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'AM ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER
FLORIDA, CHANGING THE NAME
"COLORED SCHOOL SUBDIVISION"
"DOUGLAS SUBDIVISION."
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WHEREAS, Section 177.142, Florida Statutes, allows a county by ordinance
to change the name of subdivisions that the Board of County Commissioners
determines constitute an ethnic or racial slur; and
WHEREAS, the residents of the Wabasso area have requested that the
name of the subdivision recorded in Plat Book 2, Page 52, of the public records of
Indian River County, be changed from the "Colored School Subdivision" to the
"Douglas Subdivision"; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners finds that this change is in
the public interest;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
1. The Board hereby determines that the name the "Colored School Subdivision"
constitutes a racial and ethnic slur' and should be changed to the "Douglas
Subdivision."
2. The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall place in the margin of the plat a notation
that the name has been changed as well as other data as required by law.
This
ordinance shall take
effect upon filing
with the
Florida Secretary of
State.
The ordinance was advertised in the Vero Beach Press Journal on the
15 day of May , 1998, for a public hearing to be held on the 26 day
of Ma , 1998, at which time it was moved for adoption by Commissioner
Adams , seconded by Commissioner Egg ex t , and adopted
by the following vote: 1,
Chairman John W. Tippin Aye
Vice Chairman Kenneth R. Macht Aye
Commissioner Caroline D. Ginn Aye
Commissioner Carolyn K. Eggert Aye
e Commissioner Fran B. Adams Aye
(Itiv document was prepared by
and shoe he re nrued to
the County Apnorney's Office,
1840 25th St., Vero Beach,
Florida 32960
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The Ch`airmanthereupon declared the ordinance duly passed and adopted
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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ACKNOWL EDIG MENT.by'th." Department of State of the State of Florida, this JS t
day of "June` V-1998.
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