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NOV 51980 �oaK 5 PacE*216 OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS REPORT. COMMISSIONER WODTKE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SHORTLY AFTER THAT MEETING, HE RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS WHICH BASICALLY REVIEWED THE ECONOMIC FIGURES AND OUTLINED THE PROJECT THAT THE REPORTING OFFICERS WOULD RECOMMEND. COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT THE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO START A RESEARCH STUDY AND LOOK INTO HOW OTHER AREAS HAVE HANDLED THE FUNDING OF THIS TYPE OF PROJECT, I.E., MUNICIPALITIES WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH COUNTIES, ETC., AND COMMENTED THAT IN BREVARD COUNTY THEY UTILIZE FUNDS FROM A 1% TAX ESTABLISHED BY A TOURIST TAX REFEREN- DUM. COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT -THEY ARE WAITING FOR THE FINAL REPORT FROM THE CORPS AND HAVE AN INDICATION THAT A REPRESENTATIVE WILL COME DOWN AND REVIEW ANY POSSIBLE CHANGES AND GO THROUGH PRO- CEDURES; AT THE SAME TIME WE WOULD HAVE DER REPRESENTATIVES HERE TO TALK ABOUT FUNDING METHODS. COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENDED 000NCIL- WOMAN DOROTHY CAIN FOR HER WORK ON THIS COMMITTEE AND ASKED IF THE BOARD HAS ANY SPECIFIC REQUEST OF THE COMMITTEE. COMMISSIONER LYONS WISHED TO KNOW IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE ANSWERED BY DECEMBER 1, 1980, AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED IF THE COMMITTEE WISHED TO REVIEW THE ECONOMIC DATA. COMMISSIONER WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT HE DID NOT HAVE THIS REPORT AT THE TIME THEY HELD THE MEETING AND HE HAS NOT REALLY HAD ANY DIRECTIONS ON IT. HE THOUGHT THE DECEMBER DEADLINE WAS TO ALLOW TIME FOR COMMENTS THAT WOULD RECEIVE EQUAL CONSIDERATION AT THE WASHINGTON LEVEL. COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT IT HAS TAKEN SINCE 1971. TO CET THIS TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS A RECOMMENDED PROJECT AND CAN NOW BEGIN TO GO THROUGH CHANNELS ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL. SHE DID NOT FEEL WE SHOULD MAKE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS AND POINTED OUT THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE A PROPOSED PROJECT AND EVEN IF IT IS APPROVED, YOU STILL HAVE ANOTHER SIX OR SEVEN YEARS TO EXECUTE THE PROJECT, COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED, WITH RESPECT TO CONCERN ABOUT DOLLARS FOR THE PROJECT, THE RESOLUTION THE BOARD ADOPTED HAD A PROVISO THAT WE WILL HAVE TO WORK ON MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE FUNDING.