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The
Acting
Municipal
Manager
Kouga
Municipality
Attention:
Mr.
Peter
Wilson
16
February,
2006
Dear Mr.
Wilson
SFB
Beach
Trust –
ASR
Limited
Initiative
I would
like to
thank
both you
and Mr.
Leon
Gouws
for
coming
over to
St
Francis
Bay
earlier
this
week to
meet
with Dr
Shaw
Mead
from ASR
Limited
in New
Zealand
and
myself
to
discuss
our
community
initiative
to
restore
the
beach
here in
St
Francis
Bay. As
also
agreed I
am
writing
this
letter
to
confirm
a number
of the
points
raised
during
the
meeting:
-
The
St
Francis
Bay
Beach
Trust
have
recently
concluded
a
contract
with
ASR
Limited
in
New
Zealand
to
review
the
situation
currently
being
experienced
at
St
Francis
Bay
with
our
beach.
ASR
Limited
are
global
experts
in
the
construction
of
submerged
reefs,
with
particular
regard
to
the
rehabilitation
of
beaches
which
have
been
badly
eroded,
like
the
one
here
at
St
Francis
Bay.
-
In
order
to
undertake
the
above
the
St
Francis
Bay
Beach
Trust
well
on
the
way
to
raising
the
required
R
1.0
million
required
in
order
to
complete
Phases
1
and
2 of
the
exercise.
This
involves
the
collection
of
detailed
data
over
the
next
three
months
by
ASR
Limited
which
will
be
followed
by a
modeling
exercise
of
the
wave
climate
as
well
as
the
production
of a
report
containing
detailed
recommendations.
We
anticipate
that
this
part
of
the
project
will
be
completed
by
June,
2006
with
the
results
being
presented
by
Dr
Mead
at a
public
meeting
in
St
Francis
Bay
at
that
time.
-
As
also
requested
by
you
we
will
make
the
approved
report
available
to
the
Kouga
Council
so
that
the
findings
can
become
part
of
the
Environmental
Impact
Assessment
process
and
Record
of
Decision
required
by
DEAET
for
the
project
to
be
approved.
-
Following
submission
of
the
formal
report
from
ASR
it
is
then
planned
to
proceed
to
Phase
2 of
the
investigation
which
includes
the
detailed
design
of
the
submerged
reef/s.
It
is
anticipated
that
the
design
will
be
complete
by
December,
2006.
Included
in
the
design
will
be
estimates
for
the
costing
and
phasing
of
the
construction
which
will
be
discussed
at
the
AGM
of
the
St
Francis
Bay
Residents
Association
in
December,
2006.
As
discussed
with you
we wish
to
stress
that
this is
a
self-funded
community
project
which is
being
motivated
and
driven
by the
St
Francis
Bay
Beach
Trust.
As also
agreed
at our
meeting
we will
keep the
Kouga
Municipality
fully
appraised
of
developments
as they
take
place.
We would
also
like to
take
this
opportunity
of
thanking
you for
the
constructive
response
we
received
from
both
yourself
and Mr.
Leon
Gouws,
and we
look
forward
to
further
meetings
of this
nature
as we
move
forward
on this
project.
Yours
sincerely
Alan
Tonkin
Chairman:
St
Francis
Bay
Residents
Association
P. O.
Box
557, St
Francis
Bay.
6312
Tel/Fax:
042 294
1092.
Mobile:
082 777
1519 |
