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Plan for Pawley Island, South Carolina, which has a a shoreline <br />somewhat similar to Indian River County in that it is a barrier <br />island and is bound on the north by an inlet. They also did the <br />New Jersey State Management Beach Preservation Plan, in which <br />they went through the same sort of procedure they feel needs to <br />be done here in Indian River County. <br />Mr. Nemeth reviewed the existing conditions along Indian <br />River County's coast showing aerial slides of the shoreline from <br />Bonita Beach north to the Sebastian Inlet. <br />Returning to the scope of work, Dr. Edge stressed that what <br />they are offering is not another study but a beach management <br />plan to realize the County's objectives for present and future <br />use of the beach. A major component of the plan would be taking <br />the information and developing alternatives that are most <br />appropriate to the County while defining the appropriate costs <br />and benefits of each. Based on that, they then would come up <br />with a preliminary report detailed to the level of the actual <br />cost and benefits of the plan selected by the County, which would <br />enable the County to know not only the initial costs for <br />implementation, but also what the long term maintenance and <br />continued costs would be over the life of the project. <br />Dr. Edge informed the Board that what they are proposing to <br />do is consistent with the requirements of HB -278 and the <br />requirements of the coastal element part of the County's <br />Comprehensive Land Use Plan, and they would continue to monitor <br />the requirements promulgated by the Department of Community <br />Affairs and the Regional Planning Council as they become <br />available to make sure that the program does, in fact, meet those <br />requirements. Dr. Edge pointed out that the U.S. Army Corps of <br />Engineers' program focuses on only two portions of the shoreline, <br />the 8,000 linear feet of sand renourishment at the Sebastian <br />Inlet and the 9,000 feet along the shoreline in the City of Vero <br />Beach. He advised that the federal government is willing to pay <br />two-thirds of the cost for the work at the Sebastian Inlet and <br />49 <br />