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BCC Minutes 05/11/1988 W -<>-"-""- Naples, Florida, May II, 1988 tr:r IT BE RDŒHBERED, that the Board of Counly Co88is.iO:1ers in end for the County or Collier, and also acting as the Board of Zoning Appeals and as the governing board(s) of such special districts as have been created according to law and having conducted business berein, ..t on this date at 9:00 A.M. in WORX8BOP 8B88108 in Building -,. of the Covern8ent Co.plex, East Naples, Florida, with the following 8e8bers present: CHAIRMAN: Arnold Lee Glass VICE-cHAIRMAN: Burt L. Saunders John A. Pistor Max A. Hasse Anne Goodnight ALSO PRES £NT : Maureen Kenyon, Deputy Clerk¡ To. Olliff, Acting To8 Crandall, Utilities Ad8inistrator¡ George Archibald, Public Works Adainistrator¡ Jane f'i tzpatr ick, Growth Manage8ent Director: Marjor.ie Student, Assistant County Attorney: Robert Wiley, Growth Management Engineer; ~illia. Laverty, Utilities Operations Coordinator: William Lorenz, Enviroo.ental Science and Pollution Control Director; Tom Donegan, Public Works Project Coordinator; Mike Arnold, Assistant Utilities Ad8inistrator; and Nancy Israelson, Administrative Assistant to the Board. Page 1 aooc 114 ,ßt 97 "",",.0,___,, -0""0.. MAY ll, 1988 PUBLIC ncILInU 8LBJœ.ft 8UrIUY 8IRAK 8VB-8t.IDœJf'f Mike Arnold, Assistant Utilities Ad8inistrator, stated that the vater and sewer elellents have been through CAe, CCPe and their com- 88nU8 and recouendations have been rolled into the ele.ent. He noted that the Sanitary Sewer Ele.ent is broken up into five separate sec- tions, a background ~tion, existing systems and capacity section, level of service standards and needs assess..nt section, summary and raccD8endation section, and the Coals, Objective~, and Policies sec- tion. He noted that there are a large nU8ber of private sector provi- dars in the County which aade their task 8Ore difficult. He noted that 935 directs the County to analyze in detail the private sector, which vas difficult because of the large nU8ber of syste88 and because there has been a lot of reluctance from the private sector to provide the necessary inforll8tion. He noted that there are three public sec- tor providers for sewer¡ Collier County, Everglades City, and the City of Maples, adding that there are also three independent districts ¥bich are the Pelican Bay I8provellent District, the I-.okalee Water/Sewer District and the Port of the Island CO88Unity Improvement Di8trict. He noted that the Public Service Commission regulates 13 sewer utilities in the County and there are 63 other package plant operations throughout the County. He noted that there are approxima- tely 13,000 septic tanks located throughout the County, and about 4,000 or 5,000 of those will be replaced with the East and South 10. U 4 '1';[ 99 Page 2 114w.t1OO Naples SanItary Sewer Collection Syst... MAY II, 1988 He noted that he is pro- posing that areas that are less densely zoned continue to be served by septic tanks, because these areas have lots and homes that are 80 far separated that it would not be econoMically feasible to put in a seller 8J'1Itea. He referred to a table on Page SS-98, indicating that it Is a .. ery of how the sanitary sewer service is spread over the pri- vate and the public sector in Collier County. He stated that the COals, Objectives and Policies are broken into 4 categories. He noted that it has been decided that one goal statement would probably be approprIate for sanitary sewer, and the first objective focuses in on the central sewer syste. issue, which is to phase out the package plants and the septic tanks within the County. Me. Arnold indicated that the cePe has expressed concern about objective 1.1.3 with regards to obtaining more cooperation from the private sector and also to have a -.chanis8 in place so that they have to 8eet the -.ndates of the growth -.nagement legislation. He indi- cated that the County has little, if any, authority over the private 8eC~r utIlities, adding that the independent districts are answerable to the State Legislature and regulated utilities answer to the PSC. He noted that an effective liaison needs to be developed with the pri- vale sector. He noted that there needs to be forms executed on a quarterly basis to keep the County updated at to the existing plant capacity. He noted that the rest of the objective deals with the ordinances that .andate connections to the system. Page 3 _m_,,"_..," _. MAY II, 1988 Mr. Arnold indicated that Objective 1.2 deals with the level of service