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issued to allow areas hardest hit to protect themselves . Also , numerous beach fill permits have been issued . The requests for sea walls continue and permit applications are being processed . Finally, after Hurricane Floyd, the county qualified for approximately $ 900 , 000 in restoration emergency funds (FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency) for building some dunes along our shoreline . The permit from Department of Environmental Protection was just received so we can proceed with restoring about two miles of 20 ' dunes in the critical areas during the winter months . He has worked in monitoring and coordinating the beach scraping efforts with homeowners and that has worked out very well . In the future, the beach renourishment program is ongoing for three areas of the county , restore and bypass sand south of Sebastian Inlet . There are also additional coastal regulations which the Commission has touched on in the past . Mr. Tabar was congratulated for an excellent presentation by Chairman Adams and Vice Chairman Ginn , Vice Chairman Ginnproduced three of her photos showing scouring has occurred between the Barton and Gerstner properties and that the Gerstner ' s home has actually been undermined . Chairman Adams noted that the areas where the PEP reef is located seem to have fared better than other areas . She advised that at the previous day ' s Beach and Shore Preservation Advisory Committee meeting it was suggested that perhaps another PEP reef should be done in the Gerstner ' s area because the loss of sand will be continual there . Vice Chairman Ginn thought that would be a very good idea because it is a very serious concern for those homeowners . (Mr. Tabar ' s comprehensive visual color presentation (Power Point(v and photos) has been printed and is filed with the backup for the meeting . ) November 21 , 2000 65 BK 1 16 PG 223