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Wait for answer... Same paragraph: Statement: The resulting effects are shoreline erosion, accretion or stability depending on the rates at which sand is supplied to or removed from the beaches. Question: Would Mr. Tabor (or the members from ATM) be willing to state for the record that the normal flow of sand has been interrupted or slowed considerably by the jetty at the Sebastian Inlet? INTRODUCTION; Page 1, Paragraph 3 - Statement: The county's coastline is a valuable resource in terms of storm protection. Question: Can Mr. Tabor define in simple terns how the coastline provides us with this storm protection? Wait for answer.... Response: In the sixties when I was a student in the School of Environmental Design, Mr. McHarg's book was required reading for one of my courses. McHarg discusses how the entire barrier islands are formed and how the dunes provide protection to the mainland from storm surges not just the beaches. A copy how this process works is included in my article "How Seawalls; Revetments; Jetties; Et. Al. Accelerate the Loss of Beach Sand on Indian River County Beaches." Question: Has Mr. Tabor ever read this book? Have the members of ATM read this book? Question: If we are going to permit homes to be built and to tax these homes on the barrier island shouldn't the homeowners be warned by the county in writing of the dangers they face by building their homes in this location? Wait for answer... INTRODUCTION; Page 1, Paragraph 5 - Statement: Historical trends have shown that areas of the county are loosing 1 and 5 feet of shoreline per year. The 1970's had several storms that removed large quantities of sand and caused the collapse of several structures. Question: If this statement is correct why does the report contradict itself on page 9, Paragraph 1? The northern most Sector of the county from Sebastian Inlet to Ambersand Beach experienced an overall shoreline advance of 2.3 feet per year. Wait for answer... Statement: In the ATM Report (ES -1); Page 1, Paragraph 2 it states: The BPP determined that the county's coastline is experiencing an annual erosion rate of 187,218 cubic yards per year. During 1997 the Sebastian Inlet Taxing District (SIM) completed a feeder beach project which placed 200,000 cubic feet of sand on the coastline. Question: What was the SIM doing in previous years? In the 1970's when the BPP states we were having several storms such as the one in 1984 that washed considerable amount of sand away from the beach. Was the SIM placing comparable amounts of sand on the beach then? How much sand is the SIM going to place on the feeder beach in 1998 and 1999? Wait for answer... Statement: I could not find anything mentioned in either the BPP Update report or the EACA Plan about the Sebastian Inlet and what effect it is having and has had in the past thirty years on our county's beaches. Question: Can Mr Tabor (or any member of the ATM group) supply us with this information? Is this a topic that has been deliberately overlooked? Wait for answer... Statement: The city of Coco Beach was having similar erosion problems on their beaches. Their erosion problem was found to be caused by the inlet at Cape Canavaral. The inlet is there because the federal government requires it to be there. Coco Beach had no other alternative but to take the federal to court. I understand Coco Beach has won their lawsuit against the federal government and the government will have to correct the problems that have been caused by the Canaveral inlet. JANUARY 19, 1999 -75- BOOK 108 PAGE159 59