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5) TOO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS...... <br />a) Flawed sur'veyl <br />b) Starting date? <br />c) Completion date? <br />d) Act W cost? <br />o) Wet participation? <br />c) State participation? <br />d) Federal participation? ( Habitat Reconstruction Funds) <br />e) Homeowners Participation? <br />CONCLUSION. <br />a) The program MUST have a sand transfer system at the Sebastian Inlet to be <br />successful. Without it the program will be a failure and a waste of taxpayers <br />money. <br />b) Sind it is an acknowledged fact that our County's beach erosion has been <br />caused all or in part by the jetties at the Sebastian Inlet, their Taxing District <br />should be made to pay it's fair share of the cost to replace the sand. <br />c) Surveys should be done again to get a February -April figure that will give a <br />more accurate read of beach usage than August and October offer. The possible <br />inaccuracy of the present survey directly dWs the allowance for Recreational <br />Benefits. <br />d) The suggestion of singling out certain areas of our beach and assessing these <br />property owners for beach replenishment is questionable at best. The missing sand <br />from then crtically eroded beach sections is already accreting to the south of them <br />and will continue to do so after the new sand is pumped onshore. The entire <br />coastline will enjoy storm protection from the program. If the final decision is to <br />make the beach front property owners, who pay a lions share of the County's taxes <br />now, pay more, it should that be assessed equally for the entire coastline. <br />e) The Consultant's present figures have beach front property owners in Section <br />#1 and #2 paying $15,035.00 for a 100 foot beach front lot. Section #3 would pay <br />$11,I25.00 for a 100 foot beach front lot. Section #5 would pay $5,583.00 for a <br />Vero Beach, 100 foot beach front lot. Section #7 would pay $28,049.00 for their <br />100 foot beach front lot. Windsor, John's Island, Indian River Shores, etc. would <br />receive 'the downdriR sand, but would not be assessed. <br />We suliport Commissioner Fran Adam sand replenishment program. This is <br />a badly; ceded project for Indian River County. However, we find problems with <br />the fun&g formula the Consultants have created for it. It is an unfair and unequal <br />solution to a political problem. An integral part of this plan must be a sand transfer <br />system nt the Sebastian 2hdct to continue to replenish our beaches. The alternative <br />to ongoing beach replenishment is to face the same erosion problems all over again <br />in two or three years This program MUST be successful. There will be no <br />second chances. <br />JANUARY 19, 1999 <br />"71" BOOK 108 PAGE 155 <br />