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David R. Roach, Assistant Executive Director of the FIND, <br />referred to the Long Range Dredged Material Management Program for <br />the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in Florida which had been <br />presented in the backup material. <br />Mr. Roach presented a lengthy slide presentation and detailed <br />information about the program. He described aspects of funding, <br />mission, makeup of the FIND and the major programs in which FIND is <br />involved. The ICW Project was initiated by the Legislature and is <br />a' joint undertaking with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers doing <br />all the physical construction work and FIND providing the property <br />required for the construction and continued maintenance of the <br />waterway. <br />Mr. Roach believed that not very much dredging will have to be <br />done in Indian River County. Preservation of aquatic..environments <br />is an important factor in this program which was not present in <br />previous ICW dredging projects. Environmental protection laws now <br />require dredging material be placed either in the ocean, on the <br />beach, or in the uplands and he described the restrictions for each <br />area. <br />Mr. Roach explained in detail how upland sites have been used <br />for processing/storage of dredging materials and showed <br />photographic slides of a Jacksonville site with its natural <br />vegetation buffering area. He described the hydraulic dredging <br />operation and how the water is returned to the lagoon and the <br />dredged material is processed. He indicated that the maximum <br />dredging reach is about ten miles in length and that it is most <br />economical to have the site in the middle of the ten miles. The <br />infrastructure put in place will be permanent and the sites will be <br />used for continued dredging maintenance of the ICW. <br />This major undertaking works best with local involvement and <br />Mr. Roach asked for the Board's help by appointing a citizen's <br />advisory committee so they can contribute local/inside knowledge on <br />properties FIND is contemplating for sites. FIND will be <br />advertising, conducting meetings, and looking for public feedback. <br />The whole process will take approximately one year. <br />Mr. Roach outlined the three points they need to accomplish in <br />terms of the study: determine their storage requirement or how <br />much they were going to dredge over the next 50 years; determine <br />25 BOOK 96 PAGE 120 <br />September 19, 1995 <br />