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c <br />MAKE ALTERNATIVE SELECTIONS. SHE NOTED THAT WE MUST GO WITH THE <br />SYSTEM AND HAVE AN APPROVED STUDY AND GET AN APPROVED APPROPRIATION <br />BEFORE WE CAN MAKE ANY CHANGES, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED APPARENTLY THE CORPS FEELS IF WE <br />MAKE THE STATEMENT THAT WE WILL NOT APPROVE ANYTHING THAT IS NOT <br />ACCEPTABLE TO OUR CITIZENS, THIS IS NEGATIVE. HE NOTED THAT WE <br />CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT TO STOP THE PROJECT, AND HE IS GLAD WE COULD <br />TAKE ON THE EXTENSION OF THE SEBASTIAN.INLET JETTY PROJECT AND FELT <br />'IF WE CAN GET THE CHANNEL OPEN, IT WILL BE A BIG ASSET. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT SUGGESTED THAT THE BOARD JUST BE <br />AFFIRMATIVE ABOUT THE SEBASTIAN INLET PROJECT, BUT MR. SCHMIDT AND. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE FELT THEY WANTED AN AFFIRMATIVE LETTER IN REGARD <br />TO.THE COMPLETE STUDY. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF MR. SCHMIDT FELT THE CORPS WILL <br />FURTHER INVESTIGATE THE SABECON REEF PROJECT. HE NOTED THAT THERE <br />HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONTROVERSY ABOUT THIS, AND WE WANT THEM TO PRO— <br />CEED WITH A STUDY OF THE SABECON REEF, ETC. <br />MR. SCHMIDT STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW, BUT FELT THECORPS <br />ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW IDEAS AND ARE DOING SOME STUDIES INDEPEN— <br />DENTLY. HE NOTED THAT HE HAS HEARD THAT THE OCEAN CITY BULLDOZING <br />PROJECT IS NOT WORKING AND WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE FOR THIS AREA, <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED WHEN YOU DO GET THE APPROPRIA— <br />TION, DO YOU HAVE TO GO ON WITH THE WHOLE PROJECT OR JUST PROCEED <br />WITH SEBASTIAN? <br />MR. SCHMIDT SAID THAT HIS INDICATIONS ARE THAT YOU CAN <br />PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT TO. <br />COMMISSIONER.LOY POINTED OUT THAT YOU HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT <br />YEARS AFTER THE FUNDING BEFORE YOU MAKE ..DECISION AS TO WHICH PROJ— <br />ECT TO GO WITH. <br />MR. SCHMIDT STATED THAT HOPEFULLY BY THAT TIME THERE MAY <br />BE NEW IDEAS THAT WILL BE PROVEN SUCH AS THE SABECON REEF, BUT HE <br />DOES NOT WANT TO SEE US LOSE THE CHANCE TO GET FUNDING. HE NOTED <br />THAT JACKSONVILLE STOPPED THEIR STUDY AND THEN HAD TO GO THROUGH <br />THE WHOLE STUDY PROCESS AGAIN. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER POINTED OUT THAT THE SEBASTIAN <br />INLET PROJECT DOES NOT NEED LOCAL FUNDING, BUT THE VERO BEACH <br />41 <br />NOV. 21977 - '31 +w 443 <br />