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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />s• <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />see on this drawing that would simply absorb the <br />energy from their wake, (Adving the mangroves a chance <br />to get established. <br />It will work very well (blank)-, It shows <br />how that works. On the side of the marina we <br />pointed out that along the (blank) --edge we have a <br />shallow sloping bank, getting away from the bulkhead <br />idea, and I propose in planning a twelve -foot <br />(blank)., which is a marine grass, which is a very <br />productive grass, a very important grass to estuarian <br />ecology, and it is now available to be planted just <br />like a lawn, It grows very quickly. It holds very <br />e• . <br />firmly, and it then provides (blank). to the estuary. <br />So I think we have established this point <br />very well, looking at the actual design of the <br />basin itself, I am sorry Dr. Christiansen couldn'•t <br />be, here, but first of all, Dr, Christiansen is the <br />foremost authority in.constructing waterways of <br />'all types. He has taught at the University of <br />Florida for a number of years. He is a recognized <br />authority in this country, not just in this city. <br />He has done seven vears of research in this kind of <br />thing, and I don't want to stet too involved in it, <br />but I think the circumstances require that I go into <br />some of these. Exactly what he has to prove to you, <br />JAN 2719. Em 48 PA)E737 <br />