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9.B.1. PUBLIC DISCUSSION ITEM -REQUEST FROM BIBBLE <br />IRVIN TO DISCUSS ADVERSE EFFECTS OF SAND PUMPING <br />Bibble Irvin, Vero Beach, objected to sand pumping because it has caused <br />escarpments and poor sand quality/color on other beaches where the process has been used. <br />He contended erosion has not been the real culprit and is not as extensive as people believe. <br />He supported his thesis with photographs showing the shoreline from the 1940's to the <br />present. He also showed photos of escarpments and exhibited sand color differences <br />between what has been pumped onto Ft. Pierce beaches and the color of the Vero Beach <br />sand. He claimed our shoreline is the same now as it was then. He also displa` 17ed prints of <br />aerial photographs showing comparisons of the beach from 1978 to 2000. From these <br />photographs and blueprints, he concluded that there has not been very much erosion. He <br />asserted the problem originated because some of the homes were built right on the <br />immediate dune and not back far enough. He questioned why the rest of the county's <br />taxpayers had to be responsible for what a few property owners had done. <br />Mr. Irvin also produced books that he has studied regarding marine species, reef <br />creatures, shells, corals, and other marine life. He specified that escarpments ars dangerous <br />to people and nesting turtles; there are better alternatives. He hoped that his evidence helped <br />to stop the fight on sand pumping. <br />9.B.2. PUBLIC DISCUSSION ITEM - REQUEST FROM FRED <br />MENSING TO DISCUSS CLARIFICATION OF INSTRUCTIONS TO <br />ATTORNEY RE: LAWSUIT IN PROGRESS <br />Chairman Macht advised Mr. Mensing that the Board cannot discuss this matter <br />because it is the subject of a lawsuit and the Commission's instructions to its a'.torneys are <br />privileged communications. <br />February 4, 2003 <br />y <br />4,J <br />r <br />