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Residents press county on lagoon restoration, tree removals, annexation notice and a spaceport authority
Summary
Public comment featured wide-ranging appeals: a biochar-based 'soil health moonshot' to protect the Indian River Lagoon; neighborhood objections to planned oak-tree removals in Sherwood; requests for better direct notice to residents about nearby annexations and developments; and an appeal to create a spaceport authority to coordinate launches, water and wastewater resources.
The meeting's public-comment period brought multiple residents and advocacy groups to the podium with requests and proposals spanning environmental restoration to neighborhood preservation.
Bob Pickard proposed a pilot "soil health moonshot" using biochar and processed lagoon muck as a soil amendment to reduce nutrient runoff into the Indian River Lagoon and to create a local restoration industry; he urged additional muck…
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