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RESOLUTION NO. 7-41 WHEREAS, the Pelican Island Audubon Society has requested that the county Commission seek a dedication by the Trustees of the M Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida of certain sovereign lands situated in Indian River County; and, WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners considers that the preservation of the estuarine resources of the Indian River in this County and the protection of the dependent Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, together with their considerate use and enjoyment by the public,are vital to the long term social and economic interests of the citizens of this County; and, WHEREAS, after continued study and review, it appears to the Board that this purpose could best be served by a "Proposed Enlarge- ment of the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge" to the bound- aries defined on pages 4 and 5 of the attached brochure of tie Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Fish and Wildlife Service, U. S. Department of the Interior, dated April 4, 1963; and, WHEREAS, the Bureau has recently confirmed the merit of this proposed addition and again expressed willingness to administer the described area as a part of the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge; and, WHEREAS, previous reports by the Florida Board of Conservation and the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission support the Bureau's evaluation of this extremely rich shallow water area; Now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, does hereby respectfully petition the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund, to dedicate in perpetuity, to the people of Indian River County and the Board of County Commissioners, with authority to sublease to the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wild - fife for their administration as a wildlife sanctuary, all those sovereign bottom lands lying within the described area of the "Pro- posed Enlargement of the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge",