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E <br />n`IK l5 �✓?�C. V l9 <br />Newell Ridenahour, 271 Edwards Road, Melbourne, read the following letter from <br />Leroy Wright, Regional Director of the Florida Wildlife Federation and President of <br />S.A.V.E. the St. Johns River, Inc.: <br />.�; SOL File St. Johns River, Inc. <br />4045 Edgewood Place <br />Cocoa, Florida 32926 <br />414 <br />31 May 1998 <br />Boas o6 County Commi6sionm RECEIVED <br />Bttevaui County, Floaida JUN - 2 1998 <br />CLERK TO THE BOARD <br />Dealt mem4evs o6 the Commis,t n: <br />An issue 06 agnifcant importance to the membem o6 S.A.V.E. the St. Johns <br />Rivett, Inc. and the Ftotida WitdQe Fedettation (FWF) i6 upcoming bor. de6axe 4y <br />the commission. <br />The i66ue bs avi4oatueg on the Se4astian Rive:. My in depth lrnowiedge 06 <br />how this 466ue came a4ma is timited. howeved.. the matted, is moot W iiou6. I <br />undedstand Indian Rived. County WM 6e discussing the matt" on 2 June. <br />The eonCe4n 06 ow. organizations deab quiet simply with the use 06 any <br />otdinance fly a county gove4nment to 4an 4"oating on pu4Ue waterwayb slowing <br />tMttough county 40und44iei6. Regulations attteady exist that add%m noise pot(ution. <br />16 citizens have complained that aWoats ettode the dwreline, the aWoat6 dispe4se <br />te6s tuatett than oth" float, (such as my 20 -boot, 1,800 pound, 200 HP 4a66 float). <br />Please. do not 64vie out die ar4oateA _6&t any flan 06 We on the Sabastian Rivett. <br />The 42.000 plus ouppoaters o6 ou4 two gwupo could not accept such a pteeedent <br />netting ordinance. <br />I #navel much over the 20 -county area o6 central Florida in pe%6orining my <br />duties bot the Flotilla WUdUk Fed"ation and S.A.V.E. I have fust netuRned Wm a <br />two-day con6ownce in Ocala with the Board 06 Directors o6 the FWF, wh4ke outt <br />60cus was on "Use o6 PuUic Lands and Wates o6 the State". I wU4 6e out-06-6tate <br />until 10 June and cannot mend the heaWW in Veto Beach. Mem4eh6 o6 ou4 am4 <br />"Oat dAA6 wild &e in attendance and voice WA o6lection to any additi.onat <br />ordinancers, and in paUicatft any e65ort W single out the aiUoateu. <br />Pt¢ase, do not 6uppo4t any ordinance that Jars 04 ttestuc S ak4oating on the <br />Sa"gian Riven. I trust the 40attd will act properly to ensutte the 6%eedom 06 aU <br />citizens to enjoy thein, own type 06 6oating in F1(04ida Ovate%. <br />As I uM 4e traveling tomorttow. and do not have the nameis and addles 06 <br />the Indian Rived, County comm456ioned6. a copy o6 " ietteti wM 6e pwAented to <br />the 4oatd on 2 June. <br />Reis <br />ey: Indian Rivett County <br />Commission <br />LeA yMtight. Regional Diteet&%. FWF/ <br />Phz6ident, S.A.V.i=. the St. Johns Rivett. Inc. <br />SAVE - Sportsmen A&st Violatine the Fnvir mrnt <br />JUNE 291998 <br />0 <br />-62- • <br />