standards, adding that this was difficult to do for the small utilities. He stated thðt DCA has given the opinion that the County could use cO88Only accepted engineering design st~nd~rds and let those be the standards for the private sector systems. He noted that within the OOP's, a standard table has been incorporated which is from Chapter 10D6 of the Florida Ad8inistrative Code. He noted that this table refers to virtually any type of use in development. He noted that the County's level of service standard for sewer would be 100 gallons per capita per day, add:ng that the split between residential and non-residential uses would be a 21' factor. He noted that the ratio between residential and cO88ercial 8ðY change, adding that he is in the process of doing the inventory of the commercial areas. He noted that it is stated in the ele..nt that the base will be 100 gallons per day and the percentage will fluctuate up or down as the ratio changes. He noted that this is the standard that he will use to design and 8easure the capacity of the County facilities, adding that the population projections will be looked at annually and they will be used to update the de.and for the facilities. . He indicated that when new develop..nt comes on line and they are proposing a large POD, they will be required to refer to the table and come up with a sewage generation rate for the development which wIll then be compared to the available capacity of the plant to determine if there is or is not the capacity available. He noted that this information is based on ... 114~1O1 Page .. U4-IDl MAY II, 1988 historical data and accepted engineering design standards. In answer to co..issioner Pistor, Mr. Arnold stated that with regards to the concurrency issue, it is a question whether everything ha» to be on line at the ti.e the new develop.ent is there or can it be brought up to standards during the first five years of the CIP and then handle new growth frOli that ti.e on. He indicated that the level of service standards for water and sewer are based on engineering standards, adding that water and sewer rates are based on what is uaecJ . Hr. Arnold stated that when the COP's went to the CAe, there was not a table tha~ had been settled on for the private sectors, adding that after inserting a table, it was deter.ined that the language from the CCPC with regards to Policy 1.1.3 could be deleted. He noted that this C88e up during the public hearing of the CCPC and that there was an identical section in the Water Sub-element which was deleted, but it was not deleted frOli the Sewer Sub-element, only because the cePe did not want to go back and aake another recommendation. He noted that the cePe indicated that the Board of County Com8issioners could take on this aatter. Growth Management Director Fitzpatrick stated that the cePe reviewed the Sanitary Sewer Sub-element and staff recO88ended the ~Jetion of this language and the motion of the cePe was to leave it in, but it was readdressed again once the Potable Water Sub-element vas rr iewed and at that point, they agreed with staff that it was pag-5 ------- ,~--. HAY 11, J 9ßß redundant and in potable water, they voted to del~te this languaq~ bill did not want to g~ back and address the mol ion for sanilary sewer. She stated that right now they are inconsistent wi th the Potable Wðlr'l and the Sanitary Sewer Element based on the CCPC's recommendation, adding that rather than going back and re-votinq on the motion ror sanitary sever, they indicated that it should be brought to the atten tion of the Board or County C~issioners. 0:. iaaioner SaUDders 8OYe4, .econded by C088iøsion.r Pi8tor and carried aDaDi80u8ly, that tb. sanitary Sever Sub-El..ent policy 1.2.3 aboa1cJ reads "7be.. LOS .tan4ar48 .hall be tb. ainiau. criteria tor replac..ant 8Spanaion for increa.. in capacity for sanitary 8ewer trea~t f&ciliti.a." Mr. Arnold stated that Objective 1.3 relates to sludge disposal, adding that there are two policies under that, which include sludge dewatering facilities, and that the County will try to iaplement a progr.. to invest the feasibility of utilizing sludge for agricultural or horticultural uses. He noted that Objective 1.4 relates to the conservation issue and focuses in on the use of treated wastewater effluent of reclaiaed water for the golf courses and also explores the options of 8Oving into other areas. Mr. Harold Hall, representing the CAC, stated that he would like to oo..ent on all of the elements as he has to leave the meeti~g and will not be available to co..cnt on each one. lie noted that what staff has presented is acceptable to the CAC and the sa.. thing Page 6 aœc 114 PIf,£ 103 ---«---..