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THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE FOREGOING LETTER AND MR. CARTER ADDED THAT <br />SOUTHERN BELL IS INTERESTED IN PUTTING IN A CABLE AND THEY HAVE BEEN HOLDING <br />OFF UNTIL THIS LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS SETTLED. <br />AFTER DISCUSSION A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED <br />BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO REFER THIS MATTER <br />TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, AND COUNTY ATTORNEY TO WORK WITH MR. GAIDRY <br />AND HIS REPRESENTATIVE AND RETURN TO THE BOARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION ON HOW <br />TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. <br />CHAIRMAN LOY INFORMED THE BOARD OF A LETTER RECEIVED FROM THEODORE <br />(TED) BROWN REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD LISTEN TO ROGER JEEVES, WHO HAS -AN <br />IDEA ON HOW-TO CONTROL BEACH EROSION, NAMELY BY ".JACKS".....INCLUDED IN MR. <br />BROWN'S LETTER WAS A CHECK FOR $5.00 TO BE USED TOWARDS THE STARTING OF THIS <br />PROJECT, <br />CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THAT SHE HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MR. JEEVES <br />AND HE INFORMED HER THAT HE COULD NOT BE READY WITH HIS PRESENTATION TO THE <br />BOARD BY THE AUGUST 20, 1975 MEETING. -� <br />CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED MR. BROWN IF HE HAD RECEIVED ANY BONAFIDE EVIDENCE <br />AND INFORMATION THAT LEADS HIM TO BELIEVE THAT THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM HAS <br />BEEN OR WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL. <br />MR. BROWN STATED THAT IN HIS OPINION, HE HAS THAT INFORMATION. <br />NATHAN DAVIES, RETIRED ENGINEER, WAS PRESENT FOR THIS DISCUSSION <br />AND OFFERED TO THE BOARD HIS EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE "JACK" SYSTEM. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT QUESTIONED IF THIS BOARD IS THE APPROPRIATE <br />PLACE TO SUBMIT MATERIAL ON BEACH EROSION,OR SHOULD IT BE WITH THE CORPS <br />OF ENGINEERS, ULTIMATELY, IT IS THE CORPS THAT MUST BE IN AGREEMENT THAT I <br />THIS IS A FEASIBLE METHOD OF HELPING._THE BEACH EROSION PROGRAM. HE CONTINUED <br />THAT THEY ARE THE EXPERTS IN THIS FIELD. <br />CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED MR. BROWN IF HE HAD ATTENDED THE PUBLIC HEARING. <br />HELIY BY THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND MR. BROWN ANSWERED THAT HE HAD NOT. <br />IT WAS STATED THAT THE MATERIAL SUBMITTED BY MR, JEEVES WAS SUB- <br />MITTED TO THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AT THE PUBLIC.HEARING. <br />THIS BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS WERE <br />BASED ON PRESENTATIONS AT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ON CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED <br />AFTER THAT. IF THE COUNTY WERE UNDERTAKING A BEACH EROSION PROJECT STRICTLY <br />ON ITS OWN, THEN WE COULD CONSIDER UNDERTAKING MR. JEEVES PROJECT. <br />MR. BROWN STATED THAT SINCE THE PUBLIC HEARING, MORE INTEREST HAS <br />BEEN. GENERATED IN THE ".JACK" SYSTEM AND HE WOULD LIKE THIS BOARD TO LISTEN TO <br />THIS NEW EVIDENCE. <br />12 <br />JUL 23 1975 <br />^n^d 711..:470 <br />