Policies/Meetings/General Correspondence - Volume 9MEMORANDUM
TO: Clerk to the Board/Minutes & Records
FROM: Georgina Mausen, Senior Secretary
Natural Resources Department
DATE: 28-Feb-1995
RE: Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board
(EPTAB) Recorded Meeting Minutes
I am submitting the following cassette tapes to be filed by your
office:
One (1) from the 1/30/95 EPTAB NRPA SubCommittee Meeting
One (1) from the 2/8/95 & 2/10/95 EPTAB Steering
Committee Meeting
If you have any questions, please call me at 732-2505.
GMM/7629
DRAFT: 2/ 8/9.5
APPROVED: - 5P
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD
FEBRUARY 27, 1995 MINUTES
(Continuation of February 13, 1995)
PRESENT: Dorothea Zysko Brad Cornell Robert Duane
Derek Hodgin Mike McGee Nancy Payton
Chuck Ray Gary Wilson Dave Addison
STAFF: Marjorie Student Mac Hatcher Georgina Mausen
Bill Lorenz
NOTIFIED
ABSENT: Steve Means Mike Taranto
PUBLIC: Jeremy Cook
I. 4:10 p.m. Meeting called to order.
II. Roll was called by Dorothea Zysko.
III. Minutes from the January 9 & 23, 1995 meetings were
approved. The motion regarding NRPA recommendation will
be changed to the wording worked out February 13, 1995.
IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS
Copies of Dorothea's letter to the BCC regarding the Clam
Bay Natural Resource Area Management Plan were given to
those in attendance. Those who did not attend will
receive their copy by mail.
Mike McGee of McGee & Associates, Inc. was introduced.
Mike has lived and worked in the Collier County/Naples
area since 1981. He is a Registered Landscape Architect
and owner of a Landscape Architectural Design and
Planning Firm. His professional work experience involves
environmental planning & permitting, site planning, land
use planning, landscape design, storm water management,
irrigation system design and environmental management.
VI. OLD BUSINESS
a. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS
1. Steering Committee - Steve Means: Was absent from
meeting, therefore, no Steering SubCommittee report
was given.
VII.
2. Natural Resource Protection Area - Derek Hodgin:
Discussion was held concerning NRPA priority
ranking progress.
Steering Committee requested that NRPA review list
of priorities. List of 10 NRPA can't be a static
list; it has to be dynamic. Everyone agreed that
items can be taken out of order.
3. Growth Management Committee - Robert Duane:
Questioned the continuing need for GMP SubCommittee
since the BCC decided to form a 26 member GMP
committee. Chairperson of EPTAB should seek to be
on 25 member committee.
NEW BUSINESS
Jeremy Cook, Recycling Coordinator of the Solid Waste
Department was asked to be our guest speaker on Solid
Waste Reduction Alternatives. He presented a brief
discussion of the alternate technology proposals received
by the County. There seemed to be some confusion as to
why this topic was requested. Dorothea responded that it
may be of concern for the Board members at a later time.
a. Landfill Site Alternatives - Bill Lorenz: Mac Hatcher
displayed a few transparencies that indicated where
the sites were located and how they were rated.
OTHER BUSINESS
Bob Duane stated that the meetings are taking too long.
Dorothea responded that she will try to do better in
keeping the meetings moving along.
Dorothea indicated that the Workplan for EPTAB should be
developed soon.
The subject of attendance and punctuality was brought up.
The EPTAB meetings are scheduled to begin promptly at
4:00. Please arrive a little early to get the meetings
started on time and avoid adjourning later.
Discussion was held on the attendance record of Steve
Means. It is noticed that his attendance is poor and he
is usually tardy. The Ordinance was read as to the
procedures for handling a member who misses numerous
meetings.
Meeting adjourned at 5:37 p.m.
GMM/7681
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COLLIER COUNTY GOVERNMENT
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
February 27, 1995
TO: All EPTAB Members
3301 E. TAMIAMI TR.
NAPLES, FL 33962
(813)732-2505
FAX (813) 774-9222
A CERTIFIED BLUE CHIP COMMUNITY
This is just a reminder that there is an EPTAB meeting today at
4:00 p.m. in Room 216 of the Health Building. If you do not plan
to attend, please call me at the above number as soon as
possible. Thank you.
Sincerely,
eorgina kausen,
Senior Secretary
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD
SIGN IN SHEET FEBRUARY ,t3,' 199,A5
P
EPTAB MEMBERS
`Dave Addison
Bradley Cornell A --I
Robert Duane
Derek Hodgin
Stephen A. Meauts, r.r,.
Mike McGee
ncy Payto
Charles Ray
1<
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q/.ary K. Wil
,-Dorothea P. Zysko
PUBLIC MINUTES (YES/NO) ADDRESS
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COLLIER COUNTY GOVERNMENT
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
Environmental Policy
Technical Advisory Board
February 23, 1995
The Honorable Bettye Matthews
Chairman, Board of County Commissioners
Administrative Building
Collier County Government Complex
3301 East Tamiami Trail
Naples, Florida 33962
Re: Clam Bay Natural Resource Area Management Plan
Dear Chairman Matthews:
3301 E. TAMIAMI TR.
NAPLES, FL 33962
(813) 732-2505
FAX (813) 774-9222
A CERTIFIED BLUE CHIP COMMUNITY
The Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board (EPTAB) has reviewed the Clam Bay Natural Resource
Area Management Plan prepared by County Natural Resources staff for the Board of County Commissioners.
A Public Workshop was help by EPTAB to hear public comments many of which were incorporated into the
Plan. The Plan was reviewed with respect to its ability to provide the necessary management activities to
protect the Clam Bay ecosystem. EPTAB approved the following recommendation at it's last meeting:
The Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board (EPTAB) recommends that the Board of County
Commissioners (BOCC) accept the Clam Bay Natural Resource Area Management Plan prepared by County
Natural Resources staff`. However, EPTAB also included in the recommendation is that the BOCC endorse
the Turrell & Associates contract services previously recommended to the BOCC by the Capital Projects staff
to support the management effort for Clam Bay. The basis for this recommendation is that the Clam Bay
Natural Resource Area Management Plan alone does not provide the data necessary for a long-term
management plan for Clam Bay.
If you should have any questions regarding our recommendations, please feel free to call me at 649-4W,
extension 5903. We will be pleased to present the results of our review to the Board at your request.
Cordially,
dao
Dorothea P. Zysko
Chairman
Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board
cc: Tim Constantine, County Commissioner
Pam Mac'Kie, County Commissioner
Tim Hancock, County Commissioner
John Norris, County Commissioner
W. Neil Dorrill, County Manager
Bill Lorenz, Environmental Services Division
Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board Members
MEMORANDUM
TO: Clerk to the Board/Minutes & Records
FROM: Georgina Mausen, Senior Secretary
Natural Resources Department
DATE: 14-Feb-1995
RE: Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board
(EPTAB) Recorded Meeting Minutes
I am submitting the following cassette tapes for your action:
Two (2) from the 1/9/95 EPTAB Meeting
Two (2) from the 1/23/95 EPTAB Meeting
One (1) from the 1/23/95 EPTAB/GMP Meeting
If you have any questions, please call me at 732-2505.
GMM/7629
MEMORANDUM
TO: Clerk to the Board/Minutes & Records
FROM: Georgina Mausen, Senior Secretary
Natural Resources Department
DATE: 14-Feb-1995
RE: Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board
(EPTAB) Recorded Meeting Minutes
Attached are two (2) cassette tapes containing the minutes of the
above referenced meeting held on January 9, 1995 for your follow
up.
If you have any questions,
cc`Y� �\
GMM/7629
please call me at 732-2505.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL SITES FOR A NEW LANDFILL
OBJECTIVE: To present the Board with an evaluation of potential sites for a new
landfill.
CONSIDERATIONS: On January 17, 1995, the BCC directed staff to return to the
Board within 21 days to present a preliminary analysis of potential sites for a
new landfill.
Site Assessment:
I. With no significant solid waste volume reduction technology, between 1.7 and
2.4 square miles will be needed to handle the County's solid waste disposal
needs to the years 2050 (Figure 1). This is based upon BEBR's, medium/high
and medium population projection modified for build -out. (An 80% volume
reduction could reduce the amount of area needed by 2050 to 0.6 square
miles.) Based upon this information staff began looking at sites having a
total area of two (2) square miles.
2. Staff began its analysis using the Elimination Assessment conducted by Post,
Buckley, Schugh and Jernigan (PBSJ) in its 1993 Landfill Development Project
Report (Figure 2). The criteria proposed by PBSJ, however, was modified by
staff to include that a landfill site be no closer than one (1) mile to the
urban and estates areas as designated on the Future Land Use Map. Criteria
used for the staff's Elimination Assessment are summarized in Table 1.
3. Over 40 square miles were found as potentially suitable for further analysis
in three general areas of the County (Figure 3). Within these areas, twenty
(20) 2-square mile sites were further identified based upon visual
inspection of features using maps and aerial photographs (Figure 4). More
specific data available in computer data bases were then used to tabulate
statistics for each of these sites.
4. Several observations are note worthy concerning the general location of the
three (3) large areas identified by conducting the Elimination Assessment.
Groundwater Recharge - The area of highest groundwater recharge is northwest
of Immokalee (Figure 5). Most sites located in Area A are therefore
severely constrained by the sensitivity of groundwater resources in the
area.
Transportation Impacts - Area A will require garbage trucks to be routed
through Immokalee assuming no new roads will be built linking Immokalee Road
with this area. Transportation impacts will also severely constrain sites
in Area A.
Proximity to Large Areas of Significant Environmental Sensitivity - All
major areas are near Areas of Significant Environmental Sensitivity (Figure
6). Possible impacts on these areas will be recognized in subsequent
permitting steps.
Presence of Endangered/Threatened Species - Listed species are pervasive in
Collier County - especially in areas outside of the urban area. Staff has
access to computer databases that indicate sitings of certain species.
However, precise knowledge of the presence of listed species will require
actual field inspections.
5. Selected information characterizing physical characteristics, environmental
impacts, and off -site impacts are tabulated for each site (Table 2). Staff
grouped these data into three categories to reflect best to worst conditions
for the raw data (Table 3). Table 4 presents these relative categories to
summarize all the sites relative rankings.
From the assessment as shown in Table 4, sites 16 and 17 appear to have the
least restrictions and should be considered for further analysis. Note that
all of these sites are in Group B. The Group A sites are severely limited
by groundwater concerns and transportation impacts. The Group C sites have
a very high percentage of wetland soils which adds to the cost of site
development, have a very large number of dwellings within one (1) mile of
the site and are located in the Rookery Bay watershed.
Sites 12, 13 and 18 have some merit for review. Note that site 15 is
constrained by having its area contained within the 5 mile planning boundary
of the Immokalee Airport and has approximately 44% of its area in hydric
soils. Site 18 has a severe habitat constraint and it is a "split" site
which would require two (2) sets of basic infrastructure. Sites 12, 13 and
14 are all within the planning boundary of Immokalee Airport.
6. Data summarizing the feasibility of acquiring sites 16 and 17 are provided
below.
Site Site
16 17
Assessed Value $3,721,400 $5,943,000
Current Ad Valorem Taxes $41,027 $32,558
Total Number of Ownerships 2 3
Total Number of Improvements 1 1
Estimated Acquisition Costs $20,850 $28,950
Note that Acquisition Costs include appraisal fee, staff time and title
insurance, but no condemnation costs. Also the market value of the land and
hence the cost to the County may actually be 25 to 30 percent higher than the
assessed value.
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Future Course Action:
The Board should give staff direction to further evaluate these sites (or other
sites as the Board desires) regarding their economics and permitting
feasibility. An economic analysis should consist of the cost for site
development and transportation. Additional engineering data will likely be
needed to complete this analysis. The sites should receive a field visit to
verify the environmental characteristics. Sufficient data should be collected
to evaluate potential environmental mitigation costs. The County should also
contact various environmental agencies to determine their concerns for the short
list of sites.
This analysis will require permission of the property owner for the County to
inspect the sites. Time is therefore needed to negotiate these agreements,
conduct the analysis and evaluate the results. A report could be brought back
to the Board in nine (9) months.
At this point, the Board should have an analysis to more accurately determine
each site's environmental impact, ease of permitting and cost of site
development for each site. The Board should then select the site after
sufficient public input. Direction could then be given to begin the the process
of acquisition.
FISCAL IMPACT: The costs of developing a new landfill site (first phase to
construct 50 acres) are estimated as follows:
Site Selection
Land Acquisition
Engineering/Permitting
First Phase Construction
Total
The 94/95 Budget contains $200,000 for
available for land acquisition depend
contract proposal. (This decision has
of this Executive Summary.)
$ 150,000 - $ 250,000
$ 4,000,000 - $ 8,000,000
$ 250,000 - $ 350,000
$18,000,000 - $21.000 000
$22,400,000 - $29,600,000
Landfill Site Evaluation. Funds
on the Board's decision regarding WMI's
not yet been reached as of the drafting
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: Collier County's Growth Management plan requires the
County to have a 10-year supply of raw land and a 2-year supply of lined cell
area.
RECOMMENDATION: That the Board accept staff's preliminary analysis concerning a
new landfill site and direct staff to proceed with
(1) a more detailed environmental and engineering assessment of sites 16 and 17,
(2) assessment of other sites that the Board may desire, and
(3) return to the Board within nine (9) months with a report determining an
estimate of site development costs and feasibility of environmental
permitting for the selected potential sites.
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Prepared by: V-A�, Date: 2-6
Vyam Lorenz Jr.,,., ministrator
vironmental Services Division
Reviewed by: Date:
Neil Dorrill, County Manager
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TABLE 1
SITE ELIMINATION CRITERIA
1. National, state, county, private -park, preserve or conservation area
occupies at least half of the section.
2. More than half the section was classified as urban and built-up land or
urban institutional.
3. At least half of the section encompasses a cone of influence for drinking
water well fields.
4. At least half of the land within the section is targeted for federal,
state, regional, or County conservation acquisition.
5. Area of critical state concern.
6. Coastal management boundary.
7. At least half of the section is categorized as wetland soils.
8. One -mile buffer zone surrounding airports and adjacent to County lines.
9. Within visual distance of major highway.
10. One -mile from urban and estates designated area on the Future Land Use Map.
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Listed Species (7)
% Habitat for Species
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# of Dwellings within 1 mile
# of Dwellings downwind
# of non -agriculture within 1 mile
Planning for Airport
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0-29 30-59 60-90
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(1) No restriction.
(2) Less than 50% within planning zone.
(3) Greater than 40% of site within planning zone.
(4) No major urban areas impacted/access to major road provided.
(5) No major urban areas impacted but no access to major roads.
(6) Major areas impacted.
(7) Preserve of data indicates a condition between Best and Worst. No
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POTENTIAL LANDFILL SITE AREAS
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TEL:813-643-5716
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14:11 No.019 P.02
EPTAB AGENDA
February 13, 1995
1. Call Meeting to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Aproval of Meeting Minutes - January 9 and 23, 1995
4, Announcements
.5. Guest - Jeremy Cook, Solid Waste Reduction Alternatives (Scheduled for 5:00 pm; item
may be taken out of order)
6. Old Business
a. Standing Committee Reports
1. Steering Committee - Steve Means
2. Natural Resource Protection Area - Derek Hodgin
3. Growth Management - Robert Duane
b. Clam Bay NRPA Management Plan Update - Bill Lorenz
C. NRPA Priority List (Reprioritization) Derek Hodgin
d. Growth Management Plan EAR
7. New Business
a. Landfill Site Alternatives - Bill Lorenz
S. Adjournment
3301 East Tamiami Trail • Naples, Florida 33962-4977
John C. Norris (013) 774-8097 • Fax (813) 774-3602 e,.•
District 1
Timothy L. Hancock, AICP
District 2
Timothy J. Constantine
District 3
Pamela S. MadKie
District 4
Bettye J. Matthews
District 5
Mr. Michael A. McGee
1155 Morningside Drive
P.O. Box 8052
Naples, FL 33941
February 8, 1995
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ACTI _ R
INFO:
Subject: Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board
Dear Mr. McGee:
While convened in regular session on February 7, 1995, the Board of
County Commissioners voted to appoint you as a regular member on the
above -referenced advisory committee. Your appointment will expire
on September 30, 1997, or at such time as the Board reappoints you
or appoints your successor.
As with any advisory group, the primary purpose is to assist and
advise the Board of County Commissioners. By law, however, the
ultimate decisions rest with the Commission. At times, the
Commission's decisions may not reflect the recommendation of the
advisory group because many facts must be taken into consideration.
By copy of this letter, we are requesting Bill Lorenz, Environmental
Services Administrator, to provide you with any additional
information you will need as a member of this committee.
On behalf of the Board of County Commissioners, I wish to extend our
appreciation to you for your willingness to serve the residents of
Collier County as a member of this advisory board.
Very truly ours,
ettye J. thews, Chairman
Commissio District 5
BJM:sf
cc: Bill Lorenz, Environmental Services Administrator
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3301 East Tamiami Trail • Naples, Florida 33962-4977
John C. Norris (813) 774-8097 •Fax (813) 774-3602
District 1
Timothy L. Hancock, AICP
District 2
Timothy J. Constantine
District 3
Pamela S. Mac'Kie
District 4
Bettye J. Matthews
District 5
February 8, 1995
Mr. William L. Hoover
200 Quail Forest Boulevard, #116
Naples, FL 33942
Subject: Environmenal Policy Technical Advisory Board
Dear Mr. Hoover:
While convened in regular session on February 7, 1995, the Board of
County Commissioners considered the applications for positions on
the subject advisory board. At that time, the Commission appointed
Michael A. McGee.
Although the Board did not appoint you to this advisory group, we
wish to express our gratitude to you for permitting your name to be
submitted for consideration. Your willingness to serve the
residents of Collier County is appreciated.
Very truly yours,
Betty4 J.4atthews, Chad
Commissi er, District 5
BJM:sf
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3301 East Tamiami Trail - Naples, Florida 339624977
John C. Norris (813) 774-8097 - Fax (813) 774-3602
District 1
Timothy L. Hancock, AICP
District 2
Timothy J. Constantine
District 3
Pamela S. Mad Kie
District 4
Bettye J. Matthews
District 5
Mr. Gary Lee Beardsley
2396 13th Street, North
Naples, FL 33940
February 8, 1995
Subject: Environmenal Policy Technical Advisory Board
Dear Mr. Beardsley:
While convened in regular session on February 7, 1995, the Board of
County Commissioners considered the applications for positions on
the subject advisory board. At that time, the Commission appointed
Michael A. McGee.
Although the Board did not appoint you to this advisory group, we
wish to express our gratitude to you for permitting your name to be
submitted for consideration. Your willingness to serve the
residents of Collier County is appreciated.
Very truly yours,
Bettye J.'Matthews, Chairman
Commissioner, District 5
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Addendum to Minutes of January 23, 1995
The EPTAB meeting of February 13, 1995 did not have a quorum, so
no official business was transacted. An informal discussion was
held by the attending members.
The meeting will be continued on February 27, 1995 at 4:00 p.m.
in Room 216 of the Health & Community Services Building.
PRESENT:
STAFF:
PUBLIC:
DRAFT:
APPROVED:
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD
JANUARY 23, 1995 MINUTES
Dorothea Zysko Derek Hodgin Charles Ray
Gary Wilson Nancy Payton Robert Duane
Dave Addison Mike Taranto Steve Means
Brad Cornell
Dick Hartwell
Doug Suitor
Marco Espinar
Bill Bourdier
Alan Varley
Jane Lang
Kimberly Polen
Laura Anderson
Ed Emmons
Meeting called to order 5:05 p.m.
Roll Call
Steve Grabe
Ian Butler
Stan Goodman
Announcement: This meeting is a continuation of January
9, 1995 meeting for the purpose of making a decision on
Natural Resources Department Clam Bay Plan.
IV. Copies of the proposed Clam Bay NRPA Management Plan were
passed to everyone. Mac Hatcher stated that the changes
to the NRPA Plan are to keep the pass open, if and when
it closes, the time frame, and the cost.
Discussion topics:
Modification of the Dredge and Fill permit. Derek:
Flow chart needs to be redone. How much information
would DEP need for an interim and a long term permit?
Make pre -application data generic.
Marco Espinar of Turrell and Associates challenged the
use of volunteers, stating the the focus should be long
term maintenance of Clam Pass and that hydrographic
studies are required by DEP. Last week in Tallahassee,
Todd Turrell did a preliminary pre -application with the
DEP. He took aerials of the system.
Ed Emmons of Environmenbtal Quality Labs. Inc., spoke
from a large chart/drawing about water sampling stations,
stating sampling should be done monthly and that he can
do light attenuation study, which is important for
seagrasses.
