Laserfiche WebLink
ti + <br />IL <br />lip <br />NIL <br />Beach Restoration and Renourishment <br />L� Wative The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) has a <br />�ri®r����� Beach Management Funding Assistance Program to protect and <br />restore the state's beaches. Erosion leaves miles of beaches, <br />public infrastructure and upland development vulnerable to future <br />storm events as well as impacting tourism. Currently, beach <br />renourishment is funded via documentary stamps along with <br />countless other programs. This leaves beach renourishment <br />projects fighting every year for a very small piece of a large pie. <br />Indian River County, like its sister counties to the north and to the <br />south on Florida's east coast, has a natural nearshore hardbottom <br />resource. This resource is classified as an essential fish habitat. It <br />provides foraging and breeding grounds for juvenile fish. Indian <br />River County's beach management plan is specifically customized <br />to maximize the fill while minimizing the impact to the nearshore <br />hardbottom resource. <br />Position: Indian River County BCC SUPPORTS the creation of a <br />newly dedicated and reoccurring statutory funding sourMfor <br />beach restoration and renourishment projects. <br />