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District continued to stonewall our Commission's reasonable request. At the end of the meeting, the District members agreed to present this matter to their Board and recommend some type of joint beach renourishment plan wherein the County would provide certain resources and thie-District would provide the sand. Commissioner Adams indicated her primary concern was with our public beaches: Golden Sands, Treasure Shores, and Wabasso, in particular. She wanted some sort of a partnership with the SITD. While they indicated the sand would be trucked, rather than pumped, she was concerned solely with the fact that our dunes are disappearing at an incredible rate and some reinforcement needs to be done. Turtle nesting begins in May and we are again running on a time line. Chairman Adams advised that Mr. LaRoux has now promised that they would try to determine an upland source for sand. On Friday, he indicated that he would like to get a permit for it first. Chairman Adams thought, however, that he first needed to obtain a consensus from the District to put sand on our south County park beaches. She also hoped to develop a partnership with some property owners along there, particularly Sea Oaks, Disney, and Summerplace, who have very serious problems. First, however, a commitment from the SITD is necessary and, as it moves forward, it will be brought back to the agenda. Commissioner Eggert wanted not only to hold the line and continue with this negotiation, but also to keep a firm time line. If we have not heard from them and if they are not working aggressively toward trucking that sand, then she wished to move ahead. In response to Commissioner Bird's question, County Attorney Vitunac's recollection of the SITD boundaries indicated that most of the property lies in Brevard County. The District was set up in the 1920's with properties that, at that time, were thought would be affected by the inlet. Commissioner Bird pointed out that therein lies the problem. Brevard County is on the upstream side of the inlet and sand is building up on their beaches. The elected officials are looking out for the constituents in their taxing district; unfortunately, a minority of those properties are in Indian River County. Chairman Adams felt that Mr. Mosby is beginning to understand Indian River county's predicament. She agreed we must remember that they are elected to represent the interests of the inlet, and not necessarily to represent Indian River County's interest. 19 February 13, 1996 BOOK 97 PAF 990