resources Officers (SRO) positions in all public schools. Envlronmenia esourcesand tipaterPoltcies 23. Frackin� • Indian River County BCC OPPOSES state preemption of fracking activities; OPPOSES policies that create a public records exemption for proprietary information provided by drilling companies to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection ("FDEP") through FDEP's online chemical disclosure registry; and SUP- PORTS the ability of local governments to adopt local moratoriums on all new well stimulation activities, including hydraulic fracturing and acidization. 24. Septic to Sewer • Indian River County BCC SUPPORTS an Indian River Lagoon and Caloosahatchee River 50/50 grant matching program in support of septic to sewer conversions to include all of the communities along the Indi- an River Lagoon. 25. Water Infrastructure Grant • Indian River County BCC SUPPORTS the Department of Environmental Protection's budget request for $50 Million from General Revenue for projects that will address septic system and stormwater pollution in the Indian River Lagoon, and ensure that our coastal communities have a resilient water supply. 26. Derelict Vessels • Indian River County BCC SUPPORTS policies that would streamline the process to remove derelict vessels from the waterways of the State of Florida; and SUPPORTS revised statutory authority and continued state funding for the enforcement and removal of derelict vessels, with emphasis on chronic offenders. 27. Green Space Funds • Indian River County SUPPORTS policies that add conservation lands to the list of greenspace areas eligible for funding related to management and the removal of exotic and nuisance native vegetation. 16 oaf