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RESOLUTION NO. 67-25 <br />WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River <br />County, Florida, has received a requested report, dated April 12, <br />1967, from the Florida State Board of Conservation, in which it is <br />stated in the concluding paragraph, that "mounting research indicates <br />that our estuaries are actually and potentially too valuable to be <br />used as borrow areas and dumping grounds for the undesirable by- <br />products of urbanization, agriculture and industry", and <br />WHEREAS, the above conclusion is supported by additional tech- <br />nical advice and expressions of public interest received at this meeting <br />from local conservation groups and conservation experienced individuals, <br />with respect to the damaging effect of dredging and dredge filling <br />inthe waters of the public estuaries of this county and with special <br />emphasis on the east shore of the Indian River southward from the <br />Sebastian Inlet; <br />NOW, `I'HEREPORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the above report and the <br />representations presented, together with evidence previously collected, <br />is now sufficient evidence to warrant decision at this time, that any <br />further dredging in public estuarine waters beyond mean high water <br />or established bulkhead lines, except for navigational channels, <br />bottom rehabilitation or other public projects would be against the <br />public interest; and <br />BE IT FUR'T'HER RESOLVED that non-public fibs in the Indian River <br />and Sebastian River should be permitted only in those areas protected <br />from open water by seawalls or adequate retaining dams to prevent <br />backwash into the river and that only materials from navigation <br />channels or from the ocean with discharge to the ocean or from upland <br />sources should be used; and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the District Engineer of the Corps of <br />Engineers, Jacksonville, Florida be advised that these resolutions <br />apply as recommendations for their attention with respect to out- <br />standing and pending dredge and fill permits for the east shore of the <br />Indian River along AlA from the area of the Pelican Island National <br />Refuge to Chobia Dock and Coconut Point; and <br />