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to attempt to give local businesses a chance to compete for any of the beach projects, and to not <br />have to use an outside dredging company. <br />Vice Chairman Flescher wondered whether the information pertaining to the lack <br />of funding had been available at the time the above -referenced Motion was approved. He felt <br />that the Commissioners may have perceived that the County had a funding source, which no <br />longer exists. <br />Commissioner Wheeler discussed the situation at South Beach, which has received <br />an accumulation of well over 200 feet of sand from beaches to the north. He wanted to explore <br />the feasibility of scraping that sand and moving it back to its original beach, instead of <br />continuing to dump sand north and to build the beach wider to the south. <br />Commissioner Solari inquired whether staff had discussed with the Department of <br />Environmental Protection (DEP) establishing commodity standards for the sand sources, so that <br />a defined grade of sand could be used regardless of its source. <br />Dr. Gorham provided details of staff's conversation with DEP representatives, and <br />explained that one reason for doing the SOQ, was to identify one or two upland sand sources that <br />would be approved for permitting by the DEP. <br />Steve Smith, 1701 Us Highway 1, Suite 309, believed that the County could effect <br />a tremendous cost savings by conducting a dune restoration, rather than a full beach <br />renourishment, project. <br />Chairman Davis was not ready to change mid -stream, nor to undertake Mr. <br />Smith's proposal without more information, and felt the County needed to move ahead with Task <br />32 <br />March 24, 2009 <br />