-- ... 114mlO4 MAY ll, 1988 applies with regards to potable water. fie stated that there were som" .'nor changes with regard to wording that starf was going to take carp or, adding that there were only .¡nor changes in the Drainage Elemenl. He noted that one word that CAe would like changed is the word -educate., adding that they reel that "inform" would be a better word to use as the public i~ knowledgeable and he does not feel that it is proper to indicate that the County will educate the public as it sounds nicer if one says that the County will infor. the public. indicated that there were no changes with regards to the aquifer He recharge . Co88issioner Saunders stated that he would agree to using the word -lnCor.- instead of the word "educate". to this issue. There was a general consensus ..... ReC..8: 9:50 A.M. - aeconveDed: 10:00 A.M. ..... Crowth Manage..nt Director Fitzpatrick stated that before the next eleaent she would like to discuss the concurrency issue, adding that l.st Sept~ber she sent a letter to DCA asking for clarification of the concurrency issue, adding that she received an official response thi8 week. She stated that she received a copy of a letter that was eent to Senator Margolis, District 37, from Tom Pelha8, Secretary of DCA, that discussed a management concurrency system which would be a syst~ a loca) jurisdiction set up to clearly identify how that govern.ent will take care of their existing deficiencies and provide for growth through programming of the necessary infrastructure to meet Page 7 " !"",. ~ ... !-.' fi~ ï¡ R: ~:;{ ~ ~. ~, _.H""'__'--'" -"..., the service standards. MAY 11,1988 She stated that according to the letter this 6 syst.. should be cO8prised of projects which are appropriated, under construction or planned in an adopted Capital Improvement Plan and they 8U.t be shown to be financially feasible. She stated that through the develoP8Ønl and the update of the CIP, an adequate managc. -.nt concurrency syste. has been set up. She stated that according to DCA, deficiencies 8USt be taken care of in a reasonable length of timc but they are not identifying that length of time. She stated that they are following the philosophy that the County will take care of deficiencies within the five year ti.. frame of the initial CIP. She stated that the appr~ach is to clearly identify and program the needed infrastructure and the financing to construct those facilities and by the end of fiscal year 1994, the County will have taken care of their deficier.ciee and acco..odated growth. ..... CO88issioner 8aunders left the ..eting at this tia. ..... JIOD.8L8 D ftJt 80- 8I.IDœJff Assistant Utilities Ad.inistrator Arnold stated that this element is virtually parallel to the Sanitary Sewer Element. He noted tbat there are three public sector water providers; the County, Naples and Everglades City. He slaled thal there are three independent districts that provide water service and there are seven systems regu- lated by the PSC and the Health Department has supplied a list of over 300 potable water systeas of all sizes. He noted that with regards to the goals, objectives and policies for potable water, there is one Page 8 IOÐ( 114 P&Ç( 105 , .." 1, ,'0 f II ~ , ,. ~ ", ~"é', ., . ., ¡;,', t '.'. ~~ ~ .... .~ ~ ?~~ .--.-"'..-.-.......,.- .. 114nqlOO Ml\Y 11, 1988 goal that is a .ere i.age of the sanitary sewer goal; there are four objectives that (ocus in on protection o( the existing water sources and locating future water sources that address the regionalizeð or centralized syste88, the level of service standards and conservation. He noted that the first objective is to locate, develop, maintain, and protect adequate potable supply water sources to meet the long-term needs of the County. There was genera) discussion regarding Deltona's water supply and the fact that they will not be able to use the water out of the pit after 1993 and Deltona .ay be planning on the County for that water supply. There was also discussion with regard to the County making plans for this additional water supply in the Growth Management Plan prior to August 1,1988. Mr. Arnold stated that Objective 1.2 mimics the Sanitary Sewer Ele.ent, adding that this focuses on the provision of central service and phasing out the package plants, septic tanks, etc. He noted that Policy 1.2.3 refers to the legal ability to acquire plants and cooperation with utilities. He noted