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SAJWR +pEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT. CORPS OF ENGINEERS P. 0. BOX 4970 JACKSONVILLE. FLORIDA 32201 Honorable Richard Stone United States Senator Suite 200-B 2639 North Monroe Street Tallahassee, Florida 32303 Dear Senator Stone: 23 July 1975 This is in response to your request that we give consideration to Ms. Alma Lee'Loy's letter of 30 June 1975 to you. As you are aware from our 16 May 1975 public meeting announcement, we are conducting a beach erosion control and shore protection study of the shoreline of Indian River County, Florida. The Indian river County Board of Commissioners is the local sponsor of the study. Since April of this year, three coordination meetings and one public meeting have been conducted at Vero Beach in order to present the study findings to the local interests. Indian River County Resolution No. 75-37 which M. Loy sent to you is the county's response to our study findings. The resolution has been reviewed and will become a part of the permanent record of the 10 June 1975 public -meeting. Investigations have resulted in the consideration for possible improve- ment of two reaches of shore within the county where storm damage and shoreline recession have been severe and upland property is threatened. These areas include the southerly ocean shoreline adjacent to Sebastian Inlet and a two-mile stretch of beach at Vero Beach. The selected plans for correcting the beach erosion problems at each of these two areas include an initial beach fill, future nourishment, and a deferred ero- sion control structure. The views of the county and other local inter- ests have been given full consideration in the selection of these plans. In Ms. Loy's letter of 30 June and the resolution, she refers to the "Sabecon" reef. The Sabecon reef concept was addressed in our study as an alternative solution to the erosion problems at Vero Beach but was • r4: AUG 2 01975 BOO 23 PAGE?