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O Q RESOLUTION NO.89-161� __� ' .� .—a_ is A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIANRIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, APPROVING A CONCEPTUAL INTERIM MANATEE PROTECTION SPEED ZOITE . PLAN FOR WATERS OF THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. 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 M' Natural Resources (FDNR) 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 a 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 developed 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 Ad Hoc Committee has met and has formulated recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners to be con- sidered for approval and for forwarding to the FDNR to meet the December 26, 1989 deadline; and WHEREAS, the Ad Hoc Committee's recommendations for a conceptual interim manatee protection speed zone plan are de- scribed and depicted in "ATTACHMENT A," attached hereto; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED That the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, hereby Y approves roves the Ad Hoc Manatee Protection and Boating Safety Cmunittee,s conceptu- al interim manatee protection speed zone plan and recommendations, as set forth in "Attachment A" attached hereto, said plan and recommendations to be submitted to the Florida Department of Natural Resources for review and consideration in meeting the December 26, 1989 State-imposed time frame.