that Objective 1.3 is the level of service standards, adding that the same table is used for water as vas used (or sewer and is accepted by the local engineering community. He slated that the Water Management Plan that was adopted in 1986 had a de8and of 135 gallons pel day per capita, which was based on resi- ðonlåaJ u8age. Jle noted that according to the historical recorda, there is a 21\ factor and if this is applied to the data, there would Page 9 ~' t/' ~. . ~.; , i, . R f .t:' ~" .' #. be. rate of 163 gallons per day per capita. MAY 11,1988 He stated that on top of this, he looked at the national day, adding that fro. a design stand- point of County facilities, that is an increase factor of 50\ which .-ana when the capacity needs are determined for the plant, it is based on the 163 gallons times a ~.5 factor which equates to 245 gallons per day per capita and that is what the plans have to be designed for, which is the 88xi8U8 de.and. He noted that Collier County has three districts¡ the County Water-Sewer District, the M~rco Water-Sewer District and the Goodland Water District. He noted that the 163 gallons per capita per day Is appropriate for the County Water District and the Goodland Water District, but the per capita usage is 8Ore appropriate at 200 gallons per day due to the irrigation use. He noted that in Policy 1.3.4 it indicates that there will be an annual review of the records and adjust the standards where needed. He noted that the County will design their facilities on the 245 gallons per day per capita and when a private sector comes in with a development, they viII use the water de8and fro. the table and that is how the County viII deter.ine whether this d~elopment hooks up to the water supply or not. He indicated that Objective 1.4 relates to conser- . vation, which parallels the sewer ele.cnt. He noted that he will also be starting SOlIe public inforll8tion roogralDS to infor8 the public of what water saving devices can be used in their homes, what kind of drought resistant landscaping can be done as well as a lot of other infot'1lation. He noted thðt the i8plications of the CIP ties in with tOO( 114 PKllO7 Page 10 ~------ -..-.-.,-."" -"-_'0, . .. U4-108 MAY 11, 1988 <" tho concurrency issue, adding that there will be a balance In the uu . lilies area. fie noted that this is i~lyin9 that the Board of County Co8818810n0rs will adopt the rate increases or increase {.pact fees as necessary during the five year period to offset the capital projects that are proposed. He noted that there are user fees that will pay lor thi8, but there aay also have to be a cO8li tllent on the part of the Board of County Ca88issioners for a 10ng-ter. rate increase. In answer to Coa.issioner Pistor, Mr. Laverty stated that he has been working closely with the I-.okalee Water District and they have provided all the necessary inforaation in addition to financial state- 8enU8. He noted that they are presently undergoing design expansion end, unfortunately, they are in a bind in teras of enforcing connec- tions for the expansion of the water syste8. He noted that they do not have the requir88ent to enforce a hookup within 200 feet of a line a. the County Water-Sewer District does and that impedes them in expanding the water syste8, but they do have that for the sanitary sewer ayste8. Hr. Milton Hahn stated that he would like to have a section of land that is south of I880kalee Road and north of Golden Gate Blvd. included in the urban area. He noted that wat~r and sewer facilities could be provided and the property has 553 acres of land which would be large enough for a package treatment plant that could serve the ..,.tlr. arl!>a. HI!> indicated that he is requesting that Section 31 be includod in the urban area. Page 11 '"'.'-"""~-"""-'-'-- MAY 11,1988 Mr. Arnold indicated that there are no plans presently for anything in the platted rural estates, adding that this property is one .ile east of the designated urban area. Col. Beebe indicated that there are approximately 120,000 units . presently approved for construcLion in existing PUD's and they are being built at the rate of 4,000 per year, which is about 30 years of deYel~_nt . He noted that if burdens and difficulties are increased by urban sprawl, it takes away the JIOney and resources required to acoc_odale and service the JIOre corapact urban area. He noted that if the area east of 951 is included in the urban area, then it will add to the burden of the taxpayers and will increase the problems of transportation, roads, sewer, water, and