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• •h <br />AUG 201975 <br />previous committment, and recommend that you ask .the Corps of <br />Engineers to•reopen their investigation to include this con- <br />• erete jacks approach as a viable alternative. <br />The. Jacks system has important advantages: <br />a) the cost is much lower: <br />$400,000 to $600,000 <br />'` AUG 1975 <br />c <br />a; RECEIVED .Fjo . <br />.rte <br />Adaieastratofs Office <br />ti <br />�2< lf'Oi;6t�Z��� <br />b) the jacks can be installed in four or five months; <br />whereas the Corps of Engineers states it will not be <br />able to.start pumping sand for three years or more. <br />e) It eliminates the need for annual pumping. of sand to <br />renourish the beach, which has proved.costly and dis- <br />couraging to communities along the Atlantic Coast.from <br />New Jersey to Miami. <br />It certainly will be in the interest of the taxpayers and <br />property owners of the city and county to modify your Reso- <br />lution to endorse this concrete jacks approach as preferred. <br />Also we would urge that you limit this county's committment to <br />a fixed sum and to a fixed time period in underwriting any costs <br />to be incurred in future protection of our beaches. <br />Respectfully, <br />The Board of Governors <br />by (eft CL'rt_ l7, 44.e44,, ,,IA • <br />Edar�G. Warren, Acting Chairman <br />Boa 23 cE ?4 7 <br />