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NATURAL RESOURCES BOARD
MINUTES
TUESDAY, MARCH 3rd, 2009 - 6:00 P.M.
City Council Chamber, 1225 Main Street, Sebastian
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Vice Chairperson Graves called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m.
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
ROLL CALL:
Present:
Robin Graves
Cynthia Shuster
Lynn Albury
Ken Grudens
Scott Nelson
Barbara Salmon
Excused Absence:
Todd Klitenic
Ginny Koerner
The Vice Chairperson announced that she and the Board offered their hopes and
prayers that Chairperson Koerner was feeling better and recovered soon.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: February 3, 2009
MOTION by Ms. Schuster and SECOND by Ms. Salmon to approve the February 3,
2009 minutes as written, passed with a unanimous voice vote.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: No announcements.
PUBLIC INPUT:
Mr. Bruce Zingman informed the board that there are finally recycle bins in Riverview
Park. He said SPOA had 10 -15 bird nesting boxes for Earth Day for children to paint
in their booth. Mr. Zingman spoke about having a dedication to local singer Pete Harris
during Earth Day. The board members liked the idea. He said there would be a couple
of speeches and a couple bands would play some of Pete Harris's music. If possible he
would like this to happen around 1:00 pm.
Mr. Jim Sunnycalb, Sebastian, showed the board pictures of the squirrel nesting box that
is hanging in Riverview Park. He let the board know he got permission from the City to
put a box in Easy Street Park and member Scott Nelson and his children will be building
this box.
OLD BUSINESS:
A. Earth Dav - Saturday, April 18th 2009 -Riverview Park, Sebastian
Ms. Graves informed the board that she spoke with Charles at the Clean Marina
program and he would like a table, which is not a problem.
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Nancy Wood, Indian River Green Team, apologized about not being available
earlier in the process of Earth Day. She let the board know she had met with the
Chairperson, Ginny Koerner, and they discussed some issues that Ms. Wood
had. Ms. Wood asked about fire extinguishers for vendors and she said she had
a contact and would get some extras. Ms. Wood asked about the possibility of
the Native American tribe building a fire in the fire pit during the celebration. Ms.
Reynolds would check on this. Ms. Wood will forward her "Hold Harmless"
agreement for vendors to Ms. Reynolds, the Board Liaison. Ms. Reynolds will
have it reviewed by the City Attorney. Ms. Wood will contact her sound stage
man to help out during Earth Day. Ms. Wood will be the MC of the event. Ms.
Wood is working on getting trees to give away at the event. Ms. Reynolds let the
board know that we will be receiving 300 tree seedlings from a local nursery.
The I.R. Green Team will be selling ice cream during the event. Ms. Wood said
the Treasure Coast Wildlife Hospital will be attending and they are bringing birds
of prey to the event. There was discussion about getting skydivers to land at the
event. It was decided not to do it this year. There was discussion about
changing the start time of the event and finally decided to keep the starting time
at 10:OOam and have all the children's activities in the morning then have the
bands start in the afternoon. There was a voice vote to extend the hours of the
event from 10:OOam to 4:OOpm. The ayes have it. Ms. Reynolds will contact the
City Manager to see if it is possible to extend the event to 4:OOpm. After a lot of
discussion the board decided to re-evaluate the stage schedule to speakers and
music only. The flyer and slide for the event were discussed and as soon as all
decisions are finalized they too will be completed and copies made. It was
decided to have a canned'food drive during the event and give the food to the
Ecumenical Food Pantry.
Ms. Graves let the board know she has 77 bird houses already built.
B. Stone Crop Project (pepper busting)
The date of Saturday, June 6th, at 8:OOam, was set for the project /cleanup.
Some City employees and MRC will be assisting in the cleanup.
8. NEW BUSINESS: No new business.
9. MEMBER MATTERS:
Mr. Grudens asked about the saw palmettos that were cut down on Barber Street
near Hardee Park. Ms. Reynolds said the citizen never called her. She also said
she was out at Hardee Park and didn't notice any palmetto's that looked
butchered. Ms. Reynolds will check into the matter saying that it was probably
Public Works that cut the palmettos back.
10. STAFF MATTERS:
A. Set agenda for April meeting -Recording Secretary
Finalize Earth Day is the only thing for the April agenda. The Mitigation Wetland
Creation at Hardee Park and the Indian River County Greenway Plan are to be
put on the May agenda.
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The secretary let the board know that alternate member, Cindi Schuster turned in
her resignation from the board effective April 1st. Also, member Todd Klitenic
regretfully will be resigning from the board due to work conflicts. He will turn in
his resignation letter to the secretary.
Wetland creation project at Hardee Park. The project is being done in
conjunction with the Collier Canal dredging project. The wetland plants are not
ordered yet, but we need to plant around 8000. The project will take place about
mid-May.
11. Being no further business, Ms. Graves adjourned the meeting at 7:29 p.m.
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