other amenities that are. required. He noted that this should be kept in .ind in order to do what is best for the taxpayers and ratepayers of Collier County rather than serving the private interest, the land speculator, or the developer that profits by this at the expense of the public. DIm nnq 8VB- 8LBIØIff Robert Wiley, Growth Manage8ent Engineer, stated that aaps were prepared to locate the boundaries for the different watersheds. noted that all of the infor8ðtion that was available to them was He unified and put on these 8ðps. He noted the maps now show the watershed boundaries 88 well as the proposed projects that will need to be i~rporated to provide an acceptable level of service for flood protection. He noted that when all these things were taken into con- Page 12 ,. 114. U"\ 109 .. 114ra110 HAr 11,1988 sldoration, an extensive list of projects were derived that will be incorporated into the Capital I8Prov88ent Element. He noted that one of the things to be considered with drainage is the definition of the level of service, adding that this ti8e, staff does not know what some of these canals are capable of adequately passing. He indicated that staff is in the process of getting together a list of requirements to have en engineering study to evaluate and locate definitively the boundaries, adding that there Is a possibility that the boundaries could change a little on the --p. He noted that there are a lot of projecls and structures located in the western half of the County according to the I18ps. He indicated that within the body of the ele- -.nt, there i. an introduction and history of the Water Management ProgrM. He stated that the levels of service will be identified with the engineering study, adding that it is not known at this time what the level of service in the ele.ent will be and staff is, there- foro, stating that for all new private develop.ent the level of ser- vice would...t the SFWMD requirement of a 25-year, 3-day storm. He stated that existing facilities will be accepted as they exist but when a level of service is deter.ined, these existing facilities will have to be i.proved to lleet that level of service. He noted that there vas a need for all the drainage facilities in the general urban area of western Collier County to be able to handle a 25-year, 3-day .tor.. lie noted th~t the canal syste. in the Estates area was designed based upon a la-year stor. level and it was determined that >:page 13 this would be accepted at this ti... MAY 11,1988 He noted that the rest of the County is agricultural and an effective level of service could not be provided, therefore, it was decided to accept whatever is there. He stated that this is the recO88ended level of service which they will work under, adding that there are steps that will show how to achieve this goal. He noted that the aaster plan will identify the watersheds and what areas will be i...diately affected by a rain storm event and what the long term effects will ~. He noted that he is trying to ainiaize the impacts by stretching it out over a longer period of tiae to increase the'hydroperiod to the wetland areas. He noted that this aaster plan docuaent will help identify and prioritize projects 80 that the water levels can be .aintained as high as possible and yet aini.ize the flooding effects. He indicated that with regards to the COP's, Goal II is the only goal which indicates that the County needs to provide drainage and flood protection, but it needs to be done fro. an overall perspective of water aanagement and- not just drainage. He noted that water .anagement involves keeping an elevated water table for the natural system that exists within the . County and then Objective 1.1 addresses the issue of a .aster plan and the need to have it and the policies under it are some of the provi- sions that would be covered by the master plan. He noted that the basins would actually be Identified. He reported that Policy 1.1.5 vas added during a workshop with the CCPC in order to take into con- sideration the potential for helping to restore some of the natural tOOl( 114,AGllll Page 14 -----_.,"",-._,-, ",-- ... 