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COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT WE ARE NOT HERE TODAY TO MAKE A DECISION ON REFURBISHING THE BEACH, BUT JUST TO GIVE THE CORPS AU- THORIZATION TO CONTINUE THE STUDY, MAYOR KELLEY SAID HE FEELS IT IS WRONG TO CONTINUE WITH -HE STUDY IF YOU DON T BELIEVE IN IT TO START WITH. JOHN AcOR OF THE TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION ASKED THE BOARD TO PLEASE REFRAIN' FROM MAKING A DECISION ON THE FEASIBILITY REPORT THAT THE CORPS HAS SHOWN US AND REQUESTED THAT A PUBLIC HEARING BE HELD IN THE LAST HALF OF MAY AND THAT THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINT A SMALL SELECT COMMITTEE TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE THE COST AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF BULLDOZING SAND ONTO THE BEACH AS IS BEING DONE IN OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND, AND TAKE STEPS IPJ THE MEANTIME TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE COST AND OTHER IMPORTANT CONSID- ERATIONS IN ARRIVING AT A SOUND, ECONOMICAL METHOD OF MAINTAINING OUR BEACHES, COMMISSIONER LOY ASSURED THOSE PRESENT THAT WE HAVE NOT SIGNED ANY DOCUMENT AND WILL NOT SIGN ANY DOCUMENT THAT HAS TO DO WITH ANY FUNDING UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THERE IS AN APPROVED PROJECT THAT THE PUFLIC WANTS. SHE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ONE DIME OF FEDERAL MONEY UNTIL WE PLEDGE OUR MONEY, CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT WE ASKED THE CORPS FOR AN EXTENSION OF 60 DAYS AND GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FURTHER STUDY, AND HE DID NOT FEEL THERE IS ANY REASON TO DELAY OUR RESPONSE FOR A FURTHER PERIOD. HE RE- QUESTED THAT RICK SCHMIDT OF THE INLET COMMISSION SPEAK BEFORE WE DECIDE ON ANY RESPONSE, RICK SCHMIDT, SEBASTIAN INLET COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, APPEARED AND STATED THAT THEY ARE MAINLY INTERESTED IN A STUDY; THEY DO NOT WISH TO HAVE DEFERRED STRUCTURES BECAUSE THEY FEEL THEY WILL DO SOME DAMAGE. HE RE- QUESTED THAT IN THE BOARDS RESPONSE TO THE CORPS WE ASK THEM NOT TO PUT IN DEFERRED STRUCTURES BUT TO EXTEND THE SOUTH JETTY INSTEAD. MR. SCHMIDT CONTINUED THAT THEY HAVE HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH THE NORTH JETTY, AND THE SAND COLLECTED IN THEIR SAND TRAP HAS INCREASED 50,000 CUBIC YARDS DURING THIS LAST YEAR AND NOW AMOUNTS TO OVER 300,000 CUBIC YARDS. HE FELT EX- TENDING THE SOUTH JETTY WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE SAND DRIFTING INTO THE INLET. MR. ScWIDT CONTINUED THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOME FINANCIAL AID TO COMPLETE THEIR PROJECT, THEY HAVE BEEN STALLED FOR THREE YEARS WITH PERMITTING PROBLEMS, AND IN THAT TIME THE COST OF DOING THE PROJECT HAS RISEN FROM AROUND $500,000 TO ABOUT $900,000. 17 V1111111� '..272