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RESOLUTION NO. 2 V 37 RESOLUTION ACCEPTING RECOMMENDATIONS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY COMMISSION CON- CERNING RENOURISHMENT OF EROSION DAM- AGED BEACHES IN THE CITY OF VERO BEACH AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. WHEREAS, in the past twelve to eighteen months storms and accom- panying winds have considerably eroded and otherwise damaged large areas of the beaches existing in the City of Vero Beach and Indian River County; and WHEREAS, renourishment of the said beaches is an immediate need and in this regard on June 10, 1975, the Jacksonville District of the De- partment of Army Corps of Engineers conducted a public hearing in the City of Vero Beach, offering various methods by which beach renourishment can be accomplished; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Indian River County met following the said public hearing and by. letter of June 20, 1975, from Jack G. Jennings, County Administrator, did relate the following recom- mendations to the City Council of the City of Vero Beach: 1. Support State of Florida's recommendations for Sebastian State Park area, including request project be monitored. The federal project should provide for a protective and recreational beach and future maintenance nourishment. It would be very desirable for the project to provide for development of a more efficient sand transfer system at the Inlet and participation in the operation of that sys- tem. We would prefer to have the breakwater groin south of the Inlet included as an authorized alternative for construction only after its need is clearly demonstrated. A monitoring program should definitely be included as a part of a project in this area. The monitoring program would assist in the evaluation of .the project and is par- ticularly important for assessing the effectiveness of the sand transfer operation at the Inlet as well as for determining the need for the deferred structure. 2. Recommend and concur with the Corps of Engineers' recom- mendation for beachfill renourishment in the north end of the project area, including breakwater groin as an authorized alternative for construction only after its need is clearly demonstrated. A monitoring program would assist in the evaluation of the project and is particularly important for assessing the results of the beachfill pro- ject. 3. Urgently recommends a test reef known as the Sabecon Reef be an authorized alternative for construction, undertaken by the Corps of Engineers as authorized by the United States Congress. This test reef to consist of two tangents of JUN 2 71975 i rock pvc