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RESOLUTION NO. 75-37 WHEREAS, Indian River County has suffered beach erosion; and O WHEREAS,a public hearing was held to attempt to find a solution to the problem; and WHEREAS, the City of Vero Beach, the Sebastian Inlet District and Indian River County have agreed to certain recom- mendations; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida that it supports the State of Florida's and Army Corps of Engineers' recommendations for the Sebastian State Park area as follows: 1. The Federal project should provide for a protective and recreational beach and future maintenance nourishment. It would be very desirable for the project to provide for development of a more efficient sand transfer system at the Inlet and partic- ipation in the operation of that system. We would prefer to have the breakwater groin South of the Inlet included as an authorized alternative for construction only after its need is clearly demon- strated. A monitoring program should definitely be included as a part of a project in this area. The monitoring program would assist in the evaluation of the project and is particularly import- ant for assessing the effectiveness of the sand transfer operation at the Inlet as well as for determining the need for the deferred structure. WITHIN CITY OF VERO BEACH 2. Recommend and concur with the Corps of Engineers' recommendation for beachfill renourishment in the project area, including a breakwater groin as an authorized alternative for construction only after its need is clearly demonstrated. A monitoring program would assist in the evaluation of the project and is particularly important for assessing the results of the beach -fill project. 3. Recommend a test reef known as the Sabecon Reef be an authorized alternative for construction, undertaken by the Corps of Engineers as authorized by.the United States Congress. This test reef to consist of two tangents of the reef with no