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BOOK 66 rn;F 38 <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Lyons, SECONDED <br />by Commissioner Bird, to accept the staff recom- <br />mendation as set out in the above memo of 6/2/86. <br />Commissioner Lyons commented that he has talked to John <br />Ryther at Harbor Branch and suggested he might also want to look <br />at the lime sludge generated by the City of Vero Beach and see if <br />that possibly could be combined in this experiment. <br />Commissioner Wodtke noted that in the beach renourishment <br />project, which has been under study for quite some time, there <br />are two borrow areas depicted by the Army Corps of Engineers, and <br />he would hope this artificial reef would not be placed in either <br />of those areas. <br />Commissioner Lyons agreed to make that provision a part of <br />the Motion, and Commissioner Bird concurred. <br />Commissioner Wodtke assumed that FP&L would accept any <br />liability that might result from this project. <br />J. Ross Wilcox, Ph.D., Chief Ecologist, Florida Power 8 <br />Light, assured the Board that FPBL would accept the responsi- <br />bility for any liability which might arise. He advised that part <br />of the idea of using the F.I.T. property at the Tracking Station <br />Park was so they could have easy access to the ocean. Part of <br />the monitoring of the reef would be done by Zodiac boat launched <br />from the shore. <br />Commissioner Bird asked how large the test reef would be, <br />and Mr. Wilcox advised that it will be approximately 200 bricks <br />that will be the size of cinder blocks. There will be two <br />experimental piles of about 100 bricks each, two control piles of <br />concrete blocks, and two control vacant areas. These will be <br />between one to two miles off shore. <br />Commissioner Wodtke believed the borrow pits are proposed to <br />be only about 3,000' off shore. <br />44 <br />