CBSC Minutes 05/14/2013 CLAM BAY SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
TUESDAY,MAY 14,2013
LET IT BE REMEMBERED that the Clam Bay Subcommittee of the Pelican Bay Services Division Board met on
Tuesday,May 14,2013 at 1:00 PM at the Community Center at Pelican Bay,8960 Hammock Oak Drive,Naples,
Florida.The following members were present:
Clam Bay Subcommittee
Susan O'Brien,Chairman John Domenie absent
Joe Chicurel Mike Levy
Tom Cravens
Pelican Bay Services Division Staff
W.Neil Dorrill,Administrator Mary McCaughtry,Operations Analyst
Kyle Lukasz,Operations Manager Lisa Resnick,Recording Secretary
Moderator Tim Hall,Senior Ecologist&Principal,Turrell,Hall&Associates,Inc.
Also Present
Kevin Carter,Field Manager,Dorrill Management Group
Mohamed Dabees,Ph.D.,P.E.,Humiston&Moore Engineers
Jim Hoppensteadt,President and Chief Operating Officer,Pelican Bay Foundation
Clam Pass Stakeholders
Mary Bolen,Mangrove Action Group
Marcia Cravens, Sierra Club
Judy Hushon,Naples Cay
Mary Johnson,Pelican Bay Foundation
Ted Raia,Mangrove Action Group
Linda Roth,Mangrove Action Group
Bob Sanchez,Pelican Bay Property Owners Association
Michael Seef,Mangrove Action Group
Keith Tompkins,Naples Cay&Seasons at Naples Cay
Kathy Worley,Conservancy of Southwest Florida
AGENDA
1. Roll call
2. Audience comments
3. Input from Clam Bay stakeholders
4. Monitoring Clam Pass and seeking a Nationwide permit proposals
5. Proposed floating dock in outer Clam Bay
6. Adjourn
ROLL CALL
Four members were present(O'Brien,Chicurel,Cravens,Levy)and one member was absent(Domenie).
INPUT FROM CLAM BAY STAKEHOLDERS
Mr. Hall presented a summary of responses to the Clam Pass Questionnaire distributed previously to Clam Pass
Stakeholders that asked them to identify uses of the system,concerns for the system,and goals for the management plan.
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AUDIENCE COMMENTS
The audience was concerned about recreational uses and riparian rights, motorized boating and dredging for
navigation, dredging the Pass as a sand source, water quality, and doing the least amount of damage to natural
environmental resources.
Mr.Hall explained that the next step was to have Stakeholders prioritize the goals for the management plan.
Some in the audience were opposed to prioritizing goals because they claimed Clam Bay was a natural system.
Mr. Hall clarified that yes, Clam Bay is a natural system; however, it is also a managed system. In order to
ensure that the Pass stays open and that the flushing capacity are maintained for the health of the mangroves,certain uses
of the system are allowable and other uses are unallowable which makes Clam Bay a managed system.
MONITORING CLAM PASS AND SEEKING A NATIONWIDE PERMIT PROPOSALS
Mr.Dorrill reviewed Turrell-Hall's proposal for Clam Pass maintenance dredging permitting services.
Discussion centered on concerns as to whether the Corps would authorize a Nationwide maintenance dredge
permit without obtaining a new biological opinion and within an acceptable timeframe. A pre-application meeting with
the appropriate agencies would be scheduled prior to the June Board meeting. The Subcommittee would await the
outcome prior to approving a recommendation to the full Board.
Mr.Dorrill reviewed Humiston and Moore Engineers'proposal for interim monitoring.
Mr. Cravens made a motion, second by Dr. Chicurel, to recommend staff's recommendation to the full
Board to approve the proposal for 3-month, 6-month,and one-year monitoring of the most recent dredging
event and associated cost of$44,000. The Subcommittee voted unanimously in favor and the motion
passed.
PROPOSED FLOATING DOCK IN OUTER CLAM BAY
Mr.Dorrill presented a video describing the County's Parks and Recreation Department's proposed TDC Grant
funds project to construct a floating dock in Outer Clam Bay. Subject to Parks and Recreation Director's availability,
additional information would be presented at the June meeting.
ADJOURN
IMr. Cravens made a motion,second by Dr. Chicurel,to adjourn. The Subcommittee voted unanimously in
favor,the motion passed,and the meeting was adjourned at 3:20 p.m.
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Susan O'Brien,Chairman Minutes by Lisa Resnick 6/13/2013 9:34:34 AM
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