Resolution
2003-131  dated October 21, 2003 reestablished and restructured the
Marine Advisory Narrows Watershed Action Committee (MANWAC).
This resolution repeals and replaces Resolutions
89-25 and 89-152 . Ordinance 2003-010 approved March 11, 2003 provides that Commissioners serve
as a non-voting liaison.
The Committee
shall elect from among its voting members a chairman and a
vice chairman annually at its first meeting in January, or
at its next meeting if no meeting is held in January. Each
chair and vice chair shall serve for a one-year term and may
be reelected but shall be limited to two successive annual
terms, at which point they would be ineligible to chair the
committee for at least one year.
MANWAC
shall be composed of a total of fifteen (15) members, each
member must be a resident of Indian River County with membership
as follows:
One (1)
representative of a local environmental organization, such
as, but not limited to, the Audubon Society, the Sierra Club
or the Florida Defenders of the Environment
One (1)
representative of recreational fishermen, preferably a person
affiliated with a recreational fishing organization
One (1)
representative of commercial fisherman, preferably a person
affiliated with a commercial fishing organization
One (1)
representative of recreational boaters, preferably, a person
affiliated with a recreational boating organization
At least
two (2) persons, not necessarily affiliated with a particular
user group of the Indian River Lagoon, but who have expressed
an interest in the objectives of this committee
One (1)
representative from each governmental agency having jurisdiction
for land or water management within the Narrows Watershed
including the Indian River Farms Water Control District, the
Florida Wildlife Commission, the Fellsmere Water Control District;
the Indian River County Mosquito Control District and the
City of Vero Beach.
Members
serve a two-year term.
Meetings
are held every other month on the third Monday at 1:30 p.m.
at the County Administration
Building B, 1800 27th Street, Vero Beach, FL in
Conference Room B1-501. |
