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r April 9, 2002 Dear Caroline, Will you please share the enclosed photographs and Letters to the editor with your fellow council members in an effort to solicit their support for a plan to clean our beaches? Several beach walkers, my family included, pick up garbage every day However, the job is too important to rely on the efforts of volunteers. I have been working of this for two years. Your help would be so greatly appreciated. Sincerely, enia Bradwell Commissioner Ginn referred to the above letter. She felt something needed to be done to keep the beaches clean. She advised that Lisa Zahner from Keep Indian River Beautiful had come to her with a recommendation. Lisa Zahner (KIRB) expressed appreciation to the Commission for looking out for the trees in a previous item. She advised that she was working on the trash problem on the beaches. She advised that there are regular "Adopt a Shore" groups which clean the beaches at least four times a year as well as the special beach clean-up events. She advised that Ms. Bradwell had contacted them a few months ago and had tried to get some court-ordered community service volunteers through a program called CORE and the request was denied because she was not a non-profit organization. Ms. Zahner advised that she brought this to her board and the board decided that if Ms. Bradwell agreed to become a member of the board of directors and to be responsible for the volunteers that way, that KIRB would register to accept the volunteers. Ms. Bradwell agreed to Join the board and KIRB is now in the process of registering to accept the volunteers. Ms Bradwell had already done 3 beach cleanups on her own with some other volunteers she had recruited. Ms. Zahner specified that this effort is being made in order to address the trash problems with some no - cost workers. April 23, 2002 77 O n •