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happen with ahigh escarpment. He talked about the beauty of the shells he has recently <br />collected from the beaches which are really a fabulous resource that could be covered up by <br />sand dredging. He had heard that West Palm Beach's sand dredging project has been put on <br />hold because one of the funding sources has been removed. He hoped that the <br />Commissioners were beginning to realize from the photographs that the beaches have not <br />changed much over the years. He thought a referendum would be fair but the most important <br />point would be to inform people that the escarpments will occur if sand dredging is done. <br />He wanted to take his comments to the Beach Advisory Committee, but the meetings have <br />been canceled for the past six months. He also thought Vice Chairman Ginn's request for <br />a workshop has not materialized. He felt the Commissioners have been misled because the <br />Beach Committee is not meeting regularly in order to present information to the Board. He <br />wished things could begin to move in that direction. He advised this would be one of the last <br />times he would be appearing before the Board. He thought the information he has given <br />them should be given credibility. He thought the Board should reconsider their position on <br />sand dredging, because it would really create havoc on the beaches. The main thing to <br />remember is that the beaches are not really changing nearly as much as people say they are. <br />Commissioner Macht advised that he had learned a lot from the information Mr. Irvin <br />has been presenting to the Board and he has changed his mind on certain aspects of it. <br />Vice Chairman Ginn believed that escarpments do occur naturally and that the PEP <br />reef has been successful. The homes at Summerplace were built on a bluff and the bluff has <br />eroded. She called the "breaking news" the Heinz Center Report which was commissioned <br />by FEMA. The report was published in April 2000; she is reading it and is in the middle of <br />the 5' chapter. She offered to loan this latest work on erosion to Mr. Irvin when she finished <br />it. She wanted Mr. Irvin to know that the Commissioners are listening to him, but they are <br />also hearing the fears of beachfront homeowners. <br />October 17, 2000 <br />BK 1 15 P6 532 56 <br />is 0 <br />