Discussion among EPTAB members.
While the BCC can accept, change or delete the Clam Pass
Plan, a commitment needs to be made.
Robert Duane made a motion: that the dCC accept the Clam
Pass Plan but also enter into the contract with Turrell &
Associates that was previously recommended. Zysko:
Turrell's contract should be separate. Nancy Payton
seconded the original motion. All in favor said 'aye'.
Derek voted 'nay'.
Meeting adjourned at 6:10 p.m.
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ENVIRO,—,ENTAL POLICY TECHNICAL ADVibORY BOARD
SIGN IN SHEET _ --
EPTAB MEMBERS
Dave Addison
Jack Baxter
Thomas P. Ciranna
Robert L. Duane
Derek Hodgin
Stephen A. Means, P.E.
Nancy Payton
Charles Ray
Michael V. Taranto
Gary K. Wilson
Dorothea P. Zysko
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Collier County Government Center ATTENTION: LOCAL MEDIA
Public Affairs Office
774-8464
• Contact: William Lorenz, Administrator
Environmental Services Administration
732-2500
PRESS RELEASE
The Growth Management Planning Subcommittee of the Environmental
Policy Technical Advisory Board will be meeting on Monday, January 23,
1995 at 4:00 p.m.,)14- in Room 216 on the 2nd floor of the Health and
Community Services Building H at the Collier County Government Center.
PRESS RELEASE
The Natural Resources Protection Area Subcommittee of the
Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board will be meeting on
Monday, January 30, 1995 at 4:00 p.m., in Room C on the 3rd Floor
of the Health and Community Services Building H at the Collier
County Government Center.
COLLIER COUNTY GOVERNMENT
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
Environmental Policy
Technical Advisory Board
January 12, 1995
The Honorable Bettye Matthews
Chairman, Board of County Commissioners
Collier County Government Complex
3301 East Tamiami Trail
Administrative Building
Naples, Florida 33962
Re: Wiggins Pass Inlet Management Plan
Dear Chairman Matthews:
3301 E. TAMIAMI TR.
NAPLES, FL 33962
(813) 732-2505
FAX (813) 774-9222
A CERTIFIED BLUE CHIP COMMUNITY
The Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board (EPTAB) has reviewed the Wiggins Pass
Inlet Management Plan Final Draft Report (dated August 1994) prepared by Coastal Planning
& Engineering, Inc. for the Board of County Commissioners. The Plan was reviewed with
respect to consistency with the Collier County Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) policies
and the Plan's basis to provide navigation for vessels with a three foot draft or less.
Based on our review, the EPTAB recommends that:
1.) the East Channel be eliminated from the Plan due to inconsistency with the
CZMP recommendation number 1.24, which states that "The County shall only
support currently altered pass and navigational channel dredging and maintenance
that is consistent with and required by State and Federal boating safety and
navigation standards and requirements (reference CCME Objective 11.2).",
2.) the East Channel not be included in the request for exemption from the
Outstanding Florida Water designation under consideration by the State, and
3.) the South Channel and Water Turkey Bay construction depths outlined in the Plan
be re-examined with the intent to minimize the allowable overdredge and
advanced maintenance depths to the extent practicable.
page 2
Chairman Matthews
January 12, 1995
If you should have any questions regarding our recommendations, please feel free to call me at
649-4040, extension 5903. We will be pleased to present the results of our review to the Board
prior to final consideration of the Plan.
Cordially,
Dorothea P. Zysko
Chairman
Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board
cc: Tim Constantine, County Commissioner
Pam Mac'Kie, County Commissioner
Tim Hancock, County Commissioner
John Norris, County Commissioner
W. Neil Dorrill, County Manager
Bill Lorenz, Environmental Services Division
Jerry Neal, Capital Projects
Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board Members
NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO: Sue Filson, Administrative Assistant,
Board of County Commissioners
FROM: William D. Lorenz Jr., P.E., Administrator
DATE: January 12, 1995
SUBJECT: EPTAB Vacancy
EPTAB met on January 9, 1995 and considered three applicants for
appointment to the vacancy left by the withdrawal of Jack Baxter.
1. William L. Hoover
2. Michael A. McGee
3. Gary Lee Beardsley
EPTAB recommended Michael A. McGee for appointment on a vote of
8-1.
I have included the Matrix which categorizes the applicants in
areas of expertise.
Attachment
c: EPTAB
Environmental Services File
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EXPERIENCE
PAST
EXPERIENCE
AIR QUALITY
BOTANY
COASTAL
PROCESS
ECOLOGY
ESTUARINE
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HAZARDOUS
WASTE
HYDROGEOLOGY
HYDROLOGY
HYDRAULICS
POLLUTION
CONTROL
SOLID WASTE
STORMWATER
WATER
RESOURCES
WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT
ZOOLOGY
LAND -USE LAW
LAND -USE
PLANNING
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DRAFT:
APPROVED:
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD
DECEMBER 12, 1994 MINUTES
PRESENT: Dorothea Zysko Derek Hodgin Charles Ray
Gary Wilson Nancy Payton Robert Duane
Dave Addison Mike Taranto Steve Means
NOTIFIED ABSENCE: Jack Baxter
STAFF:
Marjorie Student
Dick Hartwell
Jane Lang
Jerry Neal
Steve Grabe
Bill Lorenz
Kevin Dugan
Mac Hatcher
Kimberly Polen
PUBLIC:
Virginia Corkran
Brad Cornell
Emma Ross
Bernie Young
Todd Turrell
Barbara Prynoski
Marco Espinar
Don Pickworth
Adrienne Skolnik
I.
4:05 p.m. Meeting
called to order.
II.
Roll was called by
Dorothea Zysko.
III.
Minutes from the November 14-30 meeting were approved.
IV.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dorothea received a copy of a publication produced by
ENS, Sediment Quality in Inlet Waterways of Collier
County 1989-91 which was given to Robert Duane for use in
EAR.
V. OLD BUSINESS
There being no objection, Dorothea requested taking an
Item Out of Order.
F. Standing Committee Reports
3. Growth Management Committee
Robert Duane: The GMP Sub -committee will meet Monday on
December 19, 1994 at 4:00 p.m. GMP members will be
notified by FAX. Marjorie Student talked about DCA
Handbook which discusses the condition of all the natural
resources as it was versus the current condition.
Marjorie will make this handbook available to all EPTAB
members later.
A. Wiggins Pass Inlet Management Plan - Jerry Neal
explains the plan beginning with the Army Corps of
Engineers 1980 recommendation.
Memo: "Wiggins Pass Dredging" by Kevin Dugan was
distributed. Jerry Neal distributed portions of the
Wiggins Pass Inlet Management Plan. Jerry spoke to the
EPTAB members' concerns: squat draft, areas that have
never been dredged, overdredging, difference in water
depth. He said, it is stipulated in the permit that we
have to do an IMP and include recommended boat drafts and
water depths for the inland channel. We are working on
standards and recommendations.
Dorothea questioned the need for the recommendations for
the east channel and said, you could have a 'no
recommendation' alternative.
Steve Means posed five
1. Design vessel draft
2. Why is squat less in
east channel?
3. Underkeel clearance
4. Allowable overdredge
5. Advance maintenance
questions based on the survey:
3'
the south channel than in the
2.0 - where did figures come from?
Jerry Neal allowed that advance maintenance is a
question. Water turkey Bay is shallow and narrow.
Maintenance dredging could be questioned. The State
agency recommended 21. Derek: design of a channel is
draft design, therefore concurred with a 'no
recommendation' alternative.
Nancy Payton referred to page 157 of the IMP regarding
exemption from the proposed Outstanding Florida Waters.
Jerry: On the south channel, are not talking about
depths, but activities as relate to Class II water
permit.
3'
Maintenance: Two years versus 3 year cycle. This plan is
consistent or non -consistent? Marjorie: Every 3 years
is now every 2 years. Kevin Dugan: The CZMP plan was
broken down into 5 general recommendations and is
consistent with the IMP.
Motion made by Steve Means: The BCC should adopt the
proposed IMP with the following stipulations:
That the County shall further study the need to dredge
the south and east channels and if dredging is deemed
necessary, the County shall re-examine construction depth
and make any revisions as appropriate. Robert Duane
seconded the motion. Discussion followed. Mike Taranto:
We do not agree with the standard of 3' (depth). Motion
failed.
Alternative and amended motion made by Dorothea Zysko:
The Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board (EPTAB)
has reviewed the Wiggins Pass Inlet Management Plan
for the Board of County Commissioners with respect to the
consistency with the Collier County Coastal Zone
Management Plan (CZMP) policies and the Plan's basis to
provide navigation for vessels with a three foot draft or
less. Based on this review, the EPTAB recommends that
(1) the East channel be eliminated from the Plan due to
inconsistency with the CZMP recommendation number
1.24, which states that "The County shall only
support currently altered pass and navigational
channel dredging and maintenance that is consistent
with and required by State and Federal boating safety
and navigation standards and requirements (reference
CCME Objective 11.2).11,
(2) the East Channel not be included in the request for
exemption from the Outstanding Florida Water (OF)
designation under consideration by the State, and
(3) the South Channel and Water Turkey Bay construction
depths outlined in the Plan be re-examined with the
intent to minimize the allowable overdredge and
advanced maintenance depths to the extent
practicable.
Motion seconded by Gary Wilson. Motion carried 5 to 3.
B. Clam Bay NRPA Management Plan
Derek reviewed NRPA Clam Bay workshop of December 8. He
spoke on aerial photographs, stating that future dollar
amounts should be included in the IMP, and fertilizers.
Nancy Payton - Management Plan, where is the action?
This plan is a study that seems to go on indefinitely.
The circulation issue is not addressed in the Management
Plan, plus there is no timeline. What is causing the
cattails, green slime and bulrushes?
Bill Lorenz: The data we have assessed is that the
problem is nutrient enrichment. We have not yet assessed
the loading of stormwater input and nutrient reduction.
Timeline is good. Dorothea: Limit detrimental
activities in the area. Discussion on Circulation Study
and implementation schedule.
Todd Turrell explained his expanded scope of service.
Item out of Order:
VI. NEW BUSINESS:
A. Election of Officers
Chairman: Dorothea Zysko
Vice -Chairman: Derek Hodgin
There being no nominations, motion made and seconded
to retain the current slate of officers for 1995.
V. OLD BUSINESS
C. EPTAB Vacancy: Thomas Ciranna
Brad Cornell and Mr. Carter have applied for
membership. Matrix handout by Lorenz. Due to EPTAB
attendance requirements, applicant Carter is
technically disqualified. Brad Cornell stated he
feels the County needs citizen imput on recycling and
solid waste. Chuck Ray made a recommendation that
Brad Cornell be recommended for appointment to the
Board as a new EPTAB member. Motion made and
accepted.
D. Request for topics for Frank Meeker from the Big
Cypress Basin Board who will speak in January:
Watershed Plan - Reservoirs - Potable/Irrigation.
E. Sand Dollar Island - BCC went to SDI last week.
Re -submit recommendations that we (Sub -committee) made
last December (memo dated 12/22/93) memo, ie.:
(1) Maintain health of the water body
(2) Critical wildlife area recommended
(3) Recommend NOT filling lagoon or tidal pools
(4) Educational workshop
(5) Investigate environmental interpretive program.
Re -submittal of the memo to BCC will confirm our
previous recommendations - as they have not changed.
Motion made and seconded to re -submit the December 22,
1993 memorandum to the BCC.
F. Standing Committee Report -
1. Natural Resource Protection Area: NRPA committee
recommends reprioritizing remainder of NRPA list and
take into consideration any factors you wish.
Motion made and seconded. Meeting adjourned at 6:35 pm.
ENVIRC-._.ENTAL POLICY TECHNICAL ADS.LSORY BOARD
SIGN IN SHEET
EPTAB MEMBERS
VZDave Addison
. Baxter
Thomas--P--- Cranna
�'Robert L. Duane
V- Derek Hodgin
4.1Z Stephen A. Means, P.E.
Nancy Payton
Charles Ray
v Michael V. Taranto
Gary K. Wilson
t/Dorothea P. Zysko
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MEMORANDUM
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TO: EPTAB Members,
FROM: Richard W. Hartwell, Environmental Specialist I
DATE: January 18, 1995
SUBJECT: Revised Dredge and Fill Permit Section
of the Clam Bay NRPA Management Plan
Please find enclosed the latest revision of the Clam Bay NRPA
Management Plan Dredge and Fill Section.
Please review for the next EPTAB meeting on Monday, January 23,
at 5:00 p.m., in Room 216.
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Enclosure
CLAM PASS ONGOING DREDGE AND FILL PERMIT
Clam Pass provides for tidal action and flushing between
Gulf waters and approximately 600 acres of bay and mangrove
preserve. This tidal action, coupled with the inflow of fresh
water from the Pelican Bay Development and surrounding areas, are
extremely important in keeping the mangrove areas and Clam Bays
self-sustaining. The movement of water caused by the changing
tides provides the mechanism to ensure that oxygen is distributed
throughout the water column and will support aquatic life.
Without the tidal action, as occurred in 1988 - 1989 Clam Bay may
experience an immediate drastic reduction in aquatic life. If
the restriction to flow is allowed to continue for months adverse
impacts may be experienced by the mangrove forest and other plant
communities.
Clam Pass is a dynamic, mixed energy inlet, affected by a
combination of wave and tidal action. The Pass has been closed
by natural sedimentation during storms. The last closure was by
tropical storm "Keith" in 1988. Each time, the Pass has been
reopened by County dredging operations.
Providing a mechanism to allow immediate dredging in
response to pass closure is consistent with the Coastal Zone
Management Plan (Recommendation 1.26).
STRATEGY:
Collier County will seek to open the pass in the event of
closure by obtaining a permit from all responsible State and
Federal agencies to immediately open the pass when it closes.
IMPLEMENTATION:
Prior to completion of the Inlet Management Plan the County
will pursue an interim permit to open the pass if it becomes
closed. This should happen immediately after Board approval of
the Clam Bay NRPA. The cost of opening of the pass is estimated
to be approximately $ 5000. After the Inlet Management Plan is
approved, the next step would be to seek long term (25 year)
permit approval from the State and Federal agencies for this
strategy. Figure 2 charts the anticipated process and presents
some of the decision points to re-evaluate the process.
Recommendations: (Ranked)
PER 1: Collier County will obtain an interim permit from U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Florida Department of Environmental
Protection, and Division of Beaches and Shores with concurrence
from the Division of State lands.
COST: OCPM (in house)...................................$20,000
CLAY PASS DREDGE PERMIT
FLOW CHART
�RE - APPLICATION
CONSULTATION 3/95
$ 20,000
INTERIM PER4/95
APPLICATION
LONG TERM 9/95
PERMIT RECEIVED
ALREADY
COMPLETE INLET
7/96
FUNDED
MANAGEMENT PLAN
PRE -APPLICATION
9/96
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PER 2: If closed, Clam Pass will be maintained by dredge and
fill operations. Transportation services
COST: .......................
PER 3: After completion and approval of the Inlet Management
Plan, Collier County will obtain an ongoing permit from all
responsible agencies. Office of Capital Projects Management
(outside consultant).
COST: ....................................................$50,000
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MONITORING DREDGE AND FILL PERMIT
PROCESS
PROBLEMS PRIORITY COST M TIME LIMIT RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT
PER 1 HIGH
PER 2 HIGH
20,000 ONE YEAR
5,000 ONE YEAR
NRD/OCPM
NRD/TS
PER 3 HIGH 50,000 ONE YEAR NRD/OCPM*
*Possible outside contract
NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO: Sue Filson, Administrative Secretary
Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Jane G. Lang, Natural Resources Sr. Secretary
DATE: January 17, 1995
SUBJECT: EPTAB Meeting Attendance
During 1994, an average of 7 EPTAB members met on the second
month of every month.
January 1994
Present: Addison, Beardsley, Davis, Land, Means, Mehr, Payton
Absent: Duane, Hagan, Zysko
February 1994
Present: Beardsley, Davis, Duane, Hagan, Means, Mehr, Zysko
Absent: Addison, Land, Payton
March 1994
Present: Beardsley, Duane, Hagan, Hodgin, Mehr, Payton, Zysko
Absent: Addison, Davis, Land, Means
April 1994
Present: Beardsley, Davis, Duane, Hagan, Hodgin, Payton, Zysko
Absent: Means, Mehr
May 1994
Present: Beardsley, Duane, Hagan, Hodgin, Means, Payton, Zysko
Absent: Addison
June 1994
Present: Addison, Beardsley, Duane, Hodgin, Payton, Zysko
Absent: Hagan, Means
July 1994
Present: Addison, Duane, Hodgin, Payton, Ray, Wilson, Zysko
Absent: Baxter, Beardsley, Means
August 1994
Present: Addison, Beardsley, Duane, Hodgin, Means, Payton, Zysko
Absent: Baxter, Ray, Wilson
September 1994
Present: Addison, Beardsley, Duane, Hodgin, Means, Payton, Wilson, Zysko
Absent: Baxter, Ray
October 1994
Present: Addison, Duane, Hodgin, Payton, Ray, Taranto, Wilson, Zysko
Absent: Baxter, Ciranna, Means
November 1994
Present: Addison, Duane, Hodgin, Means, Payton, Ray, Taranto, Wilson, Zy
Absent: Baxter
December 1994
Present: Addison, Duane, Hodgin, Means, Payton, Ray, Taranto, Wilson, Zy
Absent: Baxter
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TO: EBTAB
FROM: Jerry C. Neal, Senior Project Manager
Office of Capital Projects Management
DATE: December 15, 1994
SUBJECT: WIGGINS PASS
INLET MANAGEMENT PLAN
This memo is in response to your request to furnish additional
information concerning the Wiggins Pass Inlet Management Plan.
EBTAB requested a copy of the Permit Condition which required the
County to address the interior channels, a copy is attached as
Exhibit "A".
Response: Per the State of Florida Department of Natural
Resources permit cover letter, dated February 2,
1990:
"....This authorization is conditioned upon:
#7. The grantee shall develop a management plan
for Wiggins Pass and the interior waters to which
it provides access. The plan shall specifically
address the maximum advisable vessel drafts that
may be accommodated in each water area, and
criteria for dock location, density and design."
When was the reference first made concerning the interior waterways
and what does the Plan recommend?
Response: Please find attached pages of the Plan which
addresses each item raised:
(1) The first report which contained statements
concerning the interior waterways was report #1.
The discussions of the interior channels started
on page 1 and continued throughout the report,
attached as Exhibit "B".
(2) Page 124, the "Navigation Channel Depth
Requirements" chart for a 3 foot design boat
draft, Exhibit "C".
(3) Pages 154-157, "Maintain Navigable Depths in
the Wiggins Pass Interior Channels", Exhibit "D".
EBTAB
December 15, 1994
page 2 of 3
EBTAB wanted to know why there were different design depths for the
east and south channels.
Response: We discussed this item with the consultant,
Coastal Planning & Engineering, and the reason
for the difference is stated in the U.S. Army
Corps Of Engineers 1980 Plan on page D-13,
attached as Exhibit "E". The 1994 inlet
management plan recommended channel depths are
the same as those in the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACOE) 1980 report.
EBTAB wanted to see written standards for "under keel clearance".
Response: Attached find two different documents which
support the fact that clearance is required as a
standard. Also, the State of Florida
Department of Environmental Protection Division
of Marine Resources stated that they have an
unwritten policy requesting a 2 foot clearance
for manatee protection. Refer to Exhibits "F and
G"
EBTAB wanted to know the design standard used by the USACOE.
Response: Copy of Pages D-12 thru D-14 of the 1980 USACOE
report is attached as Exhibit "H".
In the December 15, 1994 Newspaper article (Section B, page 1),
Exhibit "I", there was an implication made by Fran Stallings that the
County may be acting in collusion with the developers. The Inlet
Management Plan specifies the 3 foot draft as the design criteria for
the channel depth for the Wiggins Pass area. OCPM has stood firm
on the 3 foot design boat draft issue and will continue with this
recommendation in the future. OCPM has taken a position which
opposes the proposed plans of both Island Marina and Pelican Isle
Marina for deep draft boats as can be demonstrated with the attached
information.
Island Marina
On March 17, 1992 as agenda item # 8-H-1, OCPM requested
the BCC to oppose the developer's plan to allow large boats
and deep draft boats in their marina by sending a letter to
the state. The letter opposing the plan was signed by
the chairman and mailed to the State. As of today, OCPM
still holds that position; and, as a result, the use of
deep draft boats in this marina is not allowed by the
state. Refer to Exhibit "J".
EBTAB --
December 15, 1994
Page 3 of 3
Pelican Isle Marina
On February 25, 1993, OCPM held a meeting with Westinghouse
to inform them of the design items that we oppose. At
this meeting we re -stated that Westinghouse will have to
adhere to the same design criteria as Island Marina. The
3 foot design draft was emphasized, Exhibit "K".
On November 2, 1993, OCPM received a copy of the permit
application from DEP for comments. On November 9, 1993,
we responded back to DEP. The 3 foot draft recommendation
was the main issue, and a copy of this letter is attached
as Exhibit "L".
On November 17, 1993, Westinghouse's engineer wrote a
response letter to DEP concerning OCPM's letter, Exhibit
limit.
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STATE OF FLORID_A
DEPAI'-MENT OF NATURAL :ESOURCES
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Building 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard • Tallahassee, Florida 32399
Tom Gardner, Executive Director
February 2, 1990
Collier County Board of Commissioners '
c/o Coastal Engineering Consultants Fa
3106 South Horseshoe Drive
Naples, Florida 33942
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Grantee: Collier County Board of County Commissioners
Application No. 111403199
Pursuant to approval by the Governor and Cabinet on January 31,
1990, Collier County Board of County Commissioners is hereby
authorized to proceed with a ten-year maintenance dredging
program for Wiggins Pass with initial dredging of approximately
46,800 cubic yards of sovereignty material; and, a waiver of
payment for the severance of 46,800 cubic yards of sovereignty
material. This authorization is conditioned uron:
1. Dredging and filling activities shall only be conducted
during the period from November 1 through April 1;
2. The location of any dredge pipelines shall avoid the
shoal area to the north and south of the pass;
3. The grantee shall take all actions necessary to
establish, post, and enforce an idle speed zone from the
Pass east bevond the intersection of the Cocchatchee River
and Vanderbilt Lagoon. The idle speed zone shall be
established within one year after project approval;
4. The grantee shall take all action necessary to mark the
channel. The grantee shall sLh-)mlt an aDDlicaticn to install
the channel markers within thirty days of project approval.
The markers shall be installed within six months after
project approval;
5. The grantee shall be responsible for checking the water j
depths in the channel and for moving the buoys as neessary
to accurately reflect any changes in the .channe l's position;
6. At Lit 90 days prior to each maintenance dredging
event, during the 10-year life of this approval, the grantee
-- -shall- submit -detailed project specifications, including, but
not limited to, plan view and cross section drawings that
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depict the dredge and fill limits at the dredging and beach
renourishment sites, updated sand grain size analyses from
the dredging area, and beach compatibility calculations, a
tern monitoring and nest protection plan, -a sea turtle
monitoring and relocation protection plan. A report
reviewing the work previously done shall also he submitted.
It shall include a review of each maintenance dredging and
nourishment pass, include a review of each maintenance
dredging and nourishment event, an updated survey of the
Pass, including current water depths, and a surve,�.of the
beaches and shoal areas both north and south of the pass.
The grantee's authorized agent -- the Division of State x Lands -- may request additional information as needed for
each dredging event. Written approval from the Division of
State Lands shallbe obtained before work can begin on each
credging event.
ftlm�7. The grantee shall develop a management plan for Wiggins
Fass and the interior waters to which it provides access.
The plan shall specifically address the maximum advisable
vessel drafts that may be accommodated in each water area,
and criteria for dock location, density and design. The
plan shall be completed prior to the next dredgina evert
Proposed for wiagins Pass;
$. The grantee and the grantee's contrcCtor shall ccmDly
LJith the attached tianatee Protection. Construction
conditions;
9. Prior to initiating work, the grantee shall s,,_1_-mi t a s.ea
turtle protection plan. No work shall commence until
written approval of the plan is issued e
P by th.. Division of
Marine Resources; and,
10. Acceptance of and compliance with the attached general
consent conditions.
Please consider this the authority sought under Section 253.77,
Florida Statutes, to pursue this project.
This letter in no wav waives the authority and/or jurisdiction of
any governmental entity, nor does it disclaim anv title interest
that the State may have in this project site.
WIGGINS PASS INLET MANAGEMENT PLAN
INTERIM REPORT NO. 1
Submitted To:
Board of County Commissioners
Collier County, Florida
Submitted By:
Coastal Planning & Engineering, Inc.
2481 N.W. Boca Raton Blvd.
Boca Raton, FL 33431
January 1993
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I. INTRODUCTION
A. Authorization
On June 30, 1992, the Board of County Commissioners, Collier County, Florida
approved the selection of Coastal Planning & Engineering, Inc. of Boca Raton, Florida
to prepare an inlet management plan for Wiggins Pass. This plan was prepared
according to the guidelines established by the State of Florida Department of Natural
Resources Inlet Management Program.
B. Purpose
The inlet management plan will analyze Wiggins Pass to determine if the inlet is a
significant cause of beach erosion and if navigation conditions can be enhanced. The
plan will address the extent to which the inlet causes beach erosion and provide
recommendations to mitigate its erosive impacts. Recommended mitigative actions might
include ebb shoal dredging, deposition basin creation, existing sand transfer system
improvements, sand bypassing/fluidization systems, structural control systems, feeder
beach establishment and innovative techniques which are capable of mitigating erosive
impacts. Cost estimates necessary to implement corrective measures will be developed
along with recommendations regarding cost sharing among the beneficiaries.
Additionally, in Florida Statute 161.142 the legislature recognized the need for
maintaining navigation inlets to promote commercial and recreational uses of coastal
waters and their resources. It also recognized that inlets alter the natural drift and
required that all maintenance dredging sand, or an equivalent quality and quantity of sand
from an alternate location, be placed on downdrift beaches. The quantity of sand placed
on the downdrift beaches should be equal to the net annual longshore sediment transport.
C. General Description
Collier County is located on the Gulf of Mexico in Southwest Florida, approximately 115
miles south of the entrance of Tampa Bay and about 120 miles directly west of Fort
Lauderdale, Florida (Figure 1). The Everglades lie to the southeast. Collier County has
35 miles of accessible coastline which consists of a series of barrier islands and mainland
extensions sub -divided by lagoons, rivers and inlets. North of the Ten Thousand Islands,
Collier County has 9 inlets, Wiggins Pass being the most northern.
Wiggins Pass is located 5 miles north of Clam Pass and 5.9 miles south of Big Hickory
Pass. Wiggins Pass is a natural inlet which provides access to the Gulf of Mexico for
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a number of embayments and rivers along three main interior channels. The eastern
channel connects to the Cocohatchee River. The southern channel connects to Water
Turkey Bay and Vanderbilt Lagoon and the northern channel connects to the lagoon
between Little Hickory Island and the mainland. This northern lagoon consists of a
number of embayments including May Flower, Palm Vines and Little Hickory Bays; and
eventually connects to Little Hickory Pass.
There is no interior waterway connection to Clam Pass. Population centers near the pass
include Vanderbilt Beach and Naples Park to the south and Bonita Shores to the north.
The feasibility of providing Federal small boat navigation improvements at Wiggins Pass
was investigated by the Corps of Engineers (1980) and authorization was recommended.
The pass has been dredged three times, 1984, 1990 and 1991 by the County to maintain
navigation in the inlet.
Wiggins Pass is bounded by public lands which extend 7950 linear feet to the north and
6010 linear feet to the south. Barefoot Beach State Park and Lely Barefoot Beach lie to
the north and Delnor Wiggins Pass State Recreation Area is to the south.
D. Scope
This report contains a discussion of the physical processes and natural resources of
Wiggins Pass and the surrounding area of influence. The extent to which the inlet causes
beach erosion is analyzed in detail. The study includes a historical review of inlet
changes and beach erosion and accretion patterns adjacent to the inlet.
The initial phase of the study involved the research and collection of available historical
photographs, survey information and existing reports. Organizations contacted for
information included the Collier County Capital Projects and Natural Resources
Departments; Florida Department of Natural Resources, Division of Beaches and Shores;
Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and the University of Florida
Coastal Engineering Archives. Reference materials reviewed for this report and a list
of aerial photographs, their dates, types and source are listed at the end of this report.
The collected information was analyzed and physical inlet characteristics are summarized
in Section II of the report. Digitized shoreline data and volumetric comparisons are
included. The shoreline change rates as well as the volumetric change rates both north
and south of the pass are used to develop a sediment budget.
E. Public Interest and Use
Wiggins Pass is primarily used by recreational boaters. 763 boat are berthed in the inlet
basin, of which 31 are commercial. (Wiggins Pass Conservancy, December 2, 1992)
Access is limited to adjacent passes because of shallow depths in interior lagoons to the
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north and no interior waterway to the south. Therefore, Wiggins Pass is the only local
access to the Gulf of Mexico.
Wiggins Pass provides tidal flushing for a number of embayments, naturally exchanging
estuarine water with the waters of the Gulf. The water quality of the inland basins is
dependent on this daily tidal exchange with the Gulf of Mexico. This water circulation
promotes the growth of a host of marine organisms that depend on the estuarine waters
of the embayments for protection, spawning grounds and other critical physiological
factors. These organisms, in turn, help support the abundant fisheries of the Gulf of
Mexico. Wiggins Pass provides Gulf access for the outflow of the Cocohatchee River.
F. History of Wiggins Pass
Wiggins Pass is a natural inlet and has been open since at least 1885 (USACE, 1972).
From 1885 through 1927, the pass migrated 250 feet north (USACE, 1980), and has
remained relatively stable in its present location ever since (CEC, 1987). Prior to 1952,
the inlet was subject to periodic closures (Collier County, 1991).
Prior to the 1950's, Collier County was relatively undeveloped, due to the availability
of developable land in other parts of Florida. Large scale development did not begin
until the 1960's and 1970's (CEC, 1988).
In 1952, a south channel was dredged connecting Wiggins Pass through Water Turkey
Bay to Vanderbilt Lagoon (Collier County, 1991). This dredging increased the tidal
prism of Wiggins Pass by approximately 50% and has been cited as the cause of
significant changes around Wiggins Pass. These changes have included a reversal of
erosion patterns in the inlet's immediate vicinity, stabilization of the inlet's location, a
reduction of natural sand bypassing and flood shoal volume (USACE, 1980).
A review of available aerial photographs show what appears to be a channel dredged
from the Wiggins Pass basin north to Little Hickory Bay. The date of this dredging is
unknown, but it probably happened within a decade of 1950. The dredging of the north
channel would have also contributed to the growth of tidal prism in Wiggins Pass.
In the late 1950's a small unstable inlet north of Wiggins Pass closed (CEC, 1988). On
earlier charts, this pass was known as Little Hickory Pass and was located about two
miles north of Wiggins Pass. The closure of this pass has been cited as contributing to
erosion trends in its vicinity (CEC, 1988). The north channel dredging may have
contributed to Little Hickory Pass closure. Other changes to the Wiggins Pass
embayment system have taken place.
Since the 1950's, as waterfront property and marina development increased in the interior
of Wiggins Pass, the need for more reliable navigation increased. To that end, the Corps
of Engineers, at the request of the Collier County Board of Supervisors, prepared a
feasibility study on navigation improvements (USACE, 1980).
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The Corps of Engineers proposed a small boat navigation project for Wiggins Pass. The
recommended interior navigation channels would connect the Wiggins Pass Marina and
Vanderbilt Lagoon areas to the Gulf of Mexico. Recommended interior channel
dimensions were a 50 ft wide by 7 ft (NGVD) east channel and a 50 ft wide by 6 ft
(NGVD) south channel. The exterior channel through the ebb shoal was recommended
at 1300 ft long by 200 ft wide by 9 ft (NGVD) deep set with an alignment of about 256 ° .
The exterior channel recommended by the Corps of Engineers included a 100 ft wide
deposition basin north of the exterior channel. The plan called for dredging in both the
Gulf and the interior lagoons. The plan was never implemented, because the Corps of
Engineers and the local sponsor could not resolve differences in project scope.
In 1982, Coastal Engineering Consultants, Inc. completed an Inlet Hydraulics Report for
Collier County. This report recommended a more modest dredging program to improve
navigation at Wiggins Pass. The study recommended a 1050 ft long, 200 ft wide by 9
ft (NGVD) deep channel through the Wiggins Pass ebb shoal with an alignment of 265 ° .
The study further recommended the east channel be dredged to -6 (NGVD). In March,
1984 the ebb shoal was dredged and 52,400 cubic yards were removed and placed on the
beach south of the inlet. Interior dredging was not undertaken, because of environmental
and development concerns.
The ebb channel shoaled shortly after the 1984 dredging, probably caused by the effects
of Hurricane Bob (September 1984). In the late 1980's a new dredging plan was
developed for the navigation channel through the ebb shoal. Because of the
environmental concerns on the south beach, the channel configuration was changed. The
channel had similar dimensions to those proposed in 1982, but now doglegged around
a protruding spit from the south beach. Other changes included a general alignment of
262' and the channel width at the inlet mouth was reduced to 150 feet. (CEC 1980).
The modifications were made in consideration for a former lest tern nesting area on the
protruding spit.
The channel was dredged in late 1990 and again in late 1991. 67,000 cubic yards were
removed from the ebb shoal channel and placed on the beach north of the inlet. Two
dredgings were required, because the first contractor did not complete the project. The
navigation channel rapidly filled after the December 1991 dredging. The Wiggins Pass
Conservancy, Inc. (WPC) measured a channel depth of 2.5 feet at low tide in early
November 1992 near the red and green channel markers. These channel markers are
located near station 3+00. (Figure 2). The current channel alignment and dredging
history is summarized in Figure 2.
Presented in Figure 3 are historic shoreline positions for Wiggins Pass compiled by
Florida's Department of Natural Resources.
Photo No. 1, taken in March 1951, provides a view of the pre -development Wiggins Pass
area. Many of the pre -development physical features shown in this photograph should
be noted for comparison to more recent photographs. These features include the absence
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of a dredged south channel from the inlet to Water Turkey Bay and Vanderbilt Lagoon.
The inlet configuration is also unique in that a prominent flood shoal is visible and the
inlet channel meanders through the shoals, ending with a distinct northwest alignment.
The inlet configuration is characteristic of a wave dominated inlet. To the south,
Vanderbilt Beach is characterized by a narrow sand barrier beach between the lagoon and
the Gulf. Evidence of a dredged north channel is obscured by clouds.
Photo No. 2, taken in December 1962, shows relatively sparse development in the
Wiggins Pass area. The channels dredged north to Little Hickory Bay and south to
Vanderbilt Bay are evident by deep water and spoil banks. Note the formation of a more
westerly channel alignment.
Photo No. 3, taken in September, 1976, shows a significant increase in development.
In particular, note the development directly east of Wiggins Pass, including evidence of
dredge and fill activities near the marinas, a bridge and road system. The channel
between Water Turkey Bay and Vanderbilt Lagoon was widened since the 1962
photograph. The ebb shoal is now well formed and the offset between adjacent gulf
shorelines is gone. The barrier beach is wider at Vanderbilt Beach in 1976 compared
to 1951.
Photo No. 4, taken in November, 1978, is an infrared color photograph of the Wiggins
Pass area which highlights many of the points previously discussed. Note the changes
in the ebb shoal, including the migration of the inlet channel further to the south since
1976.
Photo No. 5, was taken in March 1984, close to the time of the first dredging. The inlet
channel through the ebb shoal has a northwest alignment. The formation of a distinct
downdrift offset is evident. The flood shoal, in comparison to the 1951 photograph, is
much smaller. The extent of public parks north and south of the inlet is evident by the
lack of beach front development.
Photo No. 6, was taken in November 1992, approximately 11 months after the latest
maintenance dredging of the navigation channel. The navigation channel is almost
completely obscured in this photograph by recent channel shoaling. This photograph
shows the results of the characteristic rapid channel shoaling and confirms the shallow
navigation depth reported by The Wiggins Pass Conservancy.
G. Historic Storms
Collier County and Wiggins Pass have been subjected to large coastal storms
accompanied by high water surges and increased wave activity. A list of severe storms
that affected the coastline in the vicinity of Wiggins Pass is presented in Table 1. The
storms of greatest significance to the evolution of Wiggins Pass and adjacent shorelines
are described below.
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are more efficient and less costly when conducted under favorable weather and
wave conditions. Past dredging of Wiggins Pass would have avoided the winter
season, but for the permit restrictions.
The Division of Beaches and Shores, DEP (Sole, 1994) has indicated that an
extension of the dredging window. until May is feasible. The extension would
require specific permit requirements and monitoring programs to protect certain
natural resources, to include sea turtles and least terns.
Changing the permit restrictions for Wiggins Pass is feasible, although it might
take considerable effort. If the dredging window could be expanded by two
months, it would be worth seeking a new permit. Under current conditions, one
dredging event a year is possible. Since most shoaling of the inlet takes place in
winter, it would be optimal to dredge at the beginning and end of the winter
season. This would allow for nearly continuous dredging. The elimination of the
least tern nesting restriction could open up April and May for dredging, and
provide this bracket of the winter months. This option should be included as part
of the final comprehensive plan. Any new permit request should be for a long
term permit.
8. Maintain Navigable Depths in the Wiggins Pass Interior Channels
The interior of Wiggins Pass consists of three major navigation routes: the south,
east and north channels (Figure 1). The Corps of Engineers recommended
operating depth for the interior channels of between -6 and -7 feet NGVD, with
an advanced maintenance and overdredging allowance of two additional feet
(Table 26). However, these depths are not acceptable to the local agencies for
environmental and developmental reasons. Deeper channels may impact the
seagrass beds and other natural resources found in the estuarine waters adjacent
to Wiggins Pass. There is also local concern that deeper channels will encourage
increased development of the back bay area.
Less than optimal channel depths could provide adequate but cautious navigation.
If navigation for three-foot draft boats is desired throughout the Wiggins Pass
basin, portions of the interior navigation routes will require dredging. At low
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Boat draft 3.0'
NGVD to MLW Adjustment 1.0'
Combined squat and keel clearance 2.0'
Operating Depth -6.0' NGVD (-5.0 ft. MLW)
The most recent survey of the interior basin was conducted by Coastal
Engineering Consultants, Inc. in October 1982. This survey shows two areas
where the interior navigation route is less than -6 feet NGVD. These areas
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include Water Turkey Bay and the eastern channel near the intersection of the
south channel (Figure 32). During the 1982 survey, controlling depths were -4.5
feet NGVD in the eastern channel and -3.5 feet NGVD in Water Turkey Bay.
Shoaling is prevalent in these regions because the water course expands from a
relatively narrow channel with high tidal velocities to a wide basin with lower
velocities. These lower velocities are conducive to the settlement of suspended
sediments.
The Wiggins Pass Conservancy, Inc. has reported controlling depths of
approximately two feet in the 1/2 mile channel between Water Turkey Bay and
the east channel. This channel shoaled in since the 1982 survey. The probable
cause of this shoaling was the removal of non-native vegetation and other
improvements along the western fringe of the channel, which allowed runoff from
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Recreation Area to move sediment into the channel
(Johnstone, Personal Communication, June 1993). The vegetation was removed
as part of a program to return the park closer to its natural condition.
At this time, navigation in the east channel and Water Turkey Bay is marginal but
tolerable. The navigability of the south channel north of Water Turkey Bay
should be addressed soon. In light of environmental concerns for the interior of
Wiggins Pass, it is recommended that improvements to the interior navigation
channels be addressed in stages, as navigation improvements become essential.
This will delay any improvements to the interior channels until they are absolutely
needed and thus delay potential impacts.
This alternative recommends that navigation depths in the Wiggins Pass interior
channels be surveyed periodically. These bathymetric surveys would be used to
monitor the navigability of the interior channels, determine shoaling rates and
provide information to local boaters. Channel markers could be installed or
adjusted accordingly. Knowledge of the interior bathymetry should extend the
longevity of navigation in marginal channels. The south channel, north of Water
Turkey Bay, should be investigated for immediate improvements. No
improvements are needed in the other channels at this time. In addition, policies
should be developed on how and when improvements should be made to interior
navigation. When improvements are made, a channel depth and width should be
established so that maintenance dredging is required at infrequent intervals. The
dredged depth should be an operating depth of -5 feet MLW plus sufficient
allowance for shoaling to forestall the need for maintenance dredging for many
years. Channel width should be 50 feet (USACE, 1980). Based on existing
practices, initial channel improvements may be called for when depths are less
than -3.5 feet NGVD.
The south channel is an excellent candidate to develop and test a policy for
interior navigation, since it is a man-made channel, initially constructed in the
1950's. The predominant cause of shoaling in this channel has been due to the
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activity of man. The material that needs to be removed is predominantly beach
quality sand, which makes disposal easier. There is a narrow strip of seagrasses
(Figure 23) along the western edge of the channel, but they have proved hardy
through one project in their immediate vicinity. Channel dredging with proper
controls would have no greater impact. The improved navigation will support the
293 boats located in the south channel area in addition to the many boats launched
from the Delnor Wiggins Park boat ramps
Wiggins Pass is being considered for designation as Outstanding Florida Waters
(OFW). Navigation improvements in OFW may be restricted. It is s
recommended that the interior navigation channels in the Wiggins Pass basins be
included as an exemption to the OFW designation.
The cost of improvements to the south channel segment north of Water Turkey
Bay are difficult to determine without current survey and geotechnical
investigation, but should be moderate, especially if undertaken in conjunction with
the dredging of the exterior navigation channel. This alternative of monitoring
and limited navigation improvements is recommended for further consideration
as part of the comprehensive plan.
D. Comparison of Alternatives
The alternatives that were evaluated are summarized in Tables 30 and 31. The project
costs, estimated performance in terms of sediment bypassing, erosion reduction,
navigation provided and environmental impacts. Comments regarding each primary
alternative are included. Environmental impacts are presented in detail in Appendix C.
Closing Wiggins Pass is not recommended because it eliminates navigation, promotes
back bay flooding, and would have a negative impact on the bays of Wiggins Pass.
Straightening and shifting the Wiggins Pass channel has many incremental benefits. It
will make inlet dredging and performance marginally more effective and shift the channel
away from the south shoreline, where environmental concerns exist. This alternative
provides only minor benefits in meeting plan goals, but should be implemented as part
of the final comprehensive plan.
The size of the proposed channels and their dredging frequency are a concern to some
local interests. It is feared that a large dredged channel will increase erosion on adjacent
beaches and increase tidal flows to the interior channels. Boaters fear that infrequent
dredging intervals would lead to frequent inlet restriction due to storm -induced shoaling.
Three analyses were conducted to examine these concerns.
The refraction analysis (Appendix G and Section VI) compared longshore transport near
the inlet with the existing and a larger channel project (12' MLW x 300'). This analysis
shows that wave -induced erosion on the beaches adjacent to Wiggins Pass would actually
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ASSESSMENTS/COMMENTS (continued)
5. The proposed project is located within an unclassified
shellfish harvesting area. The Bureau of Marine Resource
Regulation and Development stated no objection to existing
facility on April 25, 1987 and in February 1990. No comments
were obtained for the proposed modification since the project
is located in an unclassified shellfish harvesting area.
6. The proposed project is consistent with the local building
codes and zoning regulations. Collier County stated an intent
to issue upon receipt of all state and federal permits and
approvals in letters dated May 11, 1982, and March 16, 1989.
The county approved a zoning change to allow Provisional use
"b" in the "RT", Residential Tourist, zone which authorizes
marina use on December 11, 1990.
The requested lease modification was not advertised pursuant
to section 253.115, F.S., because of the staff recommendation
of denial. Should the Board of Trustees approve the
applicant's request, a special approval condition would
require advertising the proposed expansion in light of the
additional lease area and increased size of vessels to be
moored at the facility.
SPECIAL APPROVAL CONDITIONS
If the Board of Trustees approves the applicant's request, the
requested lease modification shall be advertised pursuant to
section 253.115, F.S. Any objections raised by the general public
pursuant to that advertising may require the requested lease
modification to be reconsidered by the Board of Trustees.
The lessee shall provide the lessor an acceptable survey and legal
description prior to receipt of a fully executed lease instrument.
The survey and legal description shall clearly indicate the
location and dimension of all structures approved by the lessor,
including the navigation aids placed pursuant to a special lease
condition in the originally issued lease.
Prior to receipt of a fully executed modified lease, the applicant
shall provide the lessor a copy of the recorded Declaration of
Condominium document for the residential facility being constructed
by Marina Bay Club of Naples, Inc., owner of the interior upland
property adjacent to the commercial marina. In addition to the
information required by Special Approval Condition No. l of the
existing lease, the recorded document shall be amended to contain
any changes to the changes approved by the lessor to the original
docking facility.
SPECIAL LEASE CONDITION
The lessee shall install and maintain reflective markers and
navigation lights at the waterward end of each finger pier and
shall operate said lights at night or when adverse weather occurs.
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2/25/93 Meeting with Westinghouse
on
Review of Conklin Point DER Permit for Westinghouse Waterways
FDER Permit Application 112248385
Attendees: Westinghouse - Susan Watts
Ed Griffith, P.E.
H & M Engineers - Ken Humiston, P.E.
Brett Moore, P.E.
Collier County - T.E. Conrecode, P.E.
Jerry Neal, P.E.
Tom Donegan, P.E.
Notes prepared by T. Donegan 2/26/93
Data Reviewed:
1. Westinghouse had prepared a layout of the waterways that was a
response to our concerns at the meeting of February 10, 1993.
2. Collier County provided the following as references to
comments and concerns of the County.
a. Criteria for Berthing Facilities and Channel for Small
Craft.
b. Review of Permit Application FDER 112248385 Westinghouse
Conklin Point Yacht Marina = memo.
C. Conceptual Site Plan prepared by OCPM using data from
Westinghouse application and from Island Marina Site Plan.
d. Bottom Contour map from H & M Engineers data.
Items reviewed at 2/25/93 meeting:
1. Waterway space north of the proposed new dock area that
replaces existing docks.
a. A 75, wide channel for large and small boat traffic is
needed in this congested water.
b. Space in the water adjacent to the small boat launch
facility being installed by Collier County should allow a
minimum -of 100, free of any navigational hazards. There are
four ramps. A minimum space for a single ramp is 50',
therefore we are recommending the 100' as necessary for
boating safety in a space adjacent to that used by boats 32'
to 46' in length with widths of 10' to 151.
C. Adequate space is not provided with the new north dock as
proposed. To allow -for navigation clear area, it is
recommended that the dock be placed at the location of the
existing north docking slip just east of the present
north/south fairway channel. Several of the proposed slips in
this area will interfer with adequate visibility in the
channel and relocation should be considered.
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d. It is also suggested that the north finger slips will
extend into^ he 75' channel. Also bo ^s in these finger slips
will reducF_ -he channel width. as the_ maneuver in and out of
the slips..
other items of possible concern:
1. The boat slips at the northwest corner of the property will
impair the visibility for boats making this 900•turn in the
channel.
2. Channel markers along the west side of the property may be
needed to provide for safe passage of the larger boats because
of low water depths to the west of the channel.
3. The waterway in the Cocoahatchee River has a narrow channel
about 250' to the west of the southwest corner of the
property. This area should be adequately marked.
4. The space between the Westinghouse boat slips and the Island
Marina boat slips reduces the channel width to less than 100'.
Control of the boat size in this area is required.
These items were presented by the County at the 2/25/93 meeting.
Westinghouse is reviewing these items and will respond after their
evaluation.
TAD/sc/7864
CRITERIA FOR CHANNELS ANDCBERTHING FACILITIES
R SMALL
1, Entrance Channel - a watercoursemarina andrthe main boating wa ernal to a marina roper by
which boats travel between
Minimum width - 75'
5'
Minimum depth -
- 3`
Minimum clearance from bottom
the marina and
2. Interior Channel - a watercourse in or adjacent to
in relative smooth water.
Minimum width - 75'
Minimum depth - 4'
2' below deepest draft boat
Minimum clearance -se
thin marina by which boats travel
3 cour
between interi or r channels land berths.
Minimum width - 1.75 times length of longest boat where berths are
perpendicular to fairway.
1.5 times length of boat for parallel berths
4, Ramp Water Areas
Minimum water depth - 4'
Minimum length - 50' at lowest water level to be absolutely clear
of any navigational hazards..
We have selected 100, minimum at Conklin Point
Launchings per ramp - Conklin 4-lane system
One lane can handle 50 launchings and 50 retrievals per day under
average conditions.
no more
5. FDER rule stating that limits of Fcisot1as to provides are to extendadequate
than 25% or the waterbody width
maneuvering room for boats hon both traveling boats.
s, of the waterway and a
navigational area for through
Berthing and channel criteria based upon "Layout and Design Guidelines
for Small Craft Berthing Facilities" State of California, Department of
Boating and Waterways.
TAD/sc/7844
RL.iEW OF PERMIT APPLICATIO-L _'DER 112248385
Westinghouse Conklin Point Yacht Marina
The criteria used in developing the fairway width and the location
of mooring piles agreed to in our August 19, 1992 letter was based
upon a 39' extension in a 132' width between the . seawalls. This
would provide 29% extension into the waterway. The accepted FDER
Rule is 25% however, since the waterway was not a main channel,
the extension -was increased by a.gre.ement'to 29% because a fairway
design allows a range of 1.25 to 1.5 times a boat length of 31' to
35' respectively which assumes mooring piling to be 39" maximum
from seawall.
Using the analysis of docks and slips extensions into the external
channel or waterway used by all boats to reach the open water, we
note several areas that require discussion. In the west channel
there is one area where the extension is 34% and in the North
Channel one extension is 40%. This 40o extension reduces the
channel to 70'. The accepted width of an external channel is 75,
based upon design guidelines used by several states including
California as published by the Resource Agency Departmeh.t of
Boating and Waterways.
The south channel to the Cocoahatchee River Bridge measures 2741.
The Island Marina proposed land lease extends 73.4' into the
waterway. The Westinghouse lease area extends 90' into the same
waterway. There is a narrow area created at the Westinghouse
property southeast corner and the dock extension should be reduced
in that area so' that the same extension is allowed at both
facilities and so that an adequate entrance channel is maintained.
We assume that a 75' channel width is desirable on the north
channel especially as the channel approaches the docks and slips.
Comments on this area are:
1. The channel diverts to a southeast direction approaching the
marina areas. We have assumed 20, boats in the Wiggins Pass
Marina slips with a 1.75 space -for maneuvering in a fairway.
We have allowed 100' free way adjacent to the County four
boat ramps. This space is required to allow for boats. to
obtain steerageway when leaving the area and space for boats
to queue when returning to the ramp area at the end of the
day.
2. To provide this channel and the space to move the larger
craft we recommend that the Westinghouse north walkway to the
center. slip be moved south to a line where the present slip
dock is now located. The removal of several parallel slips
will be required.
3. The relocation of Wiggins Pass Marina boat slips does not
appear feasible because of the- space requirements for the
boat fueling dock.
TAD/sc/7841
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COLLIER COUNTY GOVERNMENT
COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE
OFFICE OF CAPITAL PROJECTS MANAGEMENT
November 9, 1993
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Twin Towers Office Building
2600 Blair Stone Road
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400
ATTN. Gustavo A. Rodriguez
RE: File # 112248389
Conklin Point Development Corp.
Dear Mr. Rodriguez:
3301 E. TAMIAMI TR.
NAPLES, FL 33962
(813) 774-8192
FAX (813) 774-9370
A CERTIFIED BLUE CHIP COMMUNITY
Office of Capital Projects Management has reviewed the referenced
application that was attached to the cover letter dated November 2,
1993. There are still two issues that should be addressed
concerning the site plan.
(1).
(2)•
The northwestern corner of the marina facility:
We had requested of the petitioner to redesign this corner due
to possible conflicts with boat traffic. The channel at this
location is very narrow and the sight distance will be
hindered by placing a boat slip on this corner. The
submitted drawings do not consider our concern. The drawings
should show the opposite side of the waterway since the
distance between the docking facilities and the mangrove bank
is about 75 feet.
The boat draft:
According to sheet 3 of 22 of the applicant's drawings, the
design boat draft is 3 feet (as requested in the DER letter
dated April 2, 1993, item 6-g). However, in the completeness
summary response dated June 4, 1993 the following statements
were made:
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DEP
Conklin Point
November 9, 1993
Page 2 of 5
a. Referencing the 1980 Corps of Engineers Navigation
report; "This illustrates that 94% of the vessels
using this area meet the Corps of Engineers waterway
depth design criteria of 3'.0 feet. Note, however, that
this design criteria considers a wave allowance of 2.0
feet in the Gulf Channel, a 1.0 foot allowance for
squat, and a 2.0 foot allowance for under the keel
clearance, for a combined total project depth of 8 feet.
This provides a sufficient safety factor to allow those
vessels with draft in excess of 3.0 feet to safey
navigate the channel under normal conditions."
"The 1992 "Power Listings" shows that approximately 10%
to 15% of vessels over 40 feet in length also meet the
design beam slip widths and have a draft of 3.0 feet or
less. The design includes slip lengths of up to 40
feet, yet provides flexibility to .accommodate larger
vessels which meet the design criteria of the
navigation channel."
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Based on the above statements, it appears that the applicant may be
planning on using boats with greater than 3.0 feet draft.
In the US Fish and Wildlife Service letter dated May 12, 1993, they
suggest that limitations be placed on boat draft and placed as a
permit condition. Also, they recommended denial of the project as
submitted.
There are two locations (idenified below as "A" and "B") of concern
when considering over 3.0 feet boat drafts, these areas are discussed
below:
(A) Wiggins Pass:
This inlet has a submerged ebb tidal shoal that is almost
parallel to the shoreline and lays about 400 to 600 feet
offshore. The top of the shoal varies from 2 to 3 feet under
water at low tide. Based on the last 10 years of study, the
dredged channel starts to fill in as soon it is dug. In 1990,
the northern side of the channel filled in at a rate of one foot
per day. In 1991, the channel was dredged to -9 NGVD (8 feet
MLW) and the channel filled in to 4 feet deep (MLW) within 4
months. Prior to the 1993 dredging project, the channel depth
was 2-3 feet at MLW.
DEP
Conklin Point
November 9, 1993
Page 3 of 5
Statements found
Interim Report No.
draft depth:
in the Wiggins Pass Inlet Management Plan
2 (WPIMPIR2) that support limiting the boat
On page 51; The controlling depth in the navigational
channel also decreases and approaches a limit with time.
Between the post dredging survey of March 1984 and the
pre -dredging survey of November 1990, the average
navigational channel depth from stations 0+00 to 5+00
decreased from -7.0 to -2.6 feet (NGVD). In May 1987, the
average depth in this nearshore region dropped to -1.9 feet
NGVD. The range of controlling depths were between -1.9
and -4.1 feet NGVD. The channel does not maintain adequate
depth for the design navigation requirements.
On page 72; The ratio of tidal prism to gross annual
transport is 5.5. Bruun's qualitative theory rates
Wiggins Pass stability as poor for navigation, which is
borne out by recent experience.
On page 76; The performance of the Wiggins Pass navigation
channel has been inadequate. The existing dredged channel
reaches a controlling depth approaching -2 feet NGVD in
about two years.
On page 77; The dredging operations take place in November
and December (the environmental window) and approximately
56% of inlet shoaling should also occur from January through
March.
On page 114; Boats with drafts less than three feet account
for 96.3% (in 1993) of the total boat population, and most
boats are less than 40 feet in length (99.9%).
Please find a copy of page 116 which shows the requirements
established by the Corps of Engineers.
On page 118; Recommendation - #1 - Establish policies in
boat facilities and usage to limit boat sizes to a three
foot draft and 40 foot length.
DEP
Conklin Point
November 9, 1993
Page 4 of 5
On page 119;
interior and
draft boats.
Recommendation - ##2 - Develop and maintain
exterior navigation channel for three foot
On page 124; For the purpose of this analysis, we have
selected -6 feet NGVD as the minimum operating depth.
Although this depth is not optimal, adequate, but cautious
navigation would be possible. When the operating or
recommended channel depth is reached (-6 ft. NVGD), dredging
would be required.
On page 126; Figure 25 (attached) shows alternate dredging
channel widths and depths. Using the minimum operating
depth of -6.0 feet NGVD, the existing dredging of a 9x200
feet channel should fill in to -6 NGVD within 7 months and
-2 NGVD within 24 months.
(B) Choke Point along the Cocohatchee River, about 2,000 west of the
Vanderbilt bridge:
The elevation of the bottom of the existing channel is -6.2 NGVD
and the depth at MLW is 5 feet. For manatee protection, the
clearance required below the boat motor prop and the bottom is 2
feet minimum. Therefore, the maximum draft depth should be
3.0 feet.
RECOMMENDATION:
Based on the information provided above, we would recommend approval
of the boat facility layout if these two conditions are met:
1. The northwestern corner of the boating facility be re -designed
to eliminate the notherwestern most slip and construct the dock
at a 45 degree NE angle.
2. The boat draft be limited to 3.0 feet, with a maximum of 5%
between 3.0 to 3.5 feet. The boat length should be limited to
40 feet, with a maximum of 5% (10/190 = 0.05) between 40 to 46
feet.
DEP
Conklin Point
November 9, 1993
Page 5 of 5
If you have any questions concerning this item, please call me at
813-774-8192 or FAX 813-774-9370.
Sincerely,
Jerry C. Neal, PS, PLS
Project Manager III
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ENVIRONMENTAL
DESIGN AND
PERMITTING
November 17, 1993
Mr. Gustavo A. Rodriguez
Environmental Specialist
Wetland Resource Regulation
Florida Department of Environmental
2600 Blair Stone Road
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400
5051 CASTELLO DR., SUITE 240
NAPLES, FLORIDA 33940
FAX: 813 261 5297
PHONE: 813 261 8160
SENT VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS
Protection
RE: Comments from Collier County OFFiCt Ut CAPITAL
DEP File No. 112248385 OROJEC7 MANAGFMFNT
HM File No. 2-013, Conklin Point
Dear Mr. Rodriguez,
This is in reference to Mr. Neal's letter of November 9, 1993 from
the Collier County Office of Capital Projects regarding our pending
application referenced above. Mr. Neal refers to two issues that
should be addressed. I will address each issue as presented in Mr.
Neal's letter.
1) Northwest Corner
Concerns regarding the northwest corner of the project design were
previously discussed with the Collier County staff and resolution
was reached and confirmed in correspondence dated March 2, 1993 and
March 3, 1993. Copies of these letters were previously sent to your
attention on March 23rd and are enclosed again for your reference.
The northwest corner of the project is not the narrowest section of
channel surrounding Conklin Point and redesign of this corner is
not warranted. We had proposed to include a light at the end of the
dock as a marker. The County's concern is that people currently
using the waterway typically cut across the northwest corner of the
project. Once the facility is constructed and marked, boaters will
simply have to go around the dock. Seventy-five (75) feet is
sufficient width for two way traffic in this area.
Please note sheet 3 of 22 of our permit drawings which includes
reference to a marker at the end of the northwest corner of the
dock as agreed to previously with the County staff.
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November 17, 1993
Gustavo A. Rodriguez
Page Two
2) Boat Draft
As indicated on our plans and previous correspondence, our boat
slips have been designed for boats having a three foot draft. The
design beam widths range typically from 12 to 14 feet to.
accommodate the various boat sizes available with three foot
drafts.
Should you have any questions regarding either of these issues,
please give me a call.
Sincerely yours,
HUMISTON ORE ENGINEERS
Brett D. Moore, P.E.
Enclosures
cc: Susan Watts
Deborah Getzoff
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DESIGN VESSEL
26' -
•i
CHANNEL DEPTH
37. The design vessel has an immersion type hull with an inboard
drive. These boats usually have wide beams and normal loading should
not increase the draft appreciably,
llers do
extend below the keel of the boat. According
prtoeguldelfn not usually
es Set oth
in EM 1110-2-1607, a nominal squat of 1 foot for small vessels'while
operating at their safe or normal speeds whichever is slower, and a
2-foot clearance under the keel while the boat is underway, are con-
sidered adequate. Additional depth should be provided where wave
action would be sufficient to cause the boat to pitch and roll.
38, In the interest of preserving the environment, the southern chan-
nel will be posted as a slow -speed no -wake zone. Since the
boat's immersion type hull will design not squat appreciably at no -wake
Speeds, the normal underkeel clearance and squat were reduced to 11�
feet and I,Z-foot, respectively. Speeds along the short eastern channel
are Less critical and 2 feet of underkeel clearance and 1 foot of
squat were used. The resulting channel depths for the southern and
eastern channels are 6 feet and 5 feet, respectively.
39. Winds from the north through southwester)
quadrants
especially during the summer months occasional y creating sizeable'
waves. waves. In order to reduce restrictions in the inlet and outer bar
Channels and provide for safe and efficient rescue operations, and a
safe harbor of refuge, a 2-foot wave allowance is added. In order to
navigate the gulf channel with strong longshore or tidal currents and
high waves, boats must travel at relatively high speeds. Since
displacement type hulls tend to squat more as their speed increases,
a 1-1`00t squat and 2-foot underkeel clearance are also considered
necessary.
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Alonzo Del'. Quinn
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Harbor Planning and COW1115tton III
required, in order to provide space for the deposition of material so as
to limit the maintenance dredging to once every two to three years or
more.
