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RESOLUTION
(� WHEREAS, it is the understanding of the Board of County Commis
•' stoners of Indian River County, Florida, that the Corps of Engineers are
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now making a survey through Indian River County for widening, deepening
and relocating the inland waterway in the Indian River through thi;3 County;
and,
WHEREAS, it is the further understanding of this Board that spoil
areas for the deposit of material moved in the digging of this waterway have
been set aside, designated and established in the open waters of the Indian
River; and,
WHEREAS, Indian River County and the State of Florida are now
and have been for many years expending large sums of money in the control
and eradication of sandflies and mosquitoes from the marsh areas bordering
the Indian River; Now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian
River County, Florida, that this Board does herewith respectfully petition
the Corps of Engineers, the Florida Inland Navigation District, the Trustees
of the Internal 1 ent I-'und an L Congressional delegation to co-
operate stab Shing the spoll areas in an on the marsh lands bordering;
the Indian River, of only to aid the Counits mosquitoe and sandfly con-
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trol program but also to the open waters of the Indian River and to
prevent them from being filled with sand bars and islands which will further
aggravate mosquitos and sandfly problem as well as materially interfering
with the public use of the Indian River.
BI's IT FURTHF11 RH30LVED that certified copies of this Resolution
be furnished to all of the above named, and to the Indian sliver County
MoRquito Control District and the City of Vero Beach.
MITCHELL, SMITH 5 MITCHELL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA