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• • 17 nautical miles, was the most desirable. He described how the sand was vacuumed from the ocean bottom, transported by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, Inc., and spread upon the beach. He showed before and after photos of the newly -constructed beach and the dune plantings of already well-established sea oaks. He reported there are over 800 sea turtle nests on the new beach. They will continue to monitor the sea turtle nests and habitats. The shoreline will be surveyed for the next 5 years to determine the performance of the new beach. A 5.2 acre artificial reef (of quarried limestone) will be bid in October 2003 and constructed offshore in 2004 for mitigation purposes. He summarized the following project highlights: successful restoration of 2.6 miles of critically -eroding shoreline through implementation of the County's first beach restoration project; payment for a volume of 536,505 cubic yards of sand; installation of 141,000 dune plants installed with no irrigation; and no marine turtle nests requiring relocation. In closing, he acknowledged the many contributors to this project. In response to an inquiry, Dr. Gorham advised that the new beach did very well in its first major stonii test (high surf and waves from Hurricane Isabel). He measured the beach before and after and those measurements were within a couple of feet of each other. He noted there were no escarpments and there was no significant erosion. He believed we have a beach we can be very proud of (CLERK'S NOTE A copy of Dr. Gorham's visual presentation has been filed with the backup of this meeting.) The Commissioners congratulated Dr. Gorham on a job well done. Ralph Sexton, 8005 37th Street, Chairman of the Beach and Shore Preservation Committee, stressed how lucky we are to have Jonathan who did a wonderful job restoring this beach. He said "at raise time, don't forget him". September 23, 2003 3 -4R I 3