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COMMISSIONER WODTKE REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE HAD ONE MEETING <br />OF THE BEACH RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION COMMITTEE, AND THE COM- <br />MITTEE DECIDED THAT THE FIRST AREA THEY NEEDED TO DISCUSS WAS THE <br />CORPS' PLAN AND FUNDING AND THEN GET INTO THE AREAS OF DUNE PROTEC- <br />TION, ETC. HE STATED THAT HE HAS REQUESTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE <br />CORPS AND THE DER TO MEET WITH THE COMMITTEE SOMETIME WITHIN THE <br />NEXT SIX WEEKS. COMMISSIONER WODTKE CONTINUED THAT THE PLAN APPAR- <br />ENTLY STILL IS IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING ITS WAY TO WASHINGTON, AND <br />IT MAY BE AS LONG AS A YEAR FROM NOW WHEN IT IS APPROVED AT THE <br />WASHINGTON LEVEL AND THEN GOES INTO THE FUNDING STAGES, HE HAD NO <br />DEFINITE SUGGESTION FOR A PROPOSAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL <br />RESOURCES, BUT FELT WE -SHOULD AT LEAST MAKE THEM AWARE THAT WE HAVE <br />ADOPTED A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE CORPS' PLAN AND THAT AS SOON AS <br />IT IS APPROVED AND FUNDED, WE WANT TO BE ON LINE TO ACQUIRE STATE <br />FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT SUGGESTED THAT THE BOARD HAVE THE PLANNING <br />DEPARTMENT WRITE A LETTER STATING THAT WE HAVE NO SPECIFIC REQUEST <br />THIS YEAR, BUT WILL HAVE IN THE FUTURE, AND ALSO ADD THAT WE SUPPORT <br />THE REQUEST OF THE CITY OF VERO BEACH. <br />SENIOR PLANNER MARSH ASKED IF THE WORDING COULD BE MADE <br />MORE ALL INCLUSIVE TO ALLOW FOR A MORE SPECIFIC STUDY IN THAT TWO TO <br />THREE YEAR PERIOD IN REGARD TO A POSSIBLE PUBLIC-PRIVATE COOPERATIVE <br />APPROACH ON PLANTING OF SEEDLINGS ON THE BLUFF LINE AS AN INTERIM <br />MEASURE TO SUPPLEMENT THE RENOURISHMENT STUDY BEING DONE BY THE CORPS. <br />THIS WOULD SERVE TO PUT THEM ON NOTICE THAT THERE IS ACTIVITY ON A <br />PRIVATE -PUBLIC APPROACH IN THE INTERIM. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT MR. MARSH HAS SOME INNOVATIVE <br />IDEAS ABOUT SEEDLINGS, ETC., AND SHE BELIEVED THERE IS NOTHING WRONG <br />WITH THAT BEING PUT ON RECORD. <br />MR. MARSH NOTED THAT THE CITY DID PUT ON THEIR REQUEST <br />THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING FUNDING FOR DUNE WALKOVERS, ETC., AND HE <br />POINTED OUT THAT MAKING THE WORDING MORE INCLUSIVE WOULD LEAVE THE <br />DOOR OPEN FOR SUCH THINGS IN THE FUTURE AS BEACH ACCESS POINTS, <br />DUNE WALKOVERS, ETC, <br />21 <br />JUL 91980 <br />B,mx 44,wf <br />