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Minutes 05/14/2014 W PELICAN BAY SERVICES DIVISION CLAM BAY COMMITTEE WORKSHOP MAY 14, 2014 The Clam Bay Committee of the Pelican Bay Services Division met on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.for a workshop at the community center at Pelican Bay, 8960 Hammock Oak Drive, Naples, Florida. APPEARANCES: Susan O'Brien, Chairman Tom Cravens John Domenie Michael Levy Joe Chicurel Dave Trecker, ex-officio ALSO PRESENT: Neil Dorrill, Dorrill Management Group, Administrator Tim Hall,Turrell, Hall &Associates Mohamed Dabees, Humiston & Moore Scott Streckenbein, PBSD Board CLAM BAY STAKEHOLDERS Linda Roth Kathy Worley Marcia Cravens Ted Raia Mary Johnson Peter Duggan Henry Bachman Brad Cornell Maura Kraus and others WELCOME Mrs. O'Brien opened the workshop and thanked those present for being in attendance. DISCUSSION OF FINAL DRAFT OF CLAM BAY MANAGEMENT PLAN Mr. Roth addressed some changes and edits, and it was agreed that only the substantial changes would be discussed at the workshop. She noted some wording to be added and changed in certain areas for clarification, and suggested some areas that were redundant and should be removed. These changes, deletions and recommendations were previously provided to the Committee members. Clam Bay Workshop—Minutes May 14,2014 Page 2 The necessity of including all the data presently in the appendix was discussed, and Mrs. Worley suggested that if the information is included in the appendix, it should be spelled out as to why it is there and what it is tied to. Mrs. Roth also noted that her suggestion to include a paragraph related to the water movement into Clam Bay was not yet in the Plan, and Mr. Hall explained the meaning of the documents Mrs. Roth provided, and indicated that he had inserted wording in the Plan to address that issue. The objectives were gone over briefly, and some small changes were made in the bullet points. It was further suggested that the responsible entities for the various facets of Clam Bay be listed in the Plan as it was in an earlier version, and Mrs. O'Brien agreed that they can revisit that issue at the next Committee meeting. In response to Mrs. Worley's question, Dr. Dabees indicated that the drawings on page 90 were a modification and reduction of the information from the previous dredging, and the red line is what is being recommended. Mr. Bachman suggested that it may not be clear enough that the PBSD was responsible for what is in the Management Plan, and Mrs. O'Brien noted that she felt it was clear in the text that the PBSD was responsible for the implementation of the plan. Additionally Mr. Bachman asked about funding for the many projects and activities noted in the Plan, and Mr. Cravens agreed that the Plan does not specifically tag how they are to be paid for. Mrs. O'Brien indicated that there is an overall tag at the Goal and Objectives lead-in regarding the availability of funding and staff, but that they would work on a stronger statement in this regard. Mrs. Cravens spoke to the introduction and that she felt that saying the 11998 focused on the mangroves needed to be stricken from it and otherwise corrected. She added that the Committee and the consultants are not following the direction of the County Commission, which authorized and delegated the PBSD to update the existing Clam Bay Restoration Management Plan, and that the numerous organizations and people involved in the original plan were not mentioned in the PBSD version. Mrs. Cravens also felt that the tables in the Plan were disjointed, and referred the Committee to the 1995 Clam Pass Inlet Management Plan as it relates to habitats and land uses which she noted was outstanding. Mrs. Cravens was asked to submit the remainder of her corrections to the Committee, as there were several that could not be mentioned in the time frame available. Mrs. Worley noted the need for consistency within the categories as to general statements as opposed to those of Clam Bay specifically. Mrs. Worley will send her structural suggestions and Clam Bay Workshop—Minutes May 14,2014 Page 3 other notations on spellings and additions to the Committee members. Mrs. Worley added as well that the Goal and Objectives needed to include a performance measure in order to evaluate it. The relationship between the stormwater management areas outside of the NRPA and the NRPA itself was raised by Brad Cornell of Audubon and Western Everglades as it relates to the issue of the nutrients in Clam Bay from fertilization and irrigation water as it is not addressed fully in the Management Plan. He also felt that the Plan should address sea level rise adaptations and how stable it is, and how the tides coming in and out can affect that dynamic. Dr. Dabees briefly spoke to the water level issues, and Mr. Cornell suggested that Dr. Dabees craft some language to insert into the Plan that addresses that issue. It was also noted by Mrs.Johnson that this is a ten year plan that clearly states that ongoing information will be taken into consideration. She felt it was an excellent plan and that the Committee needed to move forward from here. Ted Raia expressed concern about the surface water that has increased with development and is running into Clam Bay. Mr. Hall indicated that rainfall is about 52 inches, and irrigation is half that amount again, and the range then is anywhere from 78 to 83 inches of water falling on the surface of the ground. The Management Plan recognizes the water coming from the upland areas, but there is also a subsurface flow that also goes into the Bay, which they have less detailed information on. The rain and the subsurface flow are handled on a reactive basis; whereas the landscape water and lakes and those issues are addressed on a much more proactive basis. Mrs. Worley suggested that the section on water reduction and the berm could be lifted from the old 1998 Plan and inserted into the new one, which would answer many of these questions. Maura Kraus of the Collier County Parks and Recreation Department noted that a wild turkey was sighted on the beach, as well as a flamingo. She noted as well that the Collier County Natural Resource Department had teams of biologists in the 1980s doing research on a large area that included Clam Bay, and that there has been monitoring going on since 1990, including for sea turtles, that continues to this day. Mr. Hall indicated that he will coordinate with the County in these areas. (End of recording) Susan O'Brien, Chairman Printed 11/12/2014 at 9:01:37 AM