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F-- J U N 2 A 10 a", 1) 2) BOOK 89 FAGF 948 -1 Research the changes in State law pertaining to use of tourist taxes. Bring our ordinance into compliance with State law. 3) Pass the additional one cent tax and be sure that the language in the ordinance meets State law and provides the flexibility that is needed. Mr. Little stressed that there is no purpose in advertising for tourists if there are no beaches for them to enjoy. Mr. Little also suggested that the County rescind its previous decision on the tourist tax allocation and reallocate $80,0000-$100,000 of the current money to the BSPAC so that they will have $50,000 front money plus whatever else is needed to proceed with the PEP reef permitting process so that we don't have to wait until the ordinance to levy an additional one cent becomes effective in September or October. He f elt that still gives the Chamber of Commerce more than they need or expected to get. Commissioner Adams stated that the primary reason to restore the beach is for storm protection and because of that there is a certain commitment of the property owners on the barrier island to contribute to this. She really believed that we need to consider creating an erosion control taxing district for those - areas benefiting from storm protection. She didn't feel we should fund the whole thing. Those are things the BSPAC will be looking at. George Gross, former staff member of the City's beach committee, advised that a certain amount of money is needed to get the engineering started. He felt we need anywhere from $50,000 to $100,000 now in order to get an engineering firm started on collecting the needed data to get construction started by next year. Councilman Jordan asked why we don't have sufficient data considering the fact we have been studying this problem for 20 years. Mr. Gross explained that we found out that we don't have reefs formed from crustaceans, we have rocks. Another unknown is the distance from shore for which the County would be responsible. The $10,000 study basically took a few pictures, and we need to know the distance to take it from the water line out to a minus 10 feet and the bottom conditions at that exact point. He noted that the Palm Beach project is about 200 feet off shore at a point of minus 9 feet. Commissioner Adams explained that if the sand builds up from the shoreline over the years, the reef can be moved further out. She was not in favor of reallocating the Tourist Development 4 M M M