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Bibble Irvin brought and displayed with the overhead projector some very recent <br />photographs to show the beach erosion occurring due to the usual October weather. He <br />described the erosion at Conn Beach as not too severe. He disagreed with Coastal Engineer <br />Jeff Tabar who had said that escarpments that occur on beaches which have had sand <br />dredging were the same as on beaches which have not had sand dredging. On this issue, he <br />felt the Commissioners had been misled. He displayed a photograph of Wabasso Beach and <br />estimated the escarpment as a back -breaking 12 -feet tall. That is a escarpment. He <br />explained that escarpments are the number one phenomenon to occur after sand dredging. <br />Fortunately, Wabasso Beach has sand placement, not sand dredging. If sand dredging had <br />been done in this area, he emphasized that the escarpment would have been to the ocean's <br />edge, and walking on the beach would be impossible. He had learned that the escarpment <br />in Ft. Pierce was 6-7 feet all the way down their beach. The next photograph was also of <br />Wabasso Beach and he pointed out where the sand placement had not occurred and described <br />how it has been naturally placed for many years. The escarpment was only about 3 or 4 feet <br />because the sand had not been built out at that location. He believed that retreating from the <br />shore was the right thing to do as he pointed out in a 1968 photo that homes were built right <br />at the bluff line at 5ummerplace. He then showed a photograph of the same area and <br />indicated the difference where the seawall had been constructed. His last photograph was <br />of Humiston Beach in 1957 and the ocean had eroded the sand behind the boardwalk as it <br />does now, because the boardwalk was built on the immediate bluff. Mr. Tippin had <br />informed him that the Ft. Pierce project is completely different from what is proposed for <br />Vero Beach, but Mr. Irvin cautioned that we will not have the protection of the jetties which <br />is why the Corps of Engineers has predicted that we will have 10-12 foot escarpments. On <br />this last photograph he had drawn a "little girl", a turtle, and a ladder to show what will <br />October 17, 2000 <br />55 BK 1 15 PG 531 <br />I <br />