Depth of Harbor and Approach Channel. For ideal operating conditions
the water in the approach channel, in the entrance, and in I.he harl,or
should be of sufficient depth to permit navigation at. lowest low water
when the ship is fully loaded. '1"his depth nittst. inchade an allowance
fee the surge of the ship, which is shout erne -hall' the wave height., the
nut of trim or squat when itr motion, and from 2. to 441 clearance tinder
the keel, the larger ligure being used when the bottom is of hard rnatc-
tial such as rock.. In a very soft rnud bottom the keel may at. dines touch
hmom due to surge a.nd squat, without doing ,any daniagc to the ship,
hil it would be disasfrtous to have its fully loaded weight bump a hard
W(k hottom. Thcreiore, a greatc;r,allowaricc must be made in Lhce depth
%hen the bottom is hard and the harbor and approach channel or ap-
pionch sea lanes mozo be carefully swept to make sure Lhat there are
tklolimrucl.iom, such as reefs or rocky pinrtac:les, boulders, or sunken
chips, above the required depth for safe navigation. Singe a gpod design
It predicated upon a maximum wave height in the harhrn• of rcoL Over
ft.allowing I ft for out of trim of the ship, the minimum harbor depth
Wow lowest low water then becomes the loaded draft plus 4 ft., when
the bottom is soft., or up to 6 ft when the bottom is rock. 'These are aver-
age figures and the depth in any harbor should be based upon :a sutdy
III all the conditions, including wave heights, as determined froart model
ruts, Since the excavation of rock is a very costly item, if this is present
AN)w the required harbor depth, it ix important for the designer t.o
examine carefully t.he'need for the Dull depth in On! harbor, In some
tommerrial harbors the ships Cornea in light and departloaded, am, for
}' instance, an ii-on•urc shipping terminal. if tloc:rc arc separate channels
t for entering and leaving the harbor, the depth atthe entrance may be
reduced somewhat.. Moreover it may be satixfacLory to excavate to t.l,e
lull depth only along the docks attd to wait for high tide for the loaded
shirt to depart., thereby permiLting a reduced depth in the remainder of
the harbor.
Until ree_ent years a harbor depth of 35 ,to 40 ft. wonitl Lsake care of
nmi ships. The Liberty and Victory cargo ships can operate in 92 ft
of water. The Panama G anal has a maintained dredged depth of 40 ft;
the llelatware River, 4(.) ft; Nc-w York Harbor, 40 ft, The harbor of
trfuge atthe entrance to 1]ciawatc Bay affords a safe anchorage area of
ii2 acres with a tninimttm low-water depth of 30 ft and an additional
area of 137 acres with a minimum low -Water depth of `?4 I't. -1-he ports
III Baltimore and Montreal have a maintained channel depth of 35 ft.;
that or Boston has been increased from .55 to 40 ft. In general, while
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Engineer Regulation
No. 11104-1404
PHONE NO. : 908 244 336E
DEPARTMENT 017 11E ARMY
US Army Corps of Engineers
Washington, D.C. 2OB14
Dec. 15 1994 04:56PM P2
ER 1110-2-1404
24 September 1981
Engineering and Design
DEEP DRAFT NAVIGATION PROJECT DESIGN
1. Pun ose. This regulation presoribes the design procedure and rationale for
development of a deep draft navigation project. Detailed design guidance is
contained in the references listed in paragraph 3.
2. A0lioation. This regulation applies to all field operating activities
having civil works design responsibilities.
3. References,
A- Section 5, Publio Law 409 (H.R. 6372) Flood Control Act of 1935.
b. EM 1110-2-1607, Vidal Hydraulics.
o. EM 1110-2_2904, Design of Breakwaters and Jettieo.
d. EM 1110-2-5000, Assessment of Low -Ground Pressure Equipment for Use in
ContaInment Area. Operations and Maintenance.
e-. EK 1-1-10;,.2=50D-T, Prooesseg Af`f eotin the Fate of 8 dredged Material.
f. EM 1110-2-5004, prediction and Control of Dredged Material Dispersion
Around Open -Water Pipeline Disposal Operation.$.
g. EM 1110-2-5005, Water Quality Impaots Of Aquatin Dredged Material
Disposal (Laboratory investigations).
h. EM 1110-245007, Guidelines for Deuatering/Aensifying Confined Dredged
Material.
I. EM 1110-2-5012, Predicting and Monitoring Dredge,Material Movement.
J. Shore Protection Manual, US Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal
Engineering Research Center., Fort Delvoir, VA. Available: from U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, (3 part set; sold in sets only) Stock
No. 008-022-00113-1.
k• Report 43, Evaluation of present State of Knowledge of Factor -
Affecting Tidal Hydraulios and Related phenomena$ Committee 'on' Tidal
Hydraulics, May 1965. Available from AD 685-807, NTIS, Springfield, VA 22161.
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ER 1110.-2-1404
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segments are used when possible. Structures such as groins', revetments and
wave absorbers may be needed to maintain acceptable channel alignment', channel
dimensionaa-and wave conditims (reference 3b). Physical hydraulic models or
mathematical ship simulation models can be used to assess the safety of various
channel alignments.
h. Channel Depth. The channel depth must be adequate for the design
vessel draft, squat, trite, sinkage due to fresh water conditions, location of
salt crater intakes on ship, wave action and appropriate under keel clearance.
Minimum under keel clearance should be two feet for soft oh6nnel bottoms and
three feet for herd channel bottoms. Squat is oaloulated for expected vessel
speeds and passing conditions for two way traffic channels. Salt water intak,
on vessels must be five feet or more above soft channel. bottoms. This
clearance is needed to prevent silt from being pulled into the veesisel
condenser. Additional channel depth may be provided by advanced maintenance
dredging based on the economics of dredging intervals and the need to assure
appropriate under keel olearance between dredging periods (references 3b, 3k
and 31).
i. Channel. Width. A rational design is necessary to allow safe and
efficient transit of the design vessel. Factors to consider are vessel size,
traffic itongestion, wind, waves, currents, and vessel maneuverability.
Widening to bends will generally be needed. This widening ban be provided
either by means of a flatter curve on the: inside of channel' bends or by a
triangular channel segment with the straight portion on the inside of bends
(reference 3b and 3k). Physioal,hydraulic models or mathematioal ship
simulation models oan be uaod to assess the safety tf various channel widths.
J. Turnin& Basins. The total width of the channel and; the turning basin
will normally be at least 150 percent of the length of the design vessel. The
turning basin shape is generally trapezoidal with tho long side coincident with
the far edge of the channel. The short side Is at least 150 peroent of the
length of the design vessel. The ends will make angles of 45 degrees with the
edge of the channel, Modifications to this shape are acoep"ble to allow
better sediment flushing oharacteristies. A butterfly shapes can be used to
allow for vessel overruns on turns. However, the basin dimensions will not be
deoreaaed. A study is needed to show the change in current velocity and
duration for various basin geometries considered (reference' 3b).
k. Jetty and Entrance Channel Layout. Entrance ohannol alignment is
oriented to reduce channel wave height, and control sediment movement. In most
oases two jetties are needed to keep littoral drift from entering the channel.
Jetties usually are aligned parallel with the seleoted ohannel alignment. A
converging alignment (arrowhead type) often produces an unsatisfaotory'ohannel,
is sometimes costly, and is legs effeotive in reducing waves action within the
entrance channel than parallel. jetties. Also, the tidal eutrent may swoop the
littoral drift into the pocket between converging jetties and form troublesome
shoals. Jetties are spaced.adoquately for navigation by giving consideration
to navigation difficulties caused by wave action and poor visibility (reference
3b). It may trot be possible to hold the original alignment clearances following
6
12-16-11334
08:43AM F-RQM TO
WIGGINS PASS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
. . . . . . . . ......
DETAIIED PROJECT REPORT
IMPROVEMENTS
FOR SMALL BOAT
NAVIGATION
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DATE
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ARTHUR V. S-1 n3SOC'S., !AC
u1-17,--4 11:15AM FRCth
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DESIGN VESSEL
36. Existing loaded drafts were determined from data obtained on 141
boats in the study area. Table D-4 summarizes this information.
TABLE D-4
EXISTING LOADED BOAT DRAFTS AT WIGGINS PASS*
Percentage Percentage
Draft Number of boats of total fleet cumulative
1 W to 2' 53 38 38
2' to 21f2' 44 31 68
2'1h to 3' 35 25 94
3' to 31j2 6 4 98
4 feet or more 3 2 100
*Loaded draft is considered the distance from the waterline to the j
lowest point on the outdrive when carrying its normal load
(i.e., 2 to 4 persons, gas, anchor, food, water, and misc. gear).
The Wiggins Pass marina is not presently equipped to handle in -out
storage of large sailboats and the fixed bridge on Blue Bill Avenue,
with a I9-foot vertical clearance, effectively eliminates them from
the Vanderbilt Beach area. Consequently, there are few large sailboats,
in the area. The Wiggins Pass marina is planning to purchase a large I
lift and provide outside storage for large boats. In addition, the
Wiggins Pass Yacht Club plans to provide some slips for 30- to 40-foot Ji
boats and the 65 additional slips planned for the Vanderbilt surf h
colony, situated north of the Blue Bill Avenue bridge, could accom-
modate these deeper draft boats_ Although the area, with navigation
improvements, indicates a minor potential for deeper draft boat usage,TT
the benefits associated with eliminating restrictions for these largerboats do not justify the cost of providing and maintaining an 8-foot
channel. Furthermore, as indicated in appendix C,the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service has stated that the additional traffic of larger
boats induced by a deeper navigation improvement would have a signifi-
cantly negative impact on the surrounding aquatic environment. For
both economic and environmental reasons the channel depth was there-
fore determined for a 3-foot draft design vessel. Using a "used boat"
price guide, it was calculated that power boats with loaded drafts of
3 feet would have an 8- to 12-foot beam and be from 26 to 40 feet
long.
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12'
3'
CHANNEL DEPTH
DESIGN VESSEL
26' -- 40'
3'
37. The design vessel has an immersion type hull with an inboard
drive. These boats usually have wide beams and normal loading should
not increase the draft appreciably, and the propellers do not usually
extend below the keel of the boat. According to guidelines set
in EM 1110-2-1607, a nominal
operating at their safe or nosquat of 1 foot for small vessels wh�lth
rmal speeds whichever is slower, and a
2-foot clearance under the keel while the boat is underway, are con-
sidered adequate. Additional depth should be provided where wave
action would be sufficient to cause the boat to pitch and roll.
38, In the interest of preserving the environment, the southern chan-
nel will be posted as a slow -speed no -wake zone. Since the design
boat's immersion type hull will not squat appreciably at no
Speeds, the normal underkeel clearance and squat were reduc-wake
feet and 1f2-foot, respectively. ed to 11�
Speeds along the short eastern channel
are less critical and 2 feet of underkeel clearance and l foot of
squat were used. The resulting channel depths for the southern and
eastern channels are 6 feet and 5 feet, respectively.
39. Winds from the north through southwester)
quadrants
especially during the summer months occasionally creating sizeable
waves. In order to reduce restrictions in the inlet and outer bar
channels and provide for safe and efficient rescue operations, and a
safe harbor of refuge, a 2-foot wave allowance is added. In order to
navigate the gulf channel with strong longshore or tidal currents and
high waves, boats must travel at relatively high speeds. Since
displacement type hulls tend to squat more as their speed increases,
a 1-foot squat and 2-foot underkeel clearance are also considered
necessary.
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The gulf channel should, therefore, have an 8-foot mean low water
depth, to eliminate the existing boating restrictions and provide for
safe navigation. Table D-5 summarizes the depth requirements in the
gulf, inlet, and bay channels.
TABLE D-5
CHANNEL DEPTH FACTORS AT WIGGINS PASS
Southern Eastern
bay channel
bay channel Gulf channel
Inlet
depth
depth
depth
depth
Depth factor
in feet
in feet
in feet
in feet
Design vessel draft
3
3
3
3
Wave allowance
0
0
2
1*
Squat
1/2
1
1
1
Underkeel clearance
1 1/2
2
2
2
Total
$
6
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7
*In the pass itself,
requirements for
squat and
underkeel clearance
are reduced from the
gulf requirements due to
decreased waves
and
longshore currents.
A 7-foot project depth is
considered appropriate
for this section of
the channel.
CHANNEL WIDTH
Bay channel
40. The channel width for design purposes is taken to be the total
bottom width. Due to the sandy nature of the material, a side slope
of i foot vertical to 3 feet horizontal was considered adequate. The
inside channels were designed for 2-way boat traffic. Each boat was
allowed a maneuvering lane of 125 percent of the maximum design beam
with a 10-foot clearance between maneuvering lanes and 5 feet of bank
clearance. The resulting design is illustrated below.
DESIGN WIDTH FOR TWO WAY TRAFFIC
5'
77 7♦
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Date Submitted 2/24/92 Requested Agenda Date:
3/3/92
APPROPRIATE HEADING (CIRCLE ONE): (5L Proclamations & Presentations, (6) Clerk, (7) Public Petitions, (8A) Communi
Development, (813) Transportation, q"Atgjk Public Services (8D) Utilities, (8E) Admin. Services, (8F) Emergency Services, (8C
Environmental Services, (81-1) County Manager, orney, (10) BCC, (11) Other Constitutional Officers, (12) Public Hearing.
( i 3A) BZA Public Hearings, (13B) Conditional Use, (14) BCC Communications, (15) Staff Communications 16} Consent Agenc
Requested By J. Neal SA' Date 2/24/92 Reviewed By Date
Division Head T.W. 011iff 5 a 2/24/92 Manager Date
Item Title RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD OF COLLIER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AUTHORIZE THE
CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE ATTACHED LETTER INDICATING COLLIER COUNTY'S OPPOSITION TO A
PROPOSED EXTENSION OF BOAT DOCKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ISLAND MARINA, INC.
BAY CLUB OF NAPLES, INC.
List of Documents Attached
1. Executive Summary (required) 3.
2. Letter to FL Dept. of Natural 4.
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Draft copy of Lease t�oo►F►CAT►orJ RECNts�
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD OF COLLIER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE ATTACHED LETTER INDICATING
COLLIER COUNTY'S OPPOSITION TO A PROPOSED EXTENSION OF BOAT
DOCKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ISLAND MARINA, INC./MARINA BAY CLUB OF
NAPLES, INC.
OBJECTIVE: To protect the public's free and safe navigational use
of the Cocohatchee River.
CONSIDERATION: The Island Marina development is a project across
the Cocohatchee River from.the County's Conklin Point Boat Ramp
site and the Westinghouse Conklin Point project. The Marina has
made a request of the Department of Natural Resources in
Tallahassee to expand their existing submerged lands lease. The
current lease preempts between 21 and 34 percent of the waterbody
and amounts to 52,735 square feet. -- The proposed increase would
be an expansion of 57 percent of the original lease. It would
increase the lease square footage by an additional 30,294 square
feet and preempt between 25 and 54 percent of the waterbody.
Based upon the amount of boat traffic, the vision impairment
already inflicted by the adjacent bridge, the existing narrowness
of the navigable channel, the addition of two boating intensive
neighbors to the north, and no formal County review or approval
of this request prior to State review, it is requested that this
DNR application be opposed formally by the County.
Attached, is a letter which outlines in detail the reasons for
the proposed County position.
FISCAL IMPACT: None.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: None.
RECOMMENDATION: That the
authorize the chairman to
opposing DNR application
Bay Club of Naples,'Inc.
Prepared by:
Reviewed by:
Reviewed by:
Board of Collier County Commissioners,
execute and forward the attached letter
#112009809 by Island Marina, Inc./Marina
to DNR.
Neol, Office of Capital Projects Management
omas W. 011W)f, Public Service Administrator
omas 2--. Conrecode, OCPM Director
AGENDA ITEM
MAR 3 92
ANNE GOODNIGHT
COMMISSIONER
BURT L. SAUNDERS
COMMISSIONER
February 18, 1992
� O'W?�
COLLIER COUNTY COURTHOUSE COMPLEX
NAPLES, FLORIDA 33962-4977
(813)•774-8097
RICHARD S. SHANAHAN
COMMISSIONER
MICHAEL J. VOLPE
COMMISSIONER
Florida Department of Natural Resources
Division of State Lands
Bureau of Submerged Lands & Preserves
Southwest Florida Field Office
2180 West First Street
Suite 308
Ft. Myers, FL 33901-3217
ATTN: Mark Miller
MAX A. HASSE. JR.
COMMISSIONER
JAMES C. GILES
CLERK
RE: DNR Lease No. 111000635
Application No. 112009809
Lessee/Applicant: Island Marina, Inc./Marina Bay Club of Naples,
Inc.
Dear Mr. Miller:
Collier County Government is opposed to the proposed lease area expansion
at the Island Marina Development. We are requesting that this expansion
be denied by the staff of the DNR and that your recommendation of denial
be forwarded to the Governor and Cabinet. The reasons for this position
are as follows:
1. The intent of the rule stating that limits of facilities to extend
no more than 250 of the waterbody width is to provide adequate
maneuvering room for boats on both sides- of the waterway and
navigational area for the through traveling boats. Navigational
capabilities will be drastically hampered if the proposed docking
limits are approved.
2. The intent of the rule stating that the limits of dockage should not
be allowed to project into the navigable channel was established for
boating safety. This is especially true if such channel is found to
be limited in width or the navigable channel is located on only one
side, as is the case in this instance.
3. This proposed expansion has not been approved by the local governing
authority which is a prerequisite for State approval. A conceptual
marina use plan was approved for the existing configuration by the
Collier County Board of .County Commissioners as a part of the
standard processing procedures in approving the Conditional Use
Permit (Provisional Use) for marina use. No Site Development Plan
(SDP) application for approval of the marina was
County Is files. No additional information has been sub itt . IT
County for the proposed expansion.
MAR 0 3 92
f. CPI
Letter - Florida Department of Natural Resources
DNR Lease # 111000635
February 18, 1992
Page 2
4. This is not a marina basin, but the same rules could apply. The
width of the travel lane should be at least 1.75 times the length of
the boat to be moored. If the proposed project takes up 33 percent
of the waterway then 33xl.75= 58% should be open water. Since Island
Marina is asking for 33 % then the Westinghouse development and the
County development should receive 33 % (based on the same logic used
for Island marina). But 33 + 33 + 58= 124% of the waterway being
utilized under this scenario.
The navigational impacts brought by this proposed expansion should be
considered as being major.
NORTH SIDE:
a. The boating activities.on the north side of this project will
not only impact this development but also the existing Wiggins
Pass Conservancy Yacht Club, the Wiggins Pass Condominium, and
the numerous other boating oriented developments up the
Cocohatchee river. All of these boaters must approach this area
by traveling under a bridge, which limits visibility.
With the two developments that are under design across the
waterway of this development, boaters will be competing within
this area for maneuvering room. This is especially true
because of the wide swing of the proposed larger boats trying
to dock. This may cause the waterway to become blocked. It
should be noted that this is not a dead end canal, it is a
river. Boats are passing through this congested area to and
from the Gulf of Mexico. This is not just a docking area.
b. The Westinghouse project is located northwesterly of this
proposed lease area and will be providing dockage for large
boats also. If the Island Marina is allowed to have dockage out
into the waterway of 33% then, the Westinghouse development
should be allowed to have docking to 33% of the waterway, based
on the same logic. This would leave only 34% of the waterway
for navigation. This is not consistent with the policies of DNR
in the past or with the intent of the 25% rule where 50 percent
of the waterway is left for maneuvering and navigation.
C. The County is developing a public park and boat ramp facilities
northerly of the Island Marina development. This park/boat ramp
will serve the entire northern section of Collier County.
Limiting the width of.the navigational waterway should be the
last option for this section of the Cocohatchee River.
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Letter - Florida Department of Natural Resources
DNR Lease # 111000635
February 18, 1992
Page 3
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WEST SIDE:
a. The width of the waterway is roughly 260 feet at its narrowest
point. However, the navigable channel is only on the eastern
side as the western side is very shallow. This was brought to
the attention of the governing agencies and the owner by DER.
The DER made a stipulation in their permit that channel markers
be installed to mark the channel.
b. The proposed location of the moored boats will be within the
eastern edge of the navigable channel. The maneuvering of the
docking boats will completely block the navigational channel.
At this area of the waterway the location of the navigational
channel should over shadow the 25% criteria.
SOUTHWESTERN CORNER:
a. The proposed 54% projection exceeds both the 25% and the
navigational channel rules. The navigational channel is located
on the northeasterly side of the waterway. This proposed
expansion could cause hardship on the other boaters using this
section of the waterway.
b. At low tide the western area of this waterway is too shallow to
navigate.
SOUTH SIDE:
a. Again, the proposed development exceeds the 25% rule and would
. create a hardship on the other users of this waterway.
COUNTY FILES:
Provisional Use
a. The request for a Provisional Use was filed on May 22, 1990.
b. The configuration of the docks were; perimeter dock is parallel
to and 15 feet waterward of the seawall, finger docks are 23 to
34 feet long, the docks are located around the entire perimeter
of the property.