114 fKt 112 MAY 11, 1988 waterways because over-drainage in the past has some probleas. He stated that Objective 1.2 is where the level of service standards are di1CU8sed and they are identified in Policy 1.2.2. He noted that Objective 1.3 discusses the fiscal i.pacts of this plan and incor- porating it within the capital improve8ents budgeting process, and Objective 1.4 describes how this is done. He indicated that Objective 1.5 addresses the land use and develoP8Ønt in order to protect some of the natural functions of drainage. He stated that water .anagement ties very closely with the Groundwater Ele.ent because as the water table i. kept elevateJ that is an additional recharge for the aqulCers. He noted that these objectives are being used to unify this sub-ele.ent with the natural Groundwater Aquifer Recharge Sub-element. He stated that this plan was presented to the CCPC and it was approved as presented, but they developed the plan with the idea that the urban boundary line would be c08ing back to 951 and there are no projects shown on this plan east of 951. He noted that this plan identifies needed iaprove.ents for the Belle Meade area which is east of 951, adding that fro. a drainage aspect if there is going to be a level of service it 8Ust be provided to take care of the entire basin. He noted that if the urban area is considered one .ile east of 951, the drainage facilities necessary to handle the drainage i8P8cts of the entire basin would have to be installed, which is 8UCh greater than the one aile strip. He noted that this provided a conflict because the OCPC does not want the line 8Oved back to 951 and the Drainage Page 15 "o_^...,,-~-'<.o- Ele8eßt does not include plans one .ile east of 951. MAY 11,1988 He stated that the existing canal south of Alligator Alley is not able to provide the . . level of service that is needed for urban standards and in addition to tha~ canal, interior drainage beyond that urban lin~ would have to be provided to ..rvice collectors. He noted that to do the entire basin plan, it would take about 35 .illion dollars and to do the improve- 8eßts necessary in the one .tle strip it will be about 10 .illion dollars and this incorporales a lot of envtron.entally sensitive areas. He stated that he would like direction as to how to proceed with this aatter. Co88issioner Glass stated that this aatter has not been addressed by the Board of County C088issioners, but staff should be prepared with preli.inary plans in case the line reaains where it is. Mrs. Betty Gulacsik stated that the CAe rec~nded 8Oving the urban line back to 951 because of the dollar a80unts, adding that in the future this ts SO8ething that needs to be looked at, but not at the present ti... ****. Co88i..loDer 01... left the ..etlD9 at this tiae. **.** 8OLID ~ 8UB-8L811BJrl . Public Works Project Coordinator Donegan stated that there have only been .inor changes Made to this .l~nt. He stated that the goal is to provide an efficient and economical balance of public and pri- vate services that will enable the people of Collier County to meet the est~blished requirements for solid waste disposal in a manner to Page 16 1001( 114 P~( 113 -_. .. 114mU4 MAY 11, 1988 assure their public health and safety and to protect the air, water and land resources of Collier County. He noted that from this goal several objectives were provided with the first objective being in the collection area. He noted that a C~nt was added on the leval of service under this objective which includes three franchise collection areas: the unincorporated County area, the Immokalee Area, and the Marco area. He noted that there are also three transfer stations; Naples, Marco and Carnestown. He noted that POlicies were developed to 90 along with these collection areas, adding that there was also an addition with regards to ti.ing in teras of investigating the collec- tion 8ethods and franchising 8ethods. He noted that dates were put in to indicate that these things would be done prior to the end of 1989 and/or the COItpeti tive date. He stated that he expects to go to Com- petltlve bid for all franchises in the County prior to that time. He noted that 8ðndatory trash collection has not yet been established as a require.ent in the County, but we have that as a policy to investi- gate. He stated that the disposal objective is to continue to utilize 8afe and efficient 8ethods for environmentally sound disposal of solid waste and to investigate and iaprove ..thods and practices that meet this objective, a~~ing that several policies are listed under this objecti ve. He indicated that the CAe recommended that Policy 1.2.2 be 8tr'ke~ but staff has left it in because it defines a ti.. schedule. Mr. Donegan stated that there are plans and objective. to have SOUrce separation, adding that in Policy 1.3.4 the words 5,10, and 20 Page 17 ---,- HAY 11, 1988 years have been added, which are the planning periods for source separation. He