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MAY <br />2 8 <br />19SE <br />BOOK 64 DuL56 <br />Chairman Scurlock did not want <br />to miss the opportunity of <br />commenting on the dredging. <br />Commissioner Lyons pointed out that one of the reasons why <br />people are worried about putting the sand directly back on the <br />beach was because the worm reef was fairly close to shore. He <br />wondered, the further south you go, if the worm reefs moved away <br />from the beach, but Art Challacombe, Chief of Environmental <br />Planning, was not sure. He advised that the Beach Preservation & <br />Restoration Committee authorized staff to prepare a grant <br />proposal to the DER to study the extent of the worm reef systems <br />along our shore line, but pointed out that the DER granted only <br />13 of 64 proposals and those 13 were on studies of the river. He <br />believed it is well documented that the DER is favoring estuarine <br />research over beach research. <br />Commissioner Bowman felt that we did not need another study <br />on the reefs because those reefs have been studied for years. <br />Although there is no question that they are going to have to <br />dredge this inlet, it will create some turbidity. She noted that <br />sand transfer stations seem to be very successful and she would <br />recommend that we urge them to install a sand transfer station <br />before they do the dredging. <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Bird, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Lyons, that the Board encourage the <br />Sebastian Inlet Tax District to find a means to reuse <br />the sand from the dredging of the inlet on the beaches <br />in the most direct and expeditious way possible without <br />any harmful effect on the worm reefs near shore. <br />Under discussion, Commissioner Wodtke advised that the <br />dredged sand is very compatible with the beach. At present they <br />are pumping it out and letting it dry first, but it does not <br />18 <br />