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L— I <br />_ <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED IF THE MONEY REnUESTED FOR THE PROPOSED. <br />FURTHER STUDY WILL BE USED TO STUDY THE CORPS'PLAN OR TO COME UP WITH <br />ANOTHER ALTERNATE PLAN.i <br />NE ALSO ASKED WHETHER THE STUDY WILL FOLLOW THE <br />GUIDELINES OF THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT`S RESOLUTION x'75-11, <br />PSR. STIMMEL STATED THAT ST. .JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT <br />HAS A CONCEPTUAL IDEA OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS <br />HAS A MANY TIMES MODIFIED PLAN AND HOPEFULLY, THE ANSWER CAN BE ro UND IN <br />THE COMBINATION OF ALL OF THESE PLANS. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN CONTAINED IN <br />RESOLUTION #75-11 DIFFERS TO A GREAT EXTENT WITH THE PROPOSED PLAN OF THE <br />CORPS AND STATED THAT HE IS CONCERNED THAT THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT <br />IS GOING AGAINST YEARS,OF STUDY DONE BY THE CORPS. <br />MR. $TIMMEL AGREED THERE ARE SOME DIFFICULTIES, BUT FELT IF THE <br />AGENCIES GO AS FAR AS THEY CAN INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER AND THEN SIT <br />DOWN AND WORK TOGETHER, THEY CAN COME UP WITH A FINAL RECOMMENDATION. HE <br />i <br />ALSO NOTED THAT IN 1974 THE STATE STOPPED THE PROJECT AND THE CORPS WENT <br />BACK AND RECONSIDERED SO IT IS NOT JUST THE ST. .JOHNS DISTRICT THAT IS <br />i <br />REPRESENTING OPPOSITION TO THE CORPS' PLAN. <br />• E <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER REMARKED THAT THE CENTRAL a SOUTHERN <br />FLORIDA FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE CORPS ON THIS FOR <br />ABOUT 20 YEARS AND NOW, AS A NEW WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, YOU WANT TO <br />START ALL OVER AGAIN, IN EFFECT. <br />°1R. $TIMMEL SAID THIS DEFINITELY WAS NOT THE CASE, BUT POINTED <br />OUT THAT IN TODAY `S TECHNOLOGY THERE IS A LOT MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE <br />THAN WHEN THIS PLAN WAS IN ITS DEVELOPMENT STAGE. HE STATED THAT THE <br />CONCEPTUAL PLAN TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE EXISTING LEVEES AND CANALS <br />AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CORPS' PLAN. THERE IS MAINLY A DIFFERENCE IN <br />RETENTION TIME OF THE WATER AND CHANGING FROM A PERMANENT STORAGE AREA TO <br />A TEMPORARY ONE AS THERE WILL BE A DRAWDOWN TIME AFTER AN EXCESSIVE RAIN- <br />FALL PERIOD. <br />COMMISSIONER $CHMUCKER ASKED WHETHER THE CORPS ITSELF HAS AP- <br />PROVED'OF THE 1.5 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT. <br />MR. $TIMMEL SAID THAT THEY RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR CHANGE IN ORDER <br />TO HAVE STRUCTURES FOR A DRAWDOWN. <br />35 <br />JUN 2 31976 � t Ly��{ 4 <br />