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THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 1964, AND AS OF THIS <br />DATE, THIS BOARD HAS NOT COMMITTED ONE DIME TO THE PROJECT, IF THE <br />RESEARCH ON THIS PROJECT P,COME ROVES TO BE SUCCESSFUL, IT MUST BACK <br />TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. IN ORDER TO KEEP RESEARCH ON THIS <br />PROJECT MOVING, WE ADOPTED A RESOLUTION INDICATING OUR SUPPORT. <br />JEROME KRAMER, ATTORNEY, REPRESENTING THE VERO BEACH CIVIC <br />ASSOCIATION, APPEARED AND ASKED THE BOARD TO CONSIDER MR. JEEVES' "JACK" <br />SYSTEM. IF THE BOARD FINDS IT A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE, HE THEN REQUESTED <br />THAT THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS BE ASKED TO REOPEN THE STUDY AND FOR THEM <br />TO STUDY THE "JACK" SYSTEM. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT THE CORPS WENT BEYOND THE <br />CALL OF DUTY REGARDING THE SABECON REEF. THEY DID THAT BECAUSE THEY HAD <br />INFORMATION SUBMITTED TO SAY THAT IT IS A POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE. <br />TED BROWN APPEARED AND STATED THAT CONCERNED CITIZENS ARE RE- <br />QUESTING THIS BOARD TO ASK THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO MAKE A STUDY OF <br />THIS "JACK" SYSTEM. THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND THE TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION <br />ARE ASKING THAT THIS STUDY BE MADE. <br />AFTER DISCUSSION, A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, <br />SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY, TO FORWARD THIS PRESENTATION MADE BY <br />ROGER JACK JEEVES TO THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND ASK THEM FOR THEIR COM- <br />MENTS ON THE "JACK" SYSTEM FOR BEACH EROSION CONTROL. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AND COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT THE <br />"JACK" SYSTEM WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE FINAL PUBLIC MEETING AND MR. JEEVES <br />ASKED TO BE HEARD AND TO HAVE HIS COMMENTS READ INTO THE MINUTES, WHICH <br />WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD HEARD THE WORD "JACKS." COMMISSIONER WODTKE <br />STATED HE IS TOTALLY INTERESTED IN SAVING THE TAXPAYERS MONEY, AND IF <br />THERE IS MERIT TO THE "JACK" SYSTEM, HE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING <br />ABOUT IT. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE CONTINUED THAT A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE STATED <br />THAT THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.HAD DEVELOPED A "JACK' SYSTEM TO BE USED IN <br />VIRGINIA, HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS INFORMATION SUBMITTED TO THE CORPS <br />OF ENGINEERS INFORMING THEM THAT A STRONG INTEREST IN THE "JACK" SYSTEM <br />HAD DEVELOPED AND ASKING IF THERE IS A WAY THIS SYSTEM COULD BE DONE <br />FASTER AND IF THERE IS MONEY IN THE BEACH HARBOR ACT. His SUGGESTION <br />WAS TO SUBMIT THIS INFORMATION TO THEM AND REQUEST,THE CORPS TO CONSIDER <br />-45- <br />AUG 20197.5 <br />8401 23 'PACE 254 <br />