HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-025RESOLUTION NO. 67-25
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River
County, Florida, has received a requested report, dated April 12,
1967, from the Florida State Board of Conservation, in which it is
stated in the concluding paragraph, that "mounting research indicates
that our estuaries are actually and potentially too valuable to be
used as borrow areas and dumping grounds for the undesirable by-
products of urbanization, agriculture and industry", and
WHEREAS, the above conclusion is supported by additional tech-
nical advice and expressions of public interest received at this meeting
from local conservation groups and conservation experienced individuals,
with respect to the damaging effect of dredging and dredge filling
inthe waters of the public estuaries of this county and with special
emphasis on the east shore of the Indian River southward from the
Sebastian Inlet;
NOW, `I'HEREPORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the above report and the
representations presented, together with evidence previously collected,
is now sufficient evidence to warrant decision at this time, that any
further dredging in public estuarine waters beyond mean high water
or established bulkhead lines, except for navigational channels,
bottom rehabilitation or other public projects would be against the
public interest; and
BE IT FUR'T'HER RESOLVED that non-public fibs in the Indian River
and Sebastian River should be permitted only in those areas protected
from open water by seawalls or adequate retaining dams to prevent
backwash into the river and that only materials from navigation
channels or from the ocean with discharge to the ocean or from upland
sources should be used; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the District Engineer of the Corps of
Engineers, Jacksonville, Florida be advised that these resolutions
apply as recommendations for their attention with respect to out-
standing and pending dredge and fill permits for the east shore of the
Indian River along AlA from the area of the Pelican Island National
Refuge to Chobia Dock and Coconut Point; and