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Department of Transportation to contribute funds toward <br />improvements on 16th / 17th Street. <br />AGREEMENTS AND MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE <br />BOARD <br />12.1.3. PRESENTATION OF BEACH PRESERVATION PLAN <br />Jonathan Gorham, Coastal Resource Manager, presented for Board approval an <br />update of the County's Beach Preservation Plan (BPP), which was developed by Coastal <br />Technology Corporation, and which provides detailed analysis, erosion history, and proposed <br />management strategies for each of the eight planning Sectors along the County's 22 '/4 miles of <br />shoreline. He informed the Board that the Beach and Shore Advisory Committee has included <br />in the BPP, a recommendation to develop a Municipal Services Taxing Unit (MSTU) or <br />Municipal Services Benefit Unit (MSBU) to supplement current sources of local funding, which <br />come from the tourist development tax and local option sales tax revenues. Mr. Gorham noted <br />that the adoption of the BPP would not commit the County to any specific course of action. <br />Michael Walter, Coastal Technology, used a PowerPoint presentation (copy on <br />file), to present the key elements of the Beach Preservation Plan. He explained that the Beach <br />and Shore Preservation Advisory Committee recommended developing the MSTU because of <br />the fluctuating nature of the local option sales tax and the local tourist tax. <br />Commissioner O'Bryan discussed the Florida Department of Environmental <br />Protection (FDEP)'s current lack of alternatives and initiatives regarding finding permanent <br />solutions for beach erosion. He believed of the two options currently available, pumping sand, <br />or the erection of seawalls (which once constructed are rarely removed), sand renourishment was <br />31 <br />February 3, 2009 <br />