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ENGINEERS IN TALLAHASSEE, AS NORMALLY THE CORPS IS CONTACTED IN REGARD TO <br />SUCH REQUESTS TO LEARN THEIR CAPABILITIES TO CARRY OUT THE PROJECTS, AND <br />THE CORPS TOLD HIM THEY WERE NOT SURE ADDITIONAL FUNDING WAS NEEDED. <br />MR. MILES STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR. STIMMEL IF THEIR PROPOSALS ON <br />THE MODIFICATION OF THE LEVEE WILL BE IN ACCORD WITH THE CURRENT CORPS OF <br />ENGINEERS`PLAN AS THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN TELLS YOU NOTHING, AND HE WOULD NOT <br />WANT TO SEE 25 YEARS OF WORK THROWN AWAY ON JUST A CONCEPTUAL PLA". <br />PAT LYONS, ENVIRONMENTALIST AND RESIDENT OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, <br />APPEARED AND READ TO THOSE ASSEMBLED A REPORT OF FACTS ASSEMBLED BY BIOLO- <br />GISTS AND HYDROLOGISTS. HE STATED THAT THE PROJECT TO MODIFY LEVEE 73 AS <br />STATED IN THE ST. JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT RESOLUTION %. 75 - <br />IS CONCEPTUALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE FLORIDA GAME AND FRESH WATER FISH <br />COMMISSIONS°S PLAN AND THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA FLOOD CONTROL <br />DISTRICT`S PLAN AND ALSO HAS THE GENERAL APPROVAL OF THE BUREAU OF SPORT <br />FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE. MR. LYONS WAS OF THE OPINION THAT MODIFICATION <br />OF THIS LEVEE WOULD HAVE NO EFFECT ON INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND RECOMMENDED <br />THAT THE BOARD ACT TO SHOW IT IS NOT OPPOSED TO THE FIRST PROJECT, #76-28. <br />HE ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE SECOND PROJECT, #76-29, WHICH CALLS <br />FOR A FURTHER STUDY TO BE MADE. <br />a <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED WHAT EFFECT THE PROPOSED 1.5 MILLION <br />DOLLAR PROJECT WILL HAVE ON THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS`PLAN. <br />MR. STIMMEL STATED THAT THE CORPS WAS THE FIRST TO RECOMMEND <br />THESE MODIFICATIONS BE MADE AND NOTED THAT THE CORPS HAS THE MONEY AVAIL- <br />ABLE. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE SAID THAT, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU ARE GOING TO <br />FOLLOW THE CORPS' PLAN. <br />MR. STIMMEL REPLIED THAT THIS PLAN IS MORE OR LESS IN LIMBO BE- <br />CAUSE OF THE TRANSFER AS THERE ARE MANY AREAS THAT DEFINITELY NEED MORE <br />STUDY, AND THE DISTRICT DOES NOT WANT TO EXPEND ANY MORE OF THE TAXPAYER `S <br />MONEY ON A PLAN THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT ABOUT. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED IF THE CORPS HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE <br />UPPER ST. JOHNS WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT INITIATE A NEW STUDY. <br />MR. STIMMEL SAID THEY HAD NOT, BUT THAT THE TWO AGENCIES RECOG- <br />NIZE MUTUALLY THAT THERE ARE AREAS THAT NEED MORE STUDY. <br />34 <br />JUN 2'3 1976 a� 3 <br />