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WHEREAS, the Board of County Comninsioners of Indian
River County, Florida, is vitally interested In trio control of
mosquitoes, sand flies and other insects in Indian Enver County#
(Florida, and the I
-)rotoctlon of property in tbl# County,"fr= flood
and ntorm damage; and,
WMEAS, till& 13oard has noted that most Or Indian River'
County *104,0, the Indian River is located along thait part of the
InItan River known ae tho' I *WarrowA", that is$ that the In(Itan River
through this County to such aarrowqr then It is both to trio North
and to the South or thl# COWAY wl--,l ttutt said river contains many
islands, shoals and bars UM*dlng the, rine of watar; and,
fnjVU&". ttLta t*ard boo aot,*4 that in the t1mo of
hUrrto*n##. *tore Wtn4a, f,,,*r high ttd*s atumod primarily by winds
thathe water# ot tho, IrAjan alvar, build up t,,;i a flood heighth
tn th& nerrojetheraiby rloodlal the property a4loining the jAdtan
River in thts Comtyj Now, thororar4,
a IT FUMOLM by do Board of COWAty CoMMUSIonora, or
trolj*n fdv*r OoUaty that trita, %ar4 does her#wIth ro,spootfUllY
v#e4u#et trio pin
,rld& jajtn!
,%tjc,,vj Ot*triet em the Oorv* or
xnelnowr* or the, Onit#4 States Aral to 0^*0 note 4X th* unuA"I
4ttAiaticin pr*v*t1tax along the Indian RIvo-r in thto County and to
10"416tall stop its proatlea, or dradiging, ala to or olowrlitg
the 1Ator-1o**t*l Waterway In the Iodl&n River through We county
by dag the *P*11 Into thie, Indian River, th4robY rwtbs-r
ispeding trio clow or votar thraug% tuns na"al" and Vila Board do**
further request thwt in the rutty r*, any contracts for dredging or
the Inter -Coastal Waterway provide that any spoil removed froA
the Indian River will be deposited upon the shores or the Indian
River whore this #me will not OnlY Prevent the Wpodlitg or 'water
through the narrows but will also be or great benefit to the
citizens of this County In filling the marsh areas on trio shore,
thereby assisting in eliminating mosquitoes, sand flies and other
insects In this area.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVZD, that a certified copy hereof be
furnished to the Honorable Spessard L. Holland and the honorable
George Bmathars, United Staten Senators from Florida, and the
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Honorable Dwight L. Rogers, Member of Congress from this District,
the Honorable Axel Peterson, Member of the Florida Inland Naviga-
tion District from tilts District, and to the Florida Inland
Navigation District and the District office of the Corps of
Engineers, United States Anny, at Jacksonville, Florida, with the
request that all these parties use their best efforts and good
offices toward accomplishing the purposes set forth in this
Resolution.