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EXTENSION DIRECTOR AND MEMBERS OF -HEA -STAFF BE AUTHORIZED TO TAKE ADVAN- <br />TAGE OF STATE TRAVEL FUNDS WHEN THEY ARE AVAILABLE. <br />VAN MURPHY, DISTRICT FORESTER, APPEARED AND INTRODUCED RALPH VAN <br />HOEK, THE NEW FOREST RANGER SUPERVISOR FOR THE AREA OF ST, LUCIE AND <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES. <br />WILLIAM T. CARLTON, CHIEF, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, APPEARED <br />TO DISCUSS WITH THE BOARD THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS STUDY ON BEACH EROSION. HE <br />STATED HE WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO ENDORSE THE CORPS' PHYSICAL STUr', NOTING <br />THAT THE CORPS NEEDS ENDORSEMENT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THEIR <br />STUDY. HE POINTED OUT THAT SO FAR IT HAS NOT COST THE COUNTY ANYTHING. <br />MR. CARLTON ALSO NOTED THAT THE CORPS CANNOT CONSTRUCT ANYTHING UNTIL . <br />THE COUNTY DEFINITELY STATES THEY WANT IT, AUTHORIZES IT AND SUPPLIES <br />THE MONEY. HE, THEREFORE, FELT THAT THE BOARD HAS TIME TO CONSIDER ALL <br />OF THE PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE LOCALLY AND SOME OF THE OTHER ALTER- <br />NATIVES THE CORPS HAS GIVEN IN THEIR REPORT:, HE CONTINUED THAT THEY ARE <br />VITALLY INTERESTED AT THE STATE LEVEL IN GETTING THESE PROJECTS AUTHORIZED <br />AND INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY FEEL ARTIFICIAL BEACH RESTORATIOt,-IS THE <br />ONLY REAL ANSWER WE HAVE AT THIj TIME. MR. CARLTON STATED THAT THEY DO <br />NOT BELIEVE WE HAVE ENOUGH NATURAL SAND AVAILABLE TO REPLENISH THE BEACHES, <br />AND FEEL THAT SAND MUST BE ADDED TO THE BEACH SYSTEM IN ORDER -TO STABILIZE <br />THE BEACHES. <br />IN REGARD TO COST; MR, CARLTON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT PANAMA BEACH <br />HAD HURRICANE DAMAGE IN EXCESS OF 150.MILLION DOLLARS, AND POINTED OUT <br />THAT IF THE CORPS HAD CONSTRUCTED AN 18 MILLION BEACH THAT WAS PROPOSED, <br />THE DAMAGE WOULD PROBABLY ONLY HAVE BEEN 10% OF WHAT IT WAS. MR. CARLTON <br />CONTINUED THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT SAID LOCALLY ABOUT UNSUCCESSFUL BEACH <br />RESTORATION IN OTHER AREAS AND ASSURED THE BOARD THAT THEIR SUCCESSES <br />OUTNUMBER THEIR FAILURES. HE GAVE CAPE CANAVERAL, POMPANO BEACH AND BAL <br />HARBOR AS EXAMPLES OF THEIR SUCCESSES, NOTING THAT THEY HAVE NOT HAD TO GO <br />BACK PRIOR TO THE TIME ANTICIPATED TO REFURBISH THE BEACH. HE AGAIN URGED <br />THAT THE COUNTY ENDORSE THE CORPS'- PROJECT. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE COMMENTED THAT OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND HAS HAD SOME <br />SUCCESS BULLDOZING SAND FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR ONTO THE BEACH AND ASKED <br />IF MR, CARLTON FELT SUCH A PROJECT WOULD BE A VIABLE CONSIDERATION FOR <br />j' THIS COUNTY. <br />1 . <br />t <br />6 <br />APR 61977 <br />