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SAND DREDGING. HE STATED THAT THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE COST, BUT <br />NOT IN THE FINAL PROJECT. MR. ACOR THEN EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD VISITED <br />OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND, WHERE THEY HAVE A VERY SERIOUS EROSION PROBLEM AND <br />WAS VERY ENTHUSED WITH THE WAY THEY HAVE HANDLED THEIR EROSION PROBLEM <br />WITH 10 MILES OF TOTALLY DEVELOPED BEACH IN A VERY DIFFERENT MANNER. <br />MR. ACOR PRESENTED THE MAYOR OF OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND, HARRY KELLEY, TO <br />EXPLAIN OCEAN CITY'S APPROACH TO BEACH EROSION CONTROL, ITS COSTS AND RE- <br />SULTS, <br />MAYOR KELLEY INTRODUCED HIMSELF AS BEING BLUNT AND BOISTEROUS <br />AND STATED THAT "IF YOU SIGN A CONTRACT -EVEN FOR A STUDY OF THIS SITUATION, <br />YOU WILL HAVE AN ALBATROSS AROUND YOUR NECK YOU WILL REGRET." HE WENT ON <br />TO SAY THAT HE HAS BEEN THROUGH THE SAME PROBLEM, AND LN 1973 HAD A SIMILAR; <br />13 MILLION DOLLAR PROGRAM PROPOSED BY THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS. OCEAN CITY <br />WAS TO PICK UP 3 MILLION OF IT, BUT IN FINE PRINT THEY ALSO WOULD PICK UP <br />$500,000 IN MAINTENANCE COSTS AND THEN WOULD HAVE TO PUT THE WHOLE PROGRAM <br />BACK IF IT BLEW OUT TO SEA IN ONE STORM, MAYOR KELLEY STATED THAT HE DID <br />NOT SIGN THE PAPER WITH THE CORPS, BUT TRIED ALL KINDS OF EROSION CONTROL <br />INCLUDING ARTIFICIAL SEAWEED AND BAFFLE BOARDS. HE CONTINUED THAT LAST <br />JUNE THEIR BEACH EROSION PROBLEM WAS SO SERIOUS THAT THE OCEAN WAS LAPPING <br />AT THE BOARDWALK PILINGS AND THE STEPS OF THE CONDOMINIUMS. AT THIS POINT, <br />HE DECIDED TO BUY A BULLDOZER FOR $150,000 AND -START PUSHING SAND IN FROM <br />THE OCEAN FLOOR TO BUILD UP THE WEAKEST AREAS. MAYOR KELLEY EXPLAINED THAT <br />THEY BACKED THE BULLDOZER INTO THE OCEAN AND IN A GIVEN TIME BUILT A BEACH <br />SO THAT YOU COULD PUT THE UMBRELLAS OUT. HE CLAIMED THAT TWO OF THESE BULL- <br />DOZERS, WHICH HAVE 13' BLADES, WILL IN A DAY'S TIME COVER AN AREA 1,000' <br />LONG AND SO' WIDE AND PUSH IN SAND FOUR OR FIVE FEET HIGH. THE MAYOR STATED <br />THAT HE RENTED ONE MACHINE AT $5,000 A MONTH, AND WITH THE TWO BULLDOZERS <br />PUSHED THE TEN MILE STRIP FOUR OR FIVE FEET HIGH AND SO' WIDE, ALL FOR <br />APPROXIMATELY $200,000. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE MACHINES WORK BETTER IN <br />PAIRS AND THAT THEY STEAM THE BULLDOZERS EVERY NIGHT, WASH THEM OUT AND <br />SPRAY THEM WITH OIL. <br />f4AYOR KELLEY CONTINUED THAT THE BULLDOZER IS A VERY HEAVY PIECE <br />OF EQUIPMENT AND HE WAS CONCERNED THAT IT MIGHT JAR BUILDINGS AND ALSO <br />THAT THE HOLES IT DUG MIGHT AFFECT THE MOLE CRAB, HE NOTED THAT NO MATTER <br />IR <br />J <br />