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ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THE AMOUNT OF SHORT TERM FINANCING PUT OUT TO BID HAS BEEN CHANGED, AND FURTHER NOTED THAT IT WAS NOT REQUIRED TO BE PUT OUT TO BID, BUT WAS DONE FOR PROCEDURAL REASONS TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS AVAILABLE. IT, THEREFORE, IS NOT NECESSARY TO READVERTISE, BUT THE BORROWING OF THE FUNDS CAN BE DONE BY RESOLUTION LATER. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LOY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY REJECTED THE BIDS SUBMITTED IN REGARD TO SHORT TERM FINANCING FOR THE LANDFILL INASMUCH AS THIS WAS ADVERTISED FOR A SPECIFIED AMOUNT AND THE AMOUNT DECIDED UPON EXCEEDS THAT AMOUNT.. TED BROWN, PRESIDENT OF THE TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION, APPEARED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION IN REGARD TO THE BEACH EROSION CONTROL STUDY. HE CONFIRMED THEIR CONTINUING OPPOSITION TO THE CORPS' PROPOSED SAND PUMPING AND REFURBISHMENT PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE STUPENDOUS COST AND ALSO THEIR CONTINUING OPPOSITION TO BOTH THE SABECON REEF AND .JACKS CONCEPT, WHICH THEY FEEL ARE IMPRACTICAL AND PROHIBITIVE IN COST. MR. BROWN CONTINUED THAT THE TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION FEELS THAT AREA I - SEBASTIAN INLET - SHOULD BE COMPLETED AND NOURISHED. IN REGARD TO AREA 2, THEY BELIEVE THAT A FINE BEAuH IS AIV AJJt 1 1 O flit Ir.UUN I Y, AND INN 1 Lt 11 IS 1 KUt I NA f A S.hL 11 UN UI - OUR BEACH HAS NARROWED AND OWNERS HAVE BUILT SEAWALLS, THERE IS STILL AMPLE ROOM ON THE BEACH AND THEY ARE TOTALLY OPPOSED TO SPENDING 33.MILLION DOL- LARS ON A 50 -YEAR PROGRAM, MR. BROWN REQUESTED THAT ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING BE HELD NEXT MONTH AS HE BELIEVES THE PUBLIC ISNOT ADEQUATELY INFORMED -.AND THAT IT WOULD BE MORALLY WRONG FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE ANY DECISIONS NOW. HE THEN QUOTED HEADLINES FROM 16 RECENT STORIES ON BEACH EROSION, NOTING THAT NONE OF THE STORIES UNDER THESE HEADLINES CARRY AN EXPLANATION OF THE COST TO BE BORNE BY THE TAXPAYERS OVER THE NEXT FIFTY YEARS OR THE LIABILI- TIES THE COUNTY WOULD ASSUME. JOHN ACOR, CHAIRMAN OF THE BEACH EROSION CONTROL COMMITTEE, OF THE TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION TOOK THE FLOOR. HE STATED THEY OPPOSE THE SAND DREDGING OPERATION AS PROPOSED BY THE CORPS NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE ENOR- MOUS COST, BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT PROVIDES NO IMMEDIATE SOLUTION. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT MEMBERS OF THE TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION, THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION, AND THE AUDUBON SOCIETY HAVE WORKED TOGETHER STUDYING ALL THE EROSION CON- TROL ALTERNATIVES PROPOSED, AND THEY HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE BEST METHOD OF ALL.IS THE REBUILDING OF THE BEACHES WITH SAND, BUT NOT BY 14