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• <br />• <br />9.B. PUBLIC DISCUSSION ITEMS - BIBBLE IRVIN REQUEST TO <br />DISCUSS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING SAND <br />PUMPING <br />(CLERK'S NOTE: NO BACKUP MATERIALS SUPPLIED) <br />Bibble Irvin showed some pictures of several beach areas. (CLERK'S NOTE: <br />PICTURES WERE NOT SUPPLIED TO THE CLERK.) He stated that he had spoken with <br />a gentleman from the Department of Environmental Protection, Phil Flood, who agreed with <br />Mr. Irvin that there is not a serious erosion problem in Vero Beach. Mr. Irvin is doing a <br />beach user survey in Ft. Pierce where the sand renourishment project has been done and not <br />many people are using the beach and the ones who are using it are not happy with the results. <br />He believed the beach renourishment project in Vero is being done to shore up private <br />property and that the recreational use of the beaches will be ruined. He stated that the <br />project is only necessary due to a few buildings which were built too closely to the shoreline. <br />Mr. Irvin read from a Press Journal article from December of 1998, quoting Commissioner <br />Adams that there would be plenty of time to investigate the project and that all questions <br />would be answered. He believed there had been only one meeting when Commissioner <br />Adams had stated that there would be plenty of meetings. <br />Mr. Irvin continued that he believed he would not be able to sell as many hats because <br />the tourists would not want to come and swim in the murky water left by the project. He <br />questioned what compensation the Board would be able to offer the citizens if there were a <br />big decline in tourism. <br />Commissioner Adams agreed that tourism has been down because of the loss of our <br />beaches and noted that public meetings will be coming up. Environmental evaluations are <br />being done and a public workshop will be held when those results are in. She commented <br />that she had also been in Ft. Pierce during the last week and saw lots of people on the <br />beaches. There are no perfect solutions to the problem which is why it is being done in <br />phases through the management plan. <br />Mr. Irvin felt that the beaches would never look quite the same and expressed his <br />concern for the fragile reefs being buried. <br />NO ACTION REQUIRED OR TAKEN. <br />AUGUST 3, 1999 <br />-47- <br />600K - PAGE 1 <br />