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JAS 7 M3 BOOK 8® FACE 461 7 implement the Cubit recommendations because of the action of other agencies, such as the Sebastian Inlet Taxing District which addresses the needs of the North County Beach. We have been monitoring erosion of the Wabasso area and we have cooperated with property owners in the Ambersand and Wabasso Beach area to allow those property owners to restore the primary dune. Chairman Bird asked, and Director Davis responded that by adoption of Resolution 87-133 the County transferred sponsorship of beach nourishment to the City of Vero Beach because most of the endangered shoreline was in the corporate limits. City Planning Director Dennis Ragsdale distributed a document titled "City of Vero Beach Planning Concept for Beach Erosion Control." He recounted that after the beach nourishment project was transferred to the City in 1987, it was defeated twice by referendum. Afterward, the City Council created a Beach Advisory Board in April 1990. The Beach Advisory Board prepared a report of their recommendations relative. to beach nourishment. The plan included location of a near -shore rock outcrop, determination of the sources of sand to be used and a location for a beach -based dewatering system. At the City Council's direction, the Beach Advisory Board devised a plan of action to: (1) provide adequate recreational beach; (2) protect upland property; (3) protect near - shore rock outcroppings; and (4) preserve, enhance and create dunes. The study included a review of the past 20 years to see where the beach has eroded and where it has been accreting. The recommendation was that the first line of defense would be a continuous reef system to decrease erosion and that sand bypassing at the Sebastian Inlet must be increased. Director Ragsdale reported on several court cases involving inlet districts and felt that the findings in those cases indicated that the inlet taxing districts should pay for portions of the severely eroded beaches to be restored and to ensure that adequate sand is bypassed. He stated that if we do not do something to stop the erosion, we will need a plan to retreat because there will be flooding on the island with severe damage. Chairman Bird led discussion regarding the renourishment plan designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Director Davis reported that the Corps' design has been the basis for the County's applications for funding through 1988. The funding was a combination of federal, state and local funds, and there have been proposals of various methods of obtaining local funds. Director Ragsdale explained that the Corps' design was essentially sand pumping in large quantities. All their projects 4 - M M