C. The water depths at 15 feet from the seawall as shown on the
bathymetric survey are.all over 3 feet.
d. The Provisional Use was approved by the
Commissioners on December 11, 1990.
AGENDA T Ay
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MAR 0 6 9 2
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Letter - Florida Department of Natural Resources
DNR Lease # 111000635
February 18, 1992
Page 4
Site Development Plan
a. The SDP review and approval was for the upland improvements
only.
b. Refer to the letter dated March 14, 1990. The Project Review
Services Department specifically stated in their letter that
the docks were not a part of the SDP approval. This was
confirmed with Ken Baginski, Eric Young, Tom Satterfield and
Stephanie Smith of the Planning and Project Review Services.
C. Attached are the letters concerning the SDP approvals.
d. No dock SDP application has been filed in 1990, 1991 or 1992.
Planning Department Comments
a. Is opposed to the dock extension, their memo is attached.
July_-
If this development is allowed to construct their docking area as
submitted, then a precedent will be set within this area to exceed the
most important navigational rules of the State. Therefore, denying this
proposed expansion will be consistent with the State rules and the intent
of providing safe boating waterways.
Should you have any specific questions regarding materials contained
herein please do not hesitate in calling Mr. Jerry Neal of our Capital
Projects at (813)774-8192.
Thank you in advance for your attention to Collier County's position on
this matter.
Very truly yours,
Michael J. Volpe
Chairman, Collier County Commissioners
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REQUEST: (1) Modification of an existing sovereignty, submerged
land lease to contain 83,023.38 square feet, more or less, for a
commercial marina; and (2) assessment of an administrative fine.
COUNTY: Collier
Lease No. 111000635
Application No. 112009809
APPLICANT: Island Marina, Inc.
LOCATION: Section 17, Township 48 South, Range 25 East, in the
Cocohatchee River, Class II waters, within the local jurisdiction
Of Collier County.
CONSIDERATION: $ , representing (1) $ as the initial
lease fee for the expansion area computed at a rate of $0.0883 per
square foot and discounted 30 percent because of the first come,
first served nature of the facility; and (2) $ as an
administrative fine for the unauthorized use of sovereignty,
submerged land.
STAFF REMARKS: The applicant is proposing to expand the lease
boundary for an 80-slip commercial docking facility (currently
under construction) because of the following: (1) the floating
perimeter dock was constructed two feet wider than originally
authorized; (2) the perimeter dock was moved waterward to ensure
adequate water depths for vessels and the floating docks; and (3)
the applicant proposes to moor larger vessels at portions of the
facility. The proposed modification also includes four additional
walkways to connect the perimeter dock to the applicant's upland
property. No additional slips will be constructed.
The existing sovereignty, submerged land lease, approved by the
Board of Trustees on February 12, 1991, authorized the preemption
of 52,7.35.5 square feet of sovereignty lands. The proposed
30,293.63 square foot expansion represents a 57 percent increase to
the existing facility.
Although the applicant maintains that Collier County did not
approve a particular dock configuration, the applicant maintains
that during the Collier County approval process, the county
required the width of the perimeter dock and access ramps to be
widened so that emergency equipment could be brought onto the docks
and so that garbage and waste could easily be collected and
removed. Collier County reviewed and approved the commercial
marina project on December 11, 1990, before the lease was approved
by the Board of Trustees. Neither the applicant or county staff
made department staff aware of any concerns with the dimensions of
the dock structures prior to the applicant's acceptance of the
lease, nor has documentation been provided since that time to
support the applicant's assertion.
The existing facility preempts between 21 percent and 34 percent.of
the width of the waterbody. The proposed expansion would preempt
between 25 and 54 percent of the width of the waterbody. The width
of the waterbody on the west side of the site available for
navigation by motorized vessels is further reduced by shallow water
depths. The applicant placed navigation aids to mark those shallow
waters pursuant to a special condition of the existing lease.
Section 18-21.004(4)(a)3, F.A.C., limits ownership -oriented
facilities to extend no more than 25 percent of the waterbody
width. This facility is not an ownership -oriented facility;
however, staff generally applies that rule to all docking
facilities to allow private landowners on each side of a waterbody
to use 25 percent of the width of the waterbody and to ensure that
the remaining 50 percent of the waterbody remains open for uF77AGENLIA�IJEM
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the general public. That application of the rule, consistent with
the management responsibilities of the Board of Trustees as
referenced in section 253.034, F.S., 18-21.004(2), F.A,C., and the
Conceptual State Lands Management Plan, balances the rights of the
public and the rights of private landowners by ensuring safe and
unobstructed navigation within a reasonable portion of the
waterbody. The existing facility exceeds this criteria; however,
it was not an issue in the original Board of Trustees authorization
since the facility was registered by the department as a
grandfathered facility in 1985. The lease was required because of
a change in upland ownership.
Existing structures across the south branch of the river are owned
by Anchorage Condominium Association and preempt a maximum of 17
percent of the waterbody width. Those structures are unregistered
grandfathered structures and a lease application is pending.
Existing structures across the north branch of the river are owned
by Westinghouse Communities, Inc., and preempt a maximum of 14
percent of the waterbody width. Those structures were authorized
by the department in the early 1980's by a letter of no objection
pursuant to applicable rules at that time; because of a recent
change in ownership, a lease application is pending for those
structures.
In light of the proposed modification's inconsistency with
applicable management criteria, staff recommends denial of the
proposed expansion. Staff has no objection to the proposed
additional access walkways or the increased width of the perimeter
dock since there are no bottom resources to be adversely impacted
by the increased shading associated with those structures. The
applicant's assertion that the waterward relocation is required
because of inadequate water depths conflicts witht the bathymetric
information previously provided by the applicant, and appears to
have been requested in order to accommodate larger draft vessels.
Since the perimeter dock is larger and extends further waterward
than what was authorized by the Board of Trustees, staff recommends
assessment of an administrative fine, calculated at the minimum
fine of $250. A multiplier of two has been applied since the
activity was unauthorized and staff would have recommended denial
($500). A multiplier of four has been applied since the activity
was undertaken after written notice from the department consisting
of the executed submerged land lease ($1,000). An administrative
fine is also recommended because of a turbidity violation that
violated the Department of Environmental Regulation permit which
was incorporated into the lease. The fine is recommended to be
calculated at the minimum fine of $250. A multiplier of two has
been applied since the turbidity was unauthorized and staff would
have recommended denial ($500). A multiplier of four has been
applied since the turbidity violation occurred after written notice
from the department consisting of the executed submerged land lease
($1,000).
A local government comprehensive plan has been adopted for this
area pursuant to section 163.3167, F.S.; however, the Department of
Community Affairs (DCA) determined that the plan was not in
compliance. In accordance with the compliance agreement between
the DCA and the local government, an amendment has been adopted
which brought the plan into compliance. The proposed action is
consistent with the adopted plan as amended.
RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTED LEASE BOUNDARY
EXPANSION
i AGENDA ITEM
MAR 3 92
pg. - ,�
RE: 111000635/li 9809 Collier County
Island Marina Inc
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Expansion of an existing multi -slip leased commercial marina
facility.
1. Number of slips: 80 existing, 0 additional proposed
Number of pilings: 0 existing, 0 additional proposed
2. Fueling facilities and liveaboards would be prohibited under
the terms and conditions of the lease.
3. Sewage pumpout facilities would be authorized under the terms
and conditions of the lease modification if they meet the
requirements of the Department of Environmental Regulation or
Collier County, whichever entity applies the more stringent
criteria.
4. Linear waterfront footage contiguous to sovereignty, submerged
land: 1,681.64 feet.
Navigational Data: The terminal waterward point of the facility
would be adjacent to or within the primary navigation channel on each side of the project. The waterward extension of the existing
facility represents between 21 percent and 34 percent of the width
of the waterbody. The proposed expansion would preempt between 25
and 54 percent of the width of the waterbody. The width of the
waterbody on the west side of the site available for navigation by
motorized vessels is further reduced by shallow water depths.
ASSESSMENTS/COMMENTS
Based on review of the project design:
1. The proposed project is not subject to the upland unit:wetslip
ratio or the preempted area:linear footage ratio required by
rule since the project is commercial.
2. The proposed project is designed and located so as to have a
minimum adverse impact on sovereignty, submerged land
resources based on the lack of vegetation and good water
circulation/flushing in the subject area. The Depar.tment of
Environmental Regulation issued a permit for the existing
facility on April 12, 1986, and subsequently extended the
permit expiration date to August 12, 1991. The as -built
facility and turbidity generated during construction of the
facility violated the original DER permit; a consent agreement
(DER OGC No. 91-0483) was entered into on December 17, 1991.
An Intent to Issue a permit for the proposed modification was
issued on January 10, 1992.
3. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit for the
.original facility on February 14, 1989. A modified permit was
issued on September 24, 1991.
4. The proposed project as designed and located is anticipated to
have no significant impact on the endangered manatee. The
Division of Marine Resources (DMR) indicated on October 8,
1991, that the project complies with its guidelines for
location of multi -slip docking facilities near ocean inlets,
deep water access and wide channels. The DMR recommended
compliance with the standard construction conditions, and
installation of informational displays and manatee awareness
signs. These recommendations are included in the exis
lease and will remain in the modified lease.
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COLLIER COUNTY GOVERNMENT
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
Environmental Policy
Technical Advisory Board
January 12, 1995
The Honorable Bettye Matthews
Chairman, Board of County Commissioners
Collier County Government Complex
3301 East Tamiami Trail
Administrative Building
Naples, Florida 33962
Re: Wiggins Pass Inlet Management Plan
Dear Chairman Matthews:
3301 E. TAMIAMI TR.
NAPLES, FL 33962
(813) 732-2505
FAX (813) 774-9222
A CERTIFIED BLUE CHIP COMMUNITY
E{fit"?1#6NKMAl.EVAE3ROUTING
DATE:
ACTION:
INFO:
FILE: � 1
The Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board (EPTAB) has reviewed the Wiggins Pass
Inlet Management Plan Final Draft Report (dated August 1994) prepared by Coastal Planning
& Engineering, Inc. for the Board of County Commissioners. The Plan was reviewed with
respect to consistency with the Collier County Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) policies
and the Plan's basis to provide navigation for vessels with a three foot draft or less.
Based on our review, the EPTAB recommends that:
1.) the East Channel be eliminated from the Plan due to inconsistency with the
CZMP recommendation number 1.24, which states that "The County shall only
support currently altered pass and navigational channel dredging and maintenance
that is consistent with and required by State and Federal boating safety and
navigation standards and requirements (reference CCME Objective 11.2).",
2.) the East Channel not be included in the request for exemption from the
Outstanding Florida Water designation under consideration by the State, and
3.) the South Channel and Water Turkey Bay construction depths outlined in the Plan
be re-examined with the intent to minimize the allowable overdredge and
advanced maintenance depths to the extent practicable.
page 2
Chairman Matthews
January 12, 1995
If you should have any questions regarding our recommendations, please feel free to call me at
649-4040, extension 5903. We will be pleased to present the results of our review to the Board
prior to final consideration of the Plan.
Cordially,
4o�� I
Dorothea P. Zysko
Chairman
Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board
cc: Tim Constantine, County Commissioner
Pam Mac'Kie, County Commissioner
Tim Hancock, County Commissioner
John Norris, County Commissioner
W. Neil Dorrill, County Manager
Bill Lorenz, Environmental Services Division
Jerry Neal, Capital Projects
Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board Members
3301 East Tamiami Trail • Naples, Florida 339624977 %P
)ohn C. Norris (813) 774-8097 • Fax (813) 774-3602
•
District 1
Timothy L. Hancock, AICP
District 2
Timothy J. Constantine
District 3
Pamela S. MaeKie
District 4
Bettye J. Matthews
District 5
Mr. Bradley Cornell
556 109th Avenue North
Naples, Florida 33963
January 10, 1995
DATE:
'ACTION: r
FILE:
Subject: Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board
Dear Mr. Cornell:
While convened in regular session on January 10, 1995, the Board of
County Commissioners voted to appoint you as a regular member on the
above -referenced advisory committee. Your appointment will expire
on September 30, 1998, or at such time as the Board reappoints you
or appoints your successor.
As with any advisory group, the primary purpose is to assist and
advise the Board of County Commissioners. By law, however, the
ultimate decisions rest with the Commission. At times, the
Commission's decisions may not reflect the recommendation of the
advisory group because many facts must be taken into consideration.
By copy of this letter, we are requesting William D. Lorenz, Jr.,
P.E., to provide you with any additional information you will need
as a member of this committee.
On behalf of the Board of County Commissioners, I wish to extend our
appreciation to you for your willingness to serve the residents of
Collier County as a member of this advisory board.
Very trul yours,
Bettye J. atthews, Chairman
Commissioner, District 5
BJM:vgr
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD
AGENDA
DATE: JANUARY 9, 1995
PLACE: COLLIER COUNTY COMPLEX, HEALTH AND COMMUNITY
SERVICES BUILDING, 2ND FLOOR, ROOM 216
TIME: 4:00 P.M.
I. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
II. ROLL CALL
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - DECEMBER 12, 1994
IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS
V. GUEST SPEAKER - Frank Meeker, Big Cypress Basin Board
VI. OLD BUSINESS
a. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS
1. Steering Committee - Steve Means
2. Natural Resource Protection Area - Derek Hodgin
3. Growth Management - Robert Duane
b. Clam Bay NRPA Management Plan Update - Bill Lorenz
c. NRPA Priority List (Repriorization) - Derek Hodgin
d. EPTAB Vacancy - Review of new applicants
VII. NEW BUSINESS
VIII . ADJOURNMENT
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DRAFT:
APPROVED:
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD
DECEMBER 12, 1994 MINUTES
PRESENT: Dorothea Zysko Derek Hodgin Charles Ray
Gary Wilson Nancy Payton Robert Duane
Dave Addison Mike Taranto Steve Means
NOTIFIED ABSENCE: Jack Baxter
STAFF:
Marjorie Student
Dick Hartwell
Jane Lang
Jerry Neal
Steve Grabe
Bill Lorenz
Kevin Dugan
Mac Hatcher
Kimberly Polen
PUBLIC:
Virginia Corkran
Brad Cornell
Emma Ross
Bernie Young
Todd Turrell
Barbara Prynoski
Marco Espinar
Don Pickworth
Adrienne Skolnik
I.
4:05 p.m. Meeting
called to order.
II.
Roll was called by
Dorothea Zysko.
III.
Minutes from the November 14-30 meeting were approved.
IV.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dorothea received a copy of a publication produced by
ENS, Sediment Quality in Inlet Waterways of Collier
County 1989-91 which was given to Robert Duane for use in
EAR.
V. OLD BUSINESS
There being no objection, Dorothea requested taking an
Item Out of Order.
F. Standing Committee Reports
3. Growth Management Committee
Robert Duane: The GMP Sub -committee will meet Monday on
December 19, 1994 at 4:00 p.m. GMP members will be
notified by FAX. Marjorie Student talked about DCA
Handbook which discusses the condition of all the natural
resources as it was versus the current condition.
Marjorie will make this handbook available to all EPTAB
members later.
A. Wiggins Pass Inlet Management Plan - Jerry Neal
explains the plan beginning with the Army Corps of
Engineers 1980 recommendation.
Memo: "Wiggins Pass Dredging" by Kevin Dugan was
distributed. Jerry Neal distributed portions of the
Wiggins Pass Inlet Management Plan. Jerry spoke to the
EPTAB members' concerns: squat draft, areas that have
never been dredged, overdredging, difference in water
depth. He said, it is stipulated in the permit that we
have to do an IMP and include recommended boat drafts and
water depths for the inland channel. We are working on
standards and recommendations.
Dorothea questioned the need for the recommendations for
the east channel and said, you could have a 'no
recommendation' alternative.
Steve Means posed five questions based on the survey:
1. Design vessel draft 3'
2. Why is squat less in the south channel than in the
east channel?
3. Underkeel clearance 2.0 - where did figures come from?
4. Allowable overdredge
5. Advance maintenance
Jerry Neal allowed that advance maintenance is a
question. Water turkey Bay is shallow and narrow.
Maintenance dredging could be questioned. The State
agency recommended 21. Derek: design of a channel is 3'
draft design, therefore concurred with a 'no
recommendation' alternative.
Nancy Payton referred to page 157 of the IMP regarding
exemption from the proposed Outstanding Florida Waters.
Jerry: On the south channel, are not talking about
depths, but activities as relate to Class II water
permit.
Maintenance: Two years versus 3 year cycle. This plan is
consistent or non -consistent? Marjorie: Every 3 years
is now every 2 years. Kevin Dugan: The CZMP plan was
broken down into 5 general recommendations and is
consistent with the IMP.
Motion made by Steve Means: The BCC should adopt the
proposed IMP with the following stipulations:
That the County shall further study the need to dredge
the south and east channels and if dredging is deemed
necessary, the County shall re-examine construction depth
and make any revisions as appropriate. Robert Duane
seconded the motion. Discussion followed. Mike Taranto:
We do not agree with the standard of 3' (depth). Motion
failed.
Alternative and amended motion made by Dorothea Zysko:
The Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board (EPTAB)
has reviewed the Wiggins Pass Inlet Management Plan
for the Board of County Commissioners with respect to the
consistency with the Collier County Coastal Zone
Management Plan (CZMP) policies and the Plan's basis to
provide navigation for vessels with a three foot draft or
less. Based on this review, the EPTAB recommends that
(1) the East channel be eliminated from the Plan due to
inconsistency with the CZMP recommendation number
1.24, which states that "The County shall only
support currently altered pass and navigational
channel dredging and maintenance that is consistent
with and required by State and Federal boating safety
and navigation standards and requirements (reference
CCME Objective 11.2).11,
(2) the East Channel not be included in the request for
exemption from the Outstanding Florida Water (OF)
designation under consideration by the State, and
(3) the South Channel and Water Turkey Bay construction
depths outlined in the Plan be re-examined with the
intent to minimize the allowable overdredge and
advanced maintenance depths to the extent
practicable.
Motion seconded by Gary Wilson. Motion carried 5 to 3.
B. Clam Bay NRPA Management Plan
Derek reviewed NRPA Clam Bay workshop of December 8. He
spoke on aerial photographs, stating that future dollar
amounts should be included in the IMP, and fertilizers.
Nancy Payton - Management Plan, where is the action?
This plan is a study that seems to go on indefinitely.
The circulation issue is not addressed in the Management
Plan, plus there is no timeline. What is causing the
cattails, green slime and bulrushes?
Bill Lorenz: The data we have assessed is that the
problem is nutrient enrichment. We have not yet assessed
the loading of stormwater input and nutrient reduction.
Timeline is good. Dorothea: Limit detrimental
activities in the area. Discussion on Circulation Study
and implementation schedule.
Todd Turrell explained his expanded scope of service.
Item out of Order:
VI. NEW BUSINESS:
A. Election of Officers
Chairman: Dorothea Zysko
Vice -Chairman: Derek Hodgin
There being no nominations, motion made and seconded
to retain the current slate of officers for 1995.
V. OLD BUSINESS
C. EPTAB Vacancy: Thomas Ciranna
Brad Cornell and Mr. Carter have applied for
membership. Matrix handout by Lorenz. Due to EPTAB
attendance requirements, applicant Carter is
technically disqualified. Brad Cornell stated he
feels the County needs citizen imput on recycling and
solid waste. Chuck Ray made a recommendation that
Brad Cornell be recommended for appointment to the
Board as a new EPTAB member. Motion made and
accepted.
D. Request for topics for Frank Meeker from the Big
Cypress Basin Board who will speak in January:
Watershed Plan - Reservoirs - Potable/Irrigation.
E. Sand Dollar Island - BCC went to SDI last week.
Re -submit recommendations that we (Sub -committee) made
last December (memo dated 12/22/93) memo, ie.:
(1) Maintain health of the water body
(2) Critical wildlife area recommended
(3) Recommend NOT filling lagoon or tidal pools
(4) Educational workshop
(5) Investigate environmental interpretive program.
Re -submittal of the memo to BCC will confirm our
previous recommendations - as they have not changed.
Motion made and seconded to re -submit the December 22,
1993 memorandum to the BCC.
F. Standing Committee Report -
1. Natural Resource Protection Area: NRPA committee
recommends reprioritizing remainder of NRPA list and
take into consideration any factors you wish.
Motion made and seconded. Meeting adjourned at 6:35 pm.
WILSON MILLER TEL:813-643-5716 Jan 03 95 10:54 No.013 P.03
January 3, 1994
Frank Meeker, Director
Big Cypress Basin Board
6167 Janes Lane
Naples, FL 33942
Dear Mr. Meeker:
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Thank you for accepting our invitation to attend the January meeting of the Collier County
Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board (EPTAB). The meeting will be held on
Monday January 9, 1995, at 4:00 p.m. in Health and Community Services Building of the
Collier County Government Complex, Room 216, on Airport Rd.
