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m <br />THE CORPS IS AFRAID TO SEND THAT LETTER ON TO CONGRESS AS THEY <br />BELIEVE THE PROGRAM WOULDN'T EVEN GET TO FIRST BASE. WHAT THEY <br />WANT IS AN AFFIRMATIVE LETTER STATING THAT THE BOARD ACCEPTS THE <br />STUDY AND ASKS THEM TO FINISH IT. HE NOTED THIS DOES NOT BIND <br />THE BOARD IN ANY WAY TO ACCEPT THE APPROPRIATIONS WHEN THEY ARE <br />'FUNDED. <br />MR. SCHMIDT REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE A MAJOR PROJECT <br />SCHEDULED TO START NOVEMBER.ZCTH WHICH WILL PRETTY WELL TAKE <br />CARE OF ALL FUNDS FOR THE INLET, HE NOTED THAT THE SOUTH JETTY <br />IS.JUST ABOUT HELD TOGETHER WITH CHEWING GUM AND MUST BE EXTENDED <br />OUT TO CUT THE SAND FLOW. MR. SCHMIDT POINTED OUT THAT WE CAN- <br />NOT ASK THE TAXPAYERS OF THIS COUNTY AND BREVARD COUNTY TO TAKE THE <br />FULL FORCE OF HAVING TO REBUILD THE SOUTH JETTY, AND INCLUDING <br />THIS PROJECT IN THE CORP'S STUDY WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FUNDING. <br />MR. SCHMIDT CONTINUED THAT THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT USING THE INLET <br />FOR A SAND SOURCE AND CUTTING A CHANNEL. HE INFORMED THE BOARD <br />THERE IS NO MARKED CHANNEL TO THE INTRA -COASTAL WATERWAY FROM THIS <br />INLET, AND IT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED. HE NOTED THAT THE LARGER <br />TRAWLERS CANNOT COME IN THE INLET SO THEY GO TO FORT PIERCE, CANA- <br />VERAL OR WEST PALM BEACH AND OFF LOAD THE FISH AND WE ARE LOSING <br />THIS INCOME. MR. SCHMIDT FURTHER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY ARE <br />GOING TO BE BUILDING AN ADDITIONAL 100' OF BEACH IN INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY AND RESTRUCTURING AND REVEGETATING THE DUNE LINES TO SLOW <br />DOWN BEACH EROSION. THIS WILL BE IN ADDITION TO CLEARING THE SAND <br />OUT OF THE SAND TRAP. HE POINTED OUT THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE HERE TO <br />INCREASE THE ECONOMY IN THAT AREA AND ALSO TO HAVE A SOUTH JETTY <br />THAT WILL BE FUNCTIONAL.. MR. SCHMIDT NOTED THAT THE COUNTY NEEDS <br />THIS MONEY FOR THE BEACH AREAS ALSO, AND HE FELT WE CAN'T AFFORD TO <br />.WAIT TOO MUCH LONGER AND TAKE A CHANCE OF LOSING THE STUDY. HE <br />NOTED THAT IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET THIS MONEY AND REQUESTED THAT <br />THE BOARD LET THE PROJECT BE FUNDED AND THEN ARGUE ABOUT THE METHODS <br />SO AT•LEAST WE WILL HAVE THE MONEY TO WORK WITH. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT SHE FEELS THE BIGGEST PROB- <br />LEM IS THAT OUR LETTER WAS NOT AFFIRMATIVE ENOUGH TO GET US AN <br />AUTHORIZED PROJECT, AND AS MR. SCHMIDT HAS POINTED OUT, IF WE <br />.WANT TO KEEP IT ALIVE, WE MUST GET AN AUTHORIZED STUDY AND THEN <br />21977 <br />IN <br />MOK 31 px344f. <br />A <br />