noted that with regards to Policy 1.3.5, this has to do with resource recovery and one difference with the CAe was the word -ther.al- which was rØ80ved, but -recycling- was t~ft in the element. He noted that the CAe also wanted resource recovery deleted, but staff feels that this Is 8O8ething that should be investigated and at some tt.. a decision has to be eade on this aatter as there are still existing bonds. Co88issioner Pistor stated that with regards to staff recommen- dation of Policy 1.3.5, he would agree, but feels that the words -all of the- should be inserted in the first sentence of this policy after the word -after-. He noted that with regards to resource recovery it should be left in because it needs to be looked at and the State may tell the County to put it in, therefore, it 88y as well be left in. Mr. Donegan stated that with regards to public awareness, these policies are agreeable to staff, CAe, and cePe. He noted that Goal '2 vas added and it defines certain things that will be done to provide for growth aanage.ent and to correct any deficiencies. He noted that . these policies define what has to be done over the next several years to prevent deficiencies, adding that Policy 2.1.1 is to investigate raw land for use in the 90's. He noted that one of the standards is to establish tons per capita per year and that there be enough lin~ð landfill two years in advance of when it is needed. He noted that the CAe also suggested that there be a raw land inventory so that Page 18 aooc 114~t U5 ----,.._, }..114-11ß MAY 11,1988 there Is enough land available for 10 years prior to the time it is -I needed . eo..i.sioner Pistor indicated that this type of 8uggestion could be very costly and questioned how it would be financed? Mr. Donegan stated that the solid waste depart..nt i8 an enterprise SY8tem so that anything that is done would have to be taken into consideration in the rates charged, adding that this could be a80rtized over a ten year period 80 that there would not be any large debt at one ti8Ø. ..... Co88i..ioøer Gl..s roturDe4 to the ...tiDg. .....' Hr. Donegan 8tated that policy P.I.6 is to develop a 8aster plan by the end of the year in order to have a definite plan of action with r89ards to what will be done in solid waste and how it viII be ac~li.hed. He noted that Objective 2.2 has been rewritten in accordance with Suggestions of the cePe and staff agrees. D2VDJ, GJtOUJID BUR AOOXFBR ~ Environ.ental Science and Pollution Control Director Lorenz stated that the Crowth Manag88ent Act requires that the County identify the aquifer recharge areas, that regulations and prograas be developed that will govern land use and that goals, objectives and POlicies be establ Ished. He staled that there is a layered 8ystea in Collier County, the surficial aquifer, the intermediate aquifer and the Floridan aquifer. He noted that the aquifer of i8pOrtance and tntereal to Collier County is the surficial aquifer svat.. which goes down to a depth of about 180 feet. He noted that thi8 aquifer 8ystem Page 19 '-,-"", MAY ll, 1988 is..de up of two aquifers¡ the water table aquifer and the Lower Ta8iaai Aquifer below, adding that these aquifers are separated by a confining bed. He indicated that the 8OSt important concept with regards to the aquifer recharge ele.ent is that the surficial aquifer .ys~ is recharged by the rainfall that falls on the surface ~f Collier County. He noted that the Floridan Aquifer is recharged 8O8ewhere in the center of the State. He noted that when Collier COunty looks at developing progra.. to protect the functions of a~Jifer recharge areas, they have to look at protecting the land sur- face. He noted that after the surficial aquifer is recharged, it in turn recharges the Lower Ta.ia.i Aquifer through downward leakage through the defining bed. He noted that the next systea down, the interaediate aquifer syste. is the sandstone aquifer which is where the I880kalee Water and Sewer District is basically developed from, adding that some of the agricultural pumpage is also taken out of the sandstone ac'Jifer. He noted that salt intrusion into the aquif~rs is froa increased pumpage along the coast where there is a draw-down and also when a well is installed that is under pressure and forces salt water up through the other freshwater aquifers. He noted that most of the water in Collier County is drawn fro. the Lower Ta.iaml Aquifer. ..... Co88i..ioner Ola.. left the ...tinq at this tia. ..... Hr. Lorenz stated that Collier County is not dealing with a natural system, adding that the natural groundwater flow moves from the Iaaokalee area southwest through th~ County in the absence of any .. 