As I relayed to Valerie Boyd, EPTAB is in the process of developing an annual work plan for
the coming year, Because the water resources of Collier County are of primary importance to
several elements of the EPTAB work plan, we believe that coordination with the South Florida
Water Management District, and particularly with the Big Cypress Basin Board, would be
valuable. EPTAB members have requested that the Lower West Coast Water Supply Plan and
the potential use of reservoirs for potable/irrigation water use be addressed in addition to other
topics you would like to discuss.
I look forward to meeting you and to a discussion of the area's water resources. Please feel free
to call me at 649-4040 if you have any questions prior to the meeting.
Cordially,
A�AA—, ".
Dorothea P. Zysko
Chairman,
Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board
cc: EPTAB Members
Board of County Commissioners
NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO: EPTAB Members
FROM: William D. Lorenz Jr., P.E., Administrator
DATE: January 3, 1995
SUBJECT: Applicant Recommendations
Attached are three applicants for the one remaining vacant
position (vacated by Jack Baxter). Note that EPTAB has 41 days
from the notice to make its recommendations. I suggest that you
therefore discuss this at your January 9, 1995 meeting to meet
the deadline.
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M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Bill Lorenz, Environmental Services A nistrats�;sN; ayy �y q `*ia
FROM: Sue Filson, Administrative Assistant ,
Board of County Commissioners ; , 0 �-
RE: EPTAB s
DATE: December 22, 1994 7-,0o
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As you know, we currently have 1 vacancy on the above -referenced
advisory committee. A press release was issued requeSt:.ing. citizen-s-
interested in serving on this committee to submit a resume for
consideration. I have attached the resumes received for your review
and recommendation as follows:
William L. Hoover
200 quail Forest Blvd., #116
Naples, FL 33942
Michael A. McGee
1155 Morningside Drive
P.O. Box 8052
Naples, FL 33941
Gary Lee Beardsley
2396 13th Street, North
Naples, FL 33940
Please let me know, in writing, the recommendation of the advisory
committee for appointment and I will prepare an executive summary for
the Board's consideration. Please categorize the applicants in areas
of expertise. If you have any questions, please call me at 774-8097.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
SF
Attachments
P.S. I am also attaching a copy of Resolution No. 94-136
establishing guidelines for receiving recommendations for
appointment of members to advisory committees and
quasi-judicial boards.
William L. Hoover
200 Quail Forest Blvd. #116
Naples, Florida 33942
Home Phone 434-1004
Work Phone 594-8262
December 9, 1994
Ms. Sue Filson
Admin. Asst. to BCC
Collier County
3301 U.S. 41 East
Naples, FL 33962
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DEC 12 1994
Board F -
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RE: Application as a Volunteer Member to the Environmental Policy
Technical Advisory Board
Dear Ms. Filson:
CI would like to apply as a volunteer for the subject advisory
committee. I am a registered voter, reside in unincorporated
Collier County, and easily meet the qualifications as a
professional land use planner.
I have attached a resume for your review of my qualifications. If
there are any questions, you are welcome to contact me. Thank you
in advance for taking the time to review my application.
Sincerely, -
v ✓ p '
William L. Hoover, AICP
Enclosure
WLLLIAM L. HOOVER, AICP
200 Quail Forest Blvd. Unit #116, Naples, Florida 33942 RESUME
Home Phone 813-435-1004 Work Phone 813-594-8262
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE
Volunteer member of Environmental Policy Technical Adviso Boar
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EDUCATION
Master of Arts (Geography and Urban Planning), University of Tole
June 1988. do, Toledo, Ohio.
Graduated
Bachelor of Science (Business Services), University of Toledo, Toledo, , Ohio. Graduated September
Associate of Arts (Real Estate), University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio.
Relevant Graduate Level Course Work: Graduated May 1981.
Methods, Land Use Analysis, Research Methods, Regional Functions
Planning Planning Functions and Processes, Urban Planning Analysis, Quantitative Methods, Cartography,g and Development, Spatial
Revitalization, Park and Recreation PlanEnvironmental Law for Planners, Neighborhood
g, and Thesis.
EXPERIENCE
Hoover Planning Shoppe, Naples, Florida, August 1994 to present
aspects of opening and operating a consulting business for land use and transportation
Prepared PUD applications, Accomplished all
pp cations, including: Master Plans, PUD Documents, and Traffic Imacplanning.
S ing
(TIS). Represented applicants and overcame obstacles throughout the e review and p Studies
public hearing
Planning Department, Butler Engineering, Inc., Fort Myers and Na 1
August 1994, Project Planner. Had a wide variety of duties as the onl
Acted as Project Manager on Rezoning,p Florida, April 1991 to
nn
Density Bonus, and Land Development Code Amendment
Use, Affordable
d a small firm.
including intersection analyses usin � fordable Housing
ent petitions. Prepared all of the firm's TIS,
studies/graphics. Using A g Highway Capacity Software. Prepared land use and density
multi -family or commercial proOject�Iprepared p Prepared PUD conceptual and preliminary
PUD/DPI annual monitoring report plans, typically on
Planning Services, Collier Count
Counseled property owners and heirvagentsFegarding aober wide1 ari to April 1991,
planning,
pl
developmental issues. Reviewed Preliminary Site Development Plans_ Reviewed, zoning
ner II.
variety of planning, zoning and
ewed, researched where
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Landscape Architecture
December 7th, 1994 - R V C)
Ms. Sue F i 1 son DEC Z 1994
Col I ier County
Board of County Commissioners _ Boar, Couny CGr,iSS�onA�s
3301 Tamiami Trail East
Naples, Florida 33962
Re: Environmental Po icy Technical Advisory Board
Dear Ms. Fi Ison,
Please find enclosed a copy of my resume which is being submitted
for consideration to the vacancy on the E.P.T. Advisory Board.
I have l ived and worked in Collier County / Naples area since 1981. 1
started my landscape architecture and planning Firm in 1983 and
presently continue to en joy working and 1 iving in Col I ier County.
My professional experience as a Registered Landscape Architect and
Owner of a Landscape Architectural Design and Planning firm have allowed
me to gain a knowledge that i believe will only benefit this Board and
Citizens of this Community. My professional work experience involves
Environmental planning & permitting, Site planning, Land use planning,
Landscape design, Storm water management, Irrigation system design, and
Environmental management.
My address and phone numbers are as follows
Residence: 1 155 Morn ingside Drive Mailing: P.O. Box 8052
Naples, Florida 33940 Naples, Florida - 33941
Home phone: 261-6502 Off ice phone: 263-0486
1 look forward to hearing from you in regards to this position. Please
feel free to contact me any time if you should need any more information
or references.
Cord i I I
� ae I A. McGee M h , r.l.a.
Environmental Management Design a Planning 6 Computer Imaging
1100 6th Avenue South AP. O. Box 8052 Naples, Florida 33941 •(813) 263-0486
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Michael A_ McGee_ r_1_a_
State of Florida
Registered Landscape Architect
L.A. 864
Summary of Experience:
1983 to Present
McGee & Associates, Inc.
Landscape Architecture
1 100 6th Ave. South
Naples, Florid 33940
Florida registered Landscape Architectural Corporation
L.C. C098
Position: President/Founder
Services: Landscape architectural Design, Management, Planning, Graphics, Consulting, and
Computer imaging.
Project Services provided for: Municipal, Recreational, Commercial, Residential, and
Institutional Facilities, alongwith Environmental Managementand Permitting.
1985 to 1986
Landscape Unlimited, Inc.
Naples, Florida
Design/build landscape Contractor and Nursery
Position: Vice —President, Consulting Landscape Architect for design and project management.
1982 to 1983
Imperial River landscaping and Nursery, Inc.
Naples & Bonita Springs, Florida
Design/build landscape Contractor and Nursery
Position: Vice —President and Landscape Architect for design and project management.
1981 to 1982
Big Cypress Consultants, Inc.
Naples, Florida
Landscape design and management firm
Position: Landscape Architect in charge of design and project management.
1979 to 1981
Attended and graduated from the University of Florida
School of Architecture, Division of Landscape Architecture
1978 to 1979
Charles D. Sapp & Associates, Inc.
Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyor
Gainesville, Florid
Position: Draftsmen for subdivision layout and surveying.
Environmental Management Design Planning 4 Computer Imaging
1100 6th Avenue South -P. O. Box 8052 ,Naples, Florida 33941 •(813) 263-0486
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M i chae 1 A. McGee, r. La.
1974 to 1977
Alachua County Regional Utilities
Engineering and Planning Department
Gainesville, Florida
Position: Draftsmen for electric utilities and general graphics for presentations.
1973
William Kidd Engineering, Inc.
Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyor
Ocala, Florida
Position: Draftsmen , work study program in high school drafting.
Education:
1981 B.L.A.
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, with Honors
Minor in Environmental Studies
1977 A.A.
Santa Fe Community College
Gainesville, Florida
Associates of Art Degree
1973 H.D.
Forest High School
Ocala, Florida
High School Diploma, Golden Key Honor society
Continuing Education:
1983 - iAFS plant and turf seminars
1985 - Dale Carnegie Course
1988 & 1989 - State of Florida
Examiner for Landscape Architecture I icensure
1988 - Florida Xeriscape"" conference, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1992 - Florida Xeriscapel conference, Orlando, Florida
1993 - Florida Department of Transportation,
Pedestrian/Bicycle Workshop Naples, Florida
1994 - National Main Street Program conference, Tampa Florida
Professional Affiliations:
American Society of Landscape Architects
Awards:
1988 FNGA Award of Merit, Golden Gate Parkway Medians, Phase I
1992 Florida Xeriscape Award, Lely Golf Estates Medians, Phase I
TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSULTANTS
2396 13th Street, North
Naples, Florida 33940 4:i
Phone & Fax (813)263-0077
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Board of County CcWissioners
Sue Filson _ December 6, 1994
Administratiue Hssistant to the County Commission
Collier County Government Center
3301 U. S. 41 East
Naples, Florida 33962
BE: Uolunteer for the uacencg on the Environmental Police
Technical Bduisorg Board (EPTAB) per announcement
in the December 6, 1994 Naples Dailg News.
Dear Ms. Filson,
Please accept this letter and attached resume as my formal request
to be considered to fill the single vacancy on the EPTAD citizen
advisory committee.
I am an environmental consultant actively working in Lee and Collier
county dealing with biological inventories, listed species habitat
evaluations, jurisdictional wetland delineations, Dredge and Fill
applications, Environmental Impact Studies, mitigation/restoration
designs as well as habitat management.
I ,just returned form a two-day conference on Sanibel which I chaired
the Upland/Urban focus group evaluating, after twenty years, The
Sanibel Report and making recommendations as to amendments to the
cities Growth Management Plan.
The original team of selected "experts", which did the 1974 report,
were invited to participate, 1 was one of these.
My formal university training was in the field of marine biology and
coastal esturine systems. I attended Stanford. University of Hawaii
as well as the University of Miami, Florida.
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CONSULTANTS
2396 13th Street, North
Naples, Florida 33940
Phone & Fax (813)263-0077
I also supervised field research, while later employed with the
University of Miami, Rosensteil School of Marine and Atmospheric
Sciences, in south Florida, the Bahamas, British Uirgin Islands, and
Central Rmerica.
During the 1986 to 1989 Collier county growth management process
chaired the Conservation and Coastal Management Element
committee which formulated the later adopted goals, objective and
policies under which the county has developed over the last five
years.
When that process was drawing to closure I realized that the major
effort still was ahead, that programs, policies and land development
regulations would have to be developed, brought before the citizens,
debated and adopted.
The county is just now entering another important process, that of
the Growth Management Plan five-year evaluation, the "ERR",
evaluation, appraisal and reporting (to the state Department of
Community Affairs) on the growth management plan as impiimented.
This process will guide future amendment/changes to the growth
management plan itself.
This will "refocus" the vision of the county another five years into the
future.
I support "sustainable construction", natural system wide approaches
to growth management, stewardship of the land and preservation of
quality of life functions in Collier county as well as "property rights".
I deal daily with practical growth management issues. I am required
to find a balance between the right to develop land and the need to
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TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSULTANTS
2396 13th Street, North
Naples, Florida 33940
Phone & Fax (813) 263-0077
protect and maintain a strong economic as well as natural resource
base in the county. 1 am involved in the development industry and
daily work with the land owner, his team -of consultant as well as the
agency permit review process.
I believe that the work of EPTAB and its natural resource advisory role
to the County Commissioners is an eKtremenly important one and that
with over thirty years euperience working on environmental growth
related projects in Florida 1 have developed an awareness and
perspective not currently found on EPTAB.
Thank you for your submittal of my letter and resume to the
Commissioners for their consideration.
Rplectfully,
Gary tee Beardsley
Biologist/Consultant
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Environmental Impact Studies Permitting/Mitigation/Habitat Restoration Habitat/Landscape Management
TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSULTANTS
2396 13th Street, North
NOPICS, Florida 33940
Phonc & Fax (813) 263-0077
_RESU E
GARY L. BEARDSLEY -
May, 1991
Personal Data: Address:
2396 13th Street, North
Naples; F1. _33940
Telephone:
(813) 263,0077
Birthdate:
December 4, 1936
Height,
6' 4"
Weight:
220-lbs.
Spouse:
Glenda S. Beardsley
(Guidance Counselor,
Naples,". S.)
Children:
Kelly, 24, U.S.11ir Force,
Japan
Shannon, 22, Medical
School,,
U. of Pittsburg, Penn.
Troy, 20, Junior College
Clint, 10, Junior College
Brooke, 8, Grade -School
Education: B. S. (1964) Northern Illinois Uniu.
Graduate Work_:
-Stanford Uniu. (N.S.F., Indian Ocean,
1964)
-Uniu. of Hawaii (N.S.F.,1964 G, 1970)
-Seattle Pacific Uniu. (N.S.F., Summer
1970)
-Uniu. of Miami. (1976-77)
Ettporlonco; 110soni h II3iIsI,, Slnnffild llniir:
"IcivmIn" I iwtidl(luii lu Ili" I114I1nii
Ocean Spring, 1964
High School Biology teacher (marine
J R" "IA I' rp - 1 -
Assistant Project Chief, thermal
pollution, biolgical section, U. of
Miami, 1972
Project Leader, Lake Worth lagoon
research, U. of Miami, 1972
Team Leader, British Uirgin Islands,
potential of mariculture on Anegada
Is., U. of Miami,1973-74
Co -researcher on bentic survey of
Card Sound and Biscayne Bay, major
bentic vegetation communities were
mapped, U. of Miami, 1972-73
Consultant to Carib Fisheries, spiny
lobster flue -holding system, 1973
Assistant Field Chief, Card Sound
ecological sampling program, 1974
Member, diuing team performing
on -site base -line data along
nearshore enuironments along Grand
Bahama Island to predict effects of
oil spills, Borco Ltd.,1974-75
Assisted in design and placement of
long-term monitoring instruments,
oofite dredging operations, Sands Key,
Bahama Is. Also performed as
diuer-biologist, 1975.
Member,field biology team which
deueloped an ecological and hydro-
logical assessment of the Golden
Gate Estates drainage basin, Phase I,
Golden Gate Estates Redeueiopment
Study, Collier County, FI., 1975-76
Member, field biology team mapping
and inuentoring the mangrove,
interior wetland and upland plant
communities of Sanibel Island
Additional projects during
1976-83:
Effects of thermal effluents, Tarpon
Springs, Anclote estrary, Fl.
Pelican Bay organic nutrient -flow
study, Clam Pass and associated
three bays, Naples, FI.
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Rare, Threatened or of Special Concern:
Collier and Lee Counties, local, State and Federal agencies
involvement.
Native Landscape Design/Installation:
Collier (upland, interior/coestalwetlands and dune restoration ) Lee
(upland, interior and coastal wetlands). In both counties includes
county, State and Federal mitigation/restoration design, installation
and performance monitoring.
Sigma Zeta; Phi Sigma
Honorary Societies:
Professional Organizations:
Florida Academy of Sciences, Florida Conservation Foundation,
American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists, Florida Native Plant
Society, Florida Association of Environmental Professionals, 1000
Friends of Florida, Inc., Southwest Florida Land Preservation Trust
(technical advisor), Collier County Audubon (board of directors,
program chairman), Florida Ornithology Society, Natural Areas Society.
Committees:
-Citizen Aduisory Committee, Collier growth management plan,
appointed by the Collier County Commisioners, February, 1987-
1 989.
-Groundwater Protection Technical Advisory Committee,
appointed by the Collier County Commissioners, Rpril,
1988-1989.
-Regional Urban Design Assistance Team, Environmental Task
Force, appointed, January, 1988 by Dr. Mark Benedict,
Environmental Projects Director of The Conservancy, Inc.,
Naples, Florida.
-Sensitive Lands Environmental Aduisory Committee, Lee
County,1988-1990
-Committee for Environmental Awareness, Collier County,
Current (1990)
ff"IC
-Environmental Ordinance Ad Hoc Committee, Lee County,
Current (1990)
-Road Corridor (Environmental Review) Committee, Lee County,
Current (1990)
-Land Planning Rdvisory Committee, Zoning Ordinance Tash
Force, Lee County, Current (1990)
-Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Trust, Collier and Lee Counties,
(alternate) Current (1990)
-Collier County Audubon Society, Board Member, (conservation
chairperson) Current (1990)
-Southwest Florida Trust for Public -Lands, Technical Advisory
Committee, Current (1990)
-Global Releaf Committee, Lee County, Current (1990)
-Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board (1991-current)
-Collier County Representive on the E. C. W. I. F. T. Wildlife Corridor Comm.
Publications: (1991- 14112 )
Caillouet, C. W., Jr., G. L. Beardsley, and N. Chitty, 1971, Notes on Size,
Sex Ratio, and Spawning of the Spiny Lobster, Panulirus guttatus
(Latrelle): Bull. Of Marine Sci., 21 (4): 944-951
Roessler, M. A., Gary L. Beardsley and Roy Smith, Benthic Commuinities
of Biscayne Bay Florida: University of Miami Sea Grant Program,
Sea Grant Coastal Management Bulletin (Report).
Roessler, M. A., Gary L. Beardsley, 1974, Biscayne Bay: Its Environment
and Problems, Florida Academy of Science, 37 (4): 186-204.
Iversen, E. S., Gary L. Beardsley, 1976, Records of Shell Disease in
Crustacea from South Florida: The Progressive Fish Culturist, U. S.
Department of Fish and Wildlife Service, 38 (4): 195-196.
Roessler, M. A., Gary L. Beardsley, and D. C. Tabb, 1977, New Records of
the Introduced Snail, Melarpides tuberculate (mollusca: Thiaridae)
in South Florida: Florida Scientist, 40 (1): 87-97.
Heald, E. J., M. A. Roessler, and G. L. Beardsley, 1979, Litter Production
in a Southwest Florida Black Mangrove Community: Proceedings of
the Florida Anti -Mosquito Association 50th Meeting, April 22-25;
24-33.
Thorhaug, A., G. L. Beardsley and R. Hixson, 1977, Large -Scale
Transportation of Thalassia in South Florida: Second Conference
Restoration of Coastal Vegetation in Florida.
Beardsley, G. L., T. J. Costello, Gary E. Davis, Ribert C. Jones and David
C. Simmons, 1975, The Florida Spiny Lobster Fishery, a White Paper,
Florida Scientist 38 (3): 144-149.
Bach, Steven D., and Gary L. Beardsley, 1976, A Disease of the Florida
Spiny Lobster: Sea Frontiers, international Oceanographic
Foundation
22 (52-53.
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Booker, F., A. Thorsiaug, G. L. Beardsley and B. Flynn, Seagrass Species,
Density and Theoretiocal Productiuity off Key Biscayne, Florida:
Florida Acadamy of Sciences, Manuscript-1982.
Tabb, D. C., E. J. Heald, T. A;. AleHander, M. S. Roessler and G. L.
Beardsley,
Survey of the Mangroues, Interior Wetlands and Upland Vegetation
of Sanibel Island, Florida., Technnical report, The Conseruation
Foundation, Washington, D. C.
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Offices and Nature Center • 1450 Merrihue Drive • Naples, Florida 33942 • 813-262-0304
(located off Goodlette Road at 14th Avenue North)
May 12,1992
Mr. Gary L. Beardsley
Tropical Environmental Consultants
2396 13th St., N
Naples, FL 33940
Dear Gary:
Thank you for participating at the First Southwest Florida Environmental
Conference as a panelist. Your presentation was very helpful and has received
positive comments.
