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as a City Councilman, that unless we continued step by step, we can't keep things in the hopper, but he still thought that does not give us an overall total commitment to the long-range project. When the results of the study are in, we will have to make the decision of what dollar figure will be applied to the 60/40% split, and at that time he thought that a decision must be made by the City and the County on whether or not we can afford it, and how we will afford it. Commissioner Bird understood that the engineering study was going to be completed as part of the $171,000, and then when that study was done and more accurate costs were supplied, we then could determine what the County's share would be, and at that point, make the hard and final decision as to whether or not we were going to spend those funds locally to continue with the project. If we don't, then obviously the project will die because the federal government is not going to do it for us. Chairman Scurlock noted that it is possible the -Corps of Engineers might exhaust the funds specifically approved for beach renourishment studies. Commissioner Bird felt that the public might react negatively to this issue on a straw ballot without having more detailed information. Chairman Scurlock asked Frank Zorc if he would be satisfied with making a decision to hold a straw ballot after the figures are received, and Mr. Zorc thought that the results from a straw ballot in November would be helpful, but perhaps there should be a decision made to have a referendum after the study is done and the figures are in. Vero Beach City Councilman Gary Parris reported that the City had voted 4-1 endorsing the program with the understanding that we would have a funding program with the County and that we would go ahead with the program and have an opportunity to see how it works. He realized Chairman 48 SEP, 194 800K `AGF J