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• Chairman Macht advised that he had asked Mr. Coffey to limit his remarks to one subject and, with the Board's approval, he would like to generally confine public discussion items to a single subject. He could see this could lead to going on with many, many subjects. He thought Mr. Coffey had agreed to do so. Francis M. Coffey, 5045 Fairways, addressed the students saying "it is never too early to get into community affairs." He thanked the Board for the opportunity to appear and apologized for requesting to speak on four subject matters and advised he would confine his remarks to one topic, the beach preservation program, as he had been requested. Commissioner Ginn asked if this was a requirement or written somewhere, and Chairman Macht advised that it was not, but he felt the Board needed to establish that as a policy. He thought the Board ought to concentrate on one subject at a time and there are always subsequent meetings for someone to address additional topics. Commissioner Ginn did not have a problem with four topics as long as it doesn't go on forever. Mr. Coffey understood the need to have some rules, because it can be carried away and he accepted that. He then reviewed the history of the Applied Technology & Management (ATM) contract for the Beach Preservation Plan (BPP). He pointed out that ATM has failed to meet time requirements as specified in their contract. It appeared that ATM was in line to get the engineering/construction phase of the contract from the County. He hoped they would be held more accountable to perform according to the contract and recommended the Board adopt a policy to require them to make monthly or quarterly reports depending on the length of the contract" He cited several examples why the BPP should be revised to reflect the current environment He stated that the sand search was to have been completed two years ago, but has not yet been done. He believed the Board had an November 2, 1999 33 BOOK FAGUE '�' C]