114 'a!".{ 117 Page 20 U4~~ MAY 11,1988 kinds of wells or puaping centers, but when the wel1fields are put in, they are changing the direction of groundwater flow and this has to be accounted for. He noted that the zone of contribution around a well is basically the recharge to the wells, adding that he is currently identifying the draw-downs around the wellfields and the zone of contribution by a cO8puter 8Odeling study. He stated that in terms of 1roundvater protection we have to protect the recharge areas but the ult:8ðte goal is to protect the groundwater. He noted that the most sensitive areas are close to the wellfields and a modeling study is needed to understand what the areas look like. He noted that the COP'. have been structured to 8eet regulatory require.ents, opera- tional require.ents, with on-going and continuing planning processes and education CO8pOnents. He stated there are two goals: one is to protect the recharge areas fro. activities that could degrade or Con- t..inate the quality of groundwater and the second goal is oriented toward the quantity of groundwater. He noted that under the quality goal, the first objective is to identify and map the recharge areas which are the most sensitive to contamination from land development and otner surface activities. He noted that the policy for this is to basically develop and maintain the computer model to provide the tech- nical information and justify the maps that will have to be produced. ~ indicated that Objective 1.2 is to adopt a local groundwater pro- tection ordinance to protect sensitive aquifer recharge areas, which is basically a comprehensive groundwater ordinance that will identify Page 21 -"..c_- MAY II, 1988 particular zones around the wellfield that will carry restrictive regulations and to identify areas such as the zones of contributions that..y have different kinds of regulations. In answer to C088issioner Hasse, Mr. Lorenz stated that it has to be recognized that the natural groundwater quality is not up to par and the County is starting with a product that is not that good or that usable in ter.. of POtability. He noted that it has to be understood what the natural background is and what the 8an-aade effect is. In answer to Co88issioner Pistor, Mr. Lorenz stated that the groundwater protection ordinance will address both existing and pro- jected future land use and surface activities. He stated that the third objective is to collect and evaluate data and infor88tion designed to 8Onitor the quality of groundwater. He noted that in teC88 of how to develop a good technical ordinance, he has to know what kind of groundwater quality the County is dealing with, ground- water quality standards will have to be developed, and a groundwatFr 8Onitoring progra.. He indicated that Objective 1.4 is a public . infor88tion or educational objective which is to establish a program that will continually provide the public with educational materials concerning groundwater protection issues in Collier County, including advising the public on disposal aethods for hazardous waste and on genera~ groundwater principles. He indicated that Objective 1.5 is ð long range planning objective which is to develop a plan to preserve Page 22 1001( 114""..119 IBM 114 '*' 120 MAY 11, 1988 the critical groundwater recharge areas, adding that this particular objective viII also identify areas that -,y not be able to receive adequate protection to groundwater quality and quantity through the use of regulations or restrictions of activities which would make this land critical to recharge areas and aay need to be purchased. Mr. Lorenz stated that Goal 12 is the quantity of the recharge area., adding that these recharge areas will be protected fr~ activi- ties that unacceptably alter the groundwater recharge, the physical 88OUnts of vater that gets into the aquifer syst.. and vhen it gets into the aquifer syst... He noted that there is only one objective for this particular goal and that is to specify local criteria for ensuring that land develoP8ent activities do not unacceptably alter the ti81ng or reduce the al8OUnt of groundwater recharge. He noted that this objective is necessary because SO88 of the P8r.itting cri- teria for the SFWHD does not seea to be applicable to Collier County's concH t ions . ..... Order or the Chair - Ti..: There being no further business, the 8eeting was adjourned by 12:15 P.M. Page 23 , . . l' .