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r1AYOR&Cm1r1 I SS I ON Fax:3056737096 Jun 21 '01 8:25 P.05 .' RESOLUTION NUMBER 2001-002 A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF COASTAL MAYORS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, REQUESTING THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY MAYOR AND COMMISSION TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT TO EXPEDmOUSLY IMPLEMENT THE INNOVATIVE EROSION CONTROL AND SAND RECYCLING SYSTEM DEMONSTRATION PROJECT DEVELOPED FOR THE CRITICALLY ERODED BEACHES ALONG THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, THE TOWN OF SURFSIDE AND THE VILLAGE OF BAL HARBOUR. WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County's beaches are an important part of the public safety and quality of life of this community, providing aesthetic, environmental, hurricane mitigation and recreational benefits for our residents and tourists; and WHEREAS, beaches continue to be the region's number one tourist attraction and are thus vital to our economic well-being; and WHEREAS, beach erosion continues to be a major problem in Miami-Dade County; and WHEREAS, the sources of sand traditionally used for renourishing the County's beaches have been virtually exhausted; and WHEREAS, the sand for future beach renourisbment projects will have to be imported from outside of South Florida at a much higher cost; and WHEREAS, continuing to pump sand on to our beaches without addressing the underlying causes ofthe erosion, will leave us in an endless cycle of needing more, increasingly expensive sand; and WHEREAS, the Miami Beach hmovative Erosion Control and Sand Recycling Demonstration Project authorized in the U.S. Water Resources Development Act of 1999 was developed to provide for the construction of a series of erosion control breakwaters in key areas along the shoreline, to widen the beaches and slow the beach erosion process; and -wHEREAS, the Miami Beach Innovative Erosion Control and Sand R.ecycling Demonstration Project also includes the periodic recycling of the excess sand that accumulates at the southern end of the beach system, back to the eroded beaches at the north end; and WHEREAS, this Erosion Control and Sand Recycling System, if successful, will allow for more effective maintenance of our beaches, reduce the demand for new sand, and offer substantial financial and enviromnental benefits; and WHEREAS, the cost for implementation of the. Miami Beach Innovative Erosion Control and Sand Recycling Demonstration Project has been estimated at approximately $6,000,000; and WHEREAS, under the terms of the existing Proj ect Cooperation Agreement (peA) betw'een the County and the federal government, and the provisions of the U.S. Water Resources Development Act, the County should be eligible for reimbursement of the share of the implementation cost of the Erosion Control Program; and Exhibit "A"