We are planning to make the conference an annual event to discuss important
conservation issues. In an effort to improve the conference and increase the
number of participants, we would appreciate your feedback on the topics selected,
panels, lunch, and relative amount of time devoted to presentations and
discussions. We would appreciate your thoughts on what w6rk6d and didn't work.
Please complete the enclosed questionnaire at your leisure and return it to me at
The Conservancy, 1450 Merrihue Drive, Naples, FL 33942.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
4H. Fitch, Ph. D.
President
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Saturday, April 10
Feld Trip
7:30 a.m.
(Reservations required - limit 15)
Biking, botanizing and binding by
ear in the Southern Estates. Meet at
NaplesTowne Center (U.S. 41 East) .
Leader George McBath; 774-2820.
Wednesday, April 21
County Commissioners Meet the
Environmentalists
Saturday, April 21
Don't miss this opportunity! (See
article in this issue.)
Saturday, April 24
Backyard Backyard Birding for
Beginners.
9 a.m.
Meet at Cambier Park parking lot,
Naples. Approximately two hours.
FREE! For additional details, call
Jim McGinity at 793-3600.
Sunday, April 25
Indian Earth Days
A celebration of Florida's indigenous
peoples. (See article in this issue.)
�T T�� �NNE�[ M��TIN�
— Guy Bradley Plume Goes to Gary Beard9ley
This award is named after the firsfAudubon warden to give
his life in the fight to save the Egrets, or plume birds, from
extinction. The Collier County chapter of Audubon presents
it each year to a person deeply involved in fighting for the
principles of natural resource conservation and environmen-
tally intelligent development.
In addition to his many official positions, Gary Beardsley
serves on the EPTAB committee; he was the whistle -blower
to the DCA when the County Commissioners failed to meet
the Growth Management conservation guidelines.
Congratulations, Gary!
Major Funding for the Audugram is provided by
NORTHERN TRUST BANK/The Private Bank
4001 Tamiami Trail North, Naples, Florida 33940
530 Fifth Avenue South, Naples, Florida 33940 — 262,8800
Trustees
Ruth A. Deuber
President
Chuck Bisbee
Vice President
Frank R. Jeffrey
Treasurer
Robert J. Hanger
Secretary
Doris 1. Bowen
F. Norman Bowles, Jr.
Timothy A. Gardner
Joan Kain
S.R. Maxeiner, Jr.
George S. McKinnell
Shirley F.S. Melum
Stephen D. Mullins
Dieter Schroer
Robert E. Slayton
Robert E. Steele
Muriel C. Veenschoten
The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
Post Office Box 839, Sanibel, Florida 33957-0839
3333 Sanibel-Captiva Road - (813) 472-2329
i,4ovember 30, 1994
Gary Beardsley
2396 13th St. N.
Naples, FL 33940
Dear Gary,
NOR
On behalf of the board, members, and staff of the Sanibel-Captiva
Conservation Foundation, we would like to thank you for taking the time to
participate in our Conference 20/20.
There has been a tremendous amount of positive feedback both from your
fellow participants and the general public. Your perspective and input were
invaluable to the process of collecting information that may be useful in the
re -publishing of the Sanibel Report.
Erick Lindblad Our next step is to collate all of the printed information, transcribe the tapes
xecutive Director from Thursday and Friday's sessions, and prepare an index. John Clark will
then review the information and determine what information should be
included in the new publication. In the meantime, grants and donations are
being pursued to fund the printing of the book.
At this point, there is some hope that funding may also be available to
distribute the book to people working in developing coastal countries with
some help from Jens Sorensen and his network at the University of
Massauchusetts-Boston's Harbor and Coastal Center.
We will keep you informed when copies of the book become available. We
hope to have the first draft ready for some of you to review and comment on,
by May 1995, and the book reprinted in the fall of 1995.
Once again, please accept our thanks for your contributions to this valuable
project. 1AA )
Sincerely,
The Conference 20/20 Steering Committee
4
The Conservation Foundation is a not -for -profit organization dedicated Y r
to the preservation of natural resources and wildlife habitat
on and around Sanibel and Captiva. 01
Printed on Recucled Payer
H�f\� pROiE(110���
o. Department of
F`°R A Environmental Protection
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Building
Lawton Chiles 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard Virginia B, Wetherell
Governor Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000 Secretary
October 24, 1994 ED
Mr. Gary Beardsley
Tropical Environmental Consultants
2396 13th Street North
Naples, FL 33940
Dear Mr. Beardsley,
On behalf of the staff of the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, I would
like to thank you for your valuable time and efforts at our Coastal Zone Management Workshop
on Friday, October 7. The information you presented on coastal restoration ecology from an
environmental consultant's perspective was very interesting and informative. Comments from the
participants indicated that the workshop was an exceptional program, and addressed many -of their
questions and concerns.
Once again, many thanks for your contributions to the "Coastal Restoration Ecology Workshop"
I look forward to working with you again in the near future.
Sincerely,
Stephen Theberge
Education Specialist
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
10 Shell Island Road
Naples, Florida 33962
"Protect, Conserve and Manage Florida's Environment and Natural Resources"
Printed on recycled paper.
November 16, 1994
Mr. Gary Beasley
Tropical Environmental Consultants
2396 13th St. N.
Naples, FL 33940
Dear Gary:
Thank you so much for making this year's Leadership Collier Environmental Session
enormously successful. I just want you to know how much Bill and I appreciated your
enthusiasm and knowledge of the important subject matter. The critique from this year's
class unanimously commented that you were the highlight of tiie day. The; gave you th
top ratiag or thu day and their only : oni.z ent was Lhzt they XNished that we had more
time.
Our sincere apology for the delay and keeping you waiting there for the extra time. You
were fantastic for dropping everything and helping us with such short notice in this
endeavor.
Sincerely,
(9-K, 6-,,, _YP2
Jo Ann M. Smallwood
President
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6901 NORTH AIRPORT ROAD / NAPLES, FLORIDA 33942 / LC C000140
(813) 597-8136 / fAX (813) 597-4384
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WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
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BILL HAMMOND
A PUBLIC FORUM
APRIL 5 7:30 PM
BONITA SPRINGS RECREATION CENTER
Behind Library and Middle School
North off Terry on Pine Street
FEATURING
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR, LONG TIME RESIDENT AND
MEMBER OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT
BOARD
addressing past and future from a water
management view
RICK JOYCE LEE COUNTY NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGER, LEE COUNTY.
DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES
speaking from the regulatory perspective
GARY BEARDSLEY ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT from TROPICAL
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS AND
MANAGING THE LAND
sharing how environmental tragedies happen
CHARLES GAUTHIER LEE COUNTY ZONING MANAGER OF THE
LEE COUNTY ZONING DEPT.
delineating current bayside development trends
PUBLIC COMMENT AND QUESTIONS
IT'S YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE -JOIN US N
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION
MEMORANDUM
TO: Sue Filson, Administrative Assistant
Board of County Commissioners
FROM: William D. Lorenz Jr., P.E., Administratoz
Environmental Services Division
DATE: 9-Nov-1994
SUBJECT: EPTAB
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A request has been made by Jack Baxter, a current EPTAB member,
for a leave of absence from EPTAB because of a family matter.
Mr. Baxter has indicated his desire to continue on the Board and
not be replaced. If the BCC so desires to grant his request, I
would suggest there be a limit placed on his leave of absence.
If you have any questions, please advise.
:pc
c: EPTAB members
Environmental Services File
Genesis Environmental Marine Monitoring, Inc.
or&ve
( lack Baxter 5811 Pelican Bay Blvd. Suite 301
Inventor and Chairman Naples, Florida 33963
Early Warning Oil Phone: (813) 592-6131
Spill Detection System Fax: (813) 597-6363
711UT,,,,,03 November 1994 iD'tiTc:
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Mr. William Lorenz, Administrator - j___cc_
Environmental Services Administration
Collier County Conference Center
Public Affairs Office
3301 E. Tamiami Trail
Naples, Florida ---
Re: Environmental Policy Technical Advisory
Dear Bill:
In the last seven weeks, I have been unable to attend and
participate as an advisor to the Collier County Board of Commi-
ssioners.
I have missed three meetings of the E.P.T.A.B. gathering.
During two of the meetings, I was out of the country and because
of this inability to be present, I feel I must be placed on a
-leave -of-absence and if that isnotacceptable, I will resign.
My preference is not to be replaced but I do understand the
necessity of having this position filled.
For your information, I was called out of town the day before
our meeting and contacted Kimberly and advised her of the problem
which I had. Until further notice, I will be unable to attend the
meetings because I will be with my daughter in Pennsylvania until
a particular situation has been cleared up. Please contact the
Vice President of Affairs, Luise Romano, at my home addr.ess.re-
garding your decision.
It has been an honor to serve with such a concerned organi-
zation for the environment and I can only hope that one day I may
return.
Best regards,/ /
GENESIS ENVIRONMENTAL MARINE MONITORING INC.
�k• Baxter
President \
P.S. Please send all correspondence
to me at my home address, 930 Heron Court, 'Marco Island FL 33937
PRESENT:
STAFF:
DRAFT:
APPROVED:
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD
JANUARY 9, 1995 MINUTES
Dorothea Zysko Derek Hodgin Charles Ray
Gary Wilson Nancy Payton Robert Duane
Dave Addison Mike Taranto Steve Means
Marjorie Student Dick Hartwell
Jerry Neal Steve Grabe
Mac Hatcher
Jane Lang
Bill Lorenz
Kimberly Polen
PUBLIC:
Virginia Corkran
Brad
Cornell Frank Meeker
Bart Bibber
Todd
Turrell Ken Humiston
Alan Varley
I.
4:05 p.m. Meeting
called
to order.
II.
Roll was called by
Dorothea Zysko.
III.
Minutes from the December
12, 1994 meeting were approved.
IV.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Frank Meeker of the Florida Big Cypress Basin Board was
introduced. Frank came from the Palm Coast, Northeast
Flagler County. He is focusing on the West Collier
Watershed Basin Plan which the BCC will see on January
27. Frank presented an overall comprehensive study
emphasizing future capital project construction in weirs,
SR 29 and points west with an expected completion data of
March 1, 1997.
Questions directed to Frank will be more fully answered
'when the model is done'.
VI. OLD BUSINESS
a. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS
1. Steering Committee - Steve Means: No Steering
SubCommittee meeting was held. No report.
2. Natural Resource Protection Area - Derek Hodgin
On December 19, 1994 an additional committee
meeting for public comments was held recommending
approval of the NRPA plan.
3. Growth Management Committee - Robert Duane.
SubCommittee needs specific language or substitute
policy. Next meeting January 23, 1995.
b. Growth Management - EAR - Bill Lorenz
Fresh Water Fish and Game Commission has 1989 data; they
are trying to get 1994 data/habitat information.
Kimberly Polen - assessment of habitats destroyed and
permitted. Stan Litzsinger recommendation. Do not make
any recommendation. Discussion followed.
Clam Bay NRPA Management Plan Update - Dick Hartwell
Biological assessment: Water quality, Grabe; Mangroves,
Hatcher, Hartwell, Exotics, Dredge and Fill, Jerry Neal.
Nancy Payton: I prefer to have time to review this Clam
Bay NRPA. This 1/9/95 EPTAB 'continued' meeting
scheduled for Clam Bay NRPA January 23, 1995 in Room 216
from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
VII. NEW BUSINESS
Todd Turrell of Turrell & Associates has been funded to
do the Inlet part but not the Seagate part. Todd
recommends that T&A do the work as opposed to CCNRD
staff. Ken Humiston spoke on the need for tidal
hydraulics. Inlets affect sand transfer and beach
management. The State requires an Inlet Management Plan
before dredging. Clam Pass is complicated by two inlets;
this Pass needs maintenance and understanding of
hydrodynamics.
Jerry Neal: To get TDC money, the emphasis is on beach
renourishment. Inlet impact is not of interest. Clam
Pass will close and should have a mechanism in place
before closing. The plan needs three votes; beach
committee, TDC and the BCC. In the event the Pass will
close on an emergency basis, it will be no problem to
open. Bill Lorenz; The Clam Bay NRPA goal is to keep
the pass open. What does it take in regards to
permitting? A dual inlet study? Discussion. Focus
should be on EXACT requirements from DEP. Todd Turrell:
An expanded scope of services is more than a permit. It
is knowledge for the sake of addressing other problems.
c. NRPA Priority - Derek Hodgin, procedure manual. Meeting
date and time set for January 30, 1995 at 4 p.m., Room C.
d. EPTAB Vacancy - Brad Cornell awaiting BCC approval on
January 10, 1995. Robert Duane recommended Michael
McGee. Steve Means seconded. All in favor said 'aye'
Dave Addison opposed. Bill Lorenz will forward this
recommendation to BCC.
Wiggins Pass Inlet Management Plan which has been
recommended in the December meeting for approval
requires a letter to the Board. Dorothea will write the
BCC.
Motion made by Nancy Payton to continue this meeting. Motion was
seconded by Steve Means. Meeting adjourned at 6:25 p.m.
NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO: EPTAB Members
t4�
FROM: William D. Lorenz Jr., P.E., Administrator
DATE: January 3, 1995
SUBJECT: Applicant Recommendations
Attached are three applicants for the one remaining vacant
position (vacated by Jack Baxter). Note that EPTAB has 41 days
from the notice to make its recommendations. I suggest that you
therefore discuss this at your January 9, 1995 meeting to meet
the deadline.
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attachments
c: ENS File
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Bill Lorenz, Environmental Services A nistrator:
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FROM: Sue Filson, Administrative Assistant/1j`____
Board of County Commissioners
RE: EPTAB
DATE: December 22, 1994
As you know, we currently have 1 vacancy on the abj4yq..-referenced
advisory committee. A press release was issued rek�,tPat�-r�-{z�n
interested in serving on this committee to submit a resume for-----"`
consideration. I have attached the resumes received for your review
and recommendation as follows:
William L. Hoover
200 quail Forest Blvd., #116
Naples, FL 33942
Michael A. McGee
1155 Morningside Drive
P.O. Box 8052
Naples, FL 33941
Gary Lee Beardsley
2396 13th Street, North
Naples, FL 33940
Please let me know, in writing, the recommendation of the advisory
committee for appointment and I will prepare an executive summary for
the Board's consideration. Please categorize the applicants in areas
of expertise. If you have any questions, please call me at 774-8097.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
SF
Attachments
P.S. I am also attaching a copy of Resolution No. 94-136
establishing guidelines for receiving recommendations for
appointment of members to advisory committees and
quasi-judicial boards.
William L. Hoover
200 Quail Forest Blvd. #116
Naples, Florida 33942
Home Phone 434-1004
Work Phone 594-8262
December 9, 1994
Ms. Sue Filson
Admin. Asst. to BCC
Collier County
3301 U.S. 41 East
Naples, FL 33962
* EI V E Do
DEC 12 1994
Eo6rd of Coi'nt -
Y Ca:;;ss:oners
RE: Application as a Volunteer Member to the Environmental Policy
Technical Advisory Board
Dear Ms. Filson:
I would like to apply as a volunteer for the subject advisory
committee. I am a registered voter, reside in unincorporated
Collier County, and easily meet the qualifications as a
professional land use planner.
I have attached a resume for your review of my qualifications. If
there are any questions, you are welcome to contact me. Thank you
in advance for taking the time to review my application.
Sincerely,
William L. Hoover, AICP
Enclosure
WILLIAM L- HOOVER, AICP
200 Quail Forest Blvd. Unit #116 RESUME
Home Phone 813-435-Unit ' Naples, Florida 33942
Work Phone 813-594-8262
PROFESSIONAL OB,TECT
Volunteer member of Environmental Policy Technical Advi -
soryBoard.
EDUCATION
Master of Arts (Geography and Urban Planning), Universi
June 1988- ty of Toledo, Toledo
Ohio. Graduated
Bachelor of Science (Business Services), UaiVe1srty of Toledo, , Toledo, Olio.
Graduated September
Associate of Arts (Real Estate), University of Toledo, Toledo
Relevant Graduate � Ohio. Graduated May 1981.
Level
Methods, Land UseCourse Work, Planning Analysis, Re g Functions and Processes, Urban Planning
Analysis, Y search Methods, Regional Plarnnin
Quantitative Methods, Cartography g and Development, Spatial
Revitalization, Park and Recreation , Environmental Law for PI eation Planning, and Thesis. Planners,
Neighborhood
EXPERIENCE
Hoover Planning Sh° e
aspects of opening and operating es, Florida, August 1994 to present, O
Prepared PUD a a consulting business for land caner. Accomplished all
applications, including: Master Plans, P use and transportation plarnrhi
(TIS). Represented applicants and overcame obstacles UD Documents, and Tr g
Processes. Traffic Impact Studies
throughout the review and public hearing
Planning Department, Butler En
August 1994, Project P1 Engineering, Inc., Fort Myers and Naples, J anner. Had a wide varietyFlorida, April 1991 to
Acted as project Manager a RezoningHad of duties as the only planner in a small firm.
Density Bonus> per, ProvisionaUConditional Use
and Land on
Code Amendment petitions. Prepared Affordable Housing
including intersection analysesUsing using Highway Capacity Software. P all of the firm's TIS,
multi -family g A P OCAD, Prepared conceptualPrepared land use and density
y or commercial ro'ects. Prepared
and Preliminary site Tans
P ed PLTD/DRI annual monitorin it plans,
typically on
Planning Services, Collier Count g reports.
Counseled PropertyY> Naples, Florida, October 1989 to A
developmental issuRe�er�,� and
yri gents regardin April 1991> Planner II.
g a wide variety of Planning, zoning and
Preliminary Site Development Plans. Reviewed, researched where
,J1�t��PP tk AssIIPintro, Tnr
Landscape Architecture
December 7th, 1994 �D�,,�k��
Ms. Sue F i I son SEC 2 1SS4
Col I ier County
Board of County Commissioners
3301 Tamiami Trail East Naples, Florida 33962
Re: Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board
Dear Ms. Fi Ison,
P I ease f i nd enc I osed a copy of my resume wh i ch i s be i ng subm i tted
for consideration to the vacancy on the E.P.T. Advisory Board.
I have lived and worked in Collier County / Naples area since 1981. 1
started my landscape architecture and planning Firm in 1983 and
presently continue to en joy working and I iving in Col I ier County.
My professional experience as a Registered Landscape Architect and
Owner of a Landscape Architectural Design and Planning firm have allowed
me to gain a knowledge that I believe will only benefit this Board and
Citizens of this Community. My professional work experience involves
Environmental planning & permitting, Site planning, Land use planning,
Landscape design, Storm water management, Irrigation system design, and
Environmental management.
My address and phone numbers are as follows:
Residence: 1 155 Morn ingside Drive Mailing: P. O. Box 8052
Naples, Florida 33940 Naples, Florida - 33941
Home phone: 261-6502 Office phone: 263-0486
1 look forward to hearing from you in regards to this position. Please
feel free to contact me any time if you should need any more information
or references.
5 CordlI I`%��/i
M i chae 1 A. McGee, r.l.a.
Environmental Management Design Planning Computer Imaging
1100 6th Avenue South •P. O. Box 8052 *Naples, Florida 33941 •(813) 263-0486
0tea""dai Poff
,.MOPE �SSIItI2S�E8, ;;JITt.
Landscape Architecture
Resume
of
Michael A_ McGee r_ 1 _a_
State of Florida
Registered Landscape Architect
L.A. 864
Summary of Experience:
1983 to Present
McGee & Associates, Inc.
Landscape Architecture
1 100 6th Ave. South
Naples, Florida 33940
Florida registered Landscape Architectural Corporation
L.C. C098
Position: President/Founder
Services: Landscape architectural Design, Management, Planning, Graphics, Consulting, and
Computer imaging.
Project Services provided for: Municipal, Recreational, Commercial, Residential, and
Institutional Facilities, along with Environmental Management and Permitting.
1985 to 1986
Landscape Unlimited, Inc.
Naples, Florida
Design/build landscape Contractor and Nursery
Position ; Vice -President, Consulting Landscape Architect for design and project management.
1982 to 1983
Imperial River landscaping and Nursery, Inc.
Naples & Bonita Springs, Florida
Design/build landscape Contractor and Nursery
Position: Vice -President and Landscape Architect for design and project management.
1981 to 1982
B ig Cyp ress Consu I tants, I nc.
Naples. Florida
Landscape design and management firm
Position: Landscape Architect in charge of design and project management.
1979 to 1981
Attended and graduated from the University of Florida
School of Architecture, Division of Landscape Architecture
1978 to 1979
Charles D. Sapp & Associates, Inc.
Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyor
Gainesville, Florida
Position: Draftsmen for subdivision layout and surveying.
Environmental Management Design w Planning - Computer Imaging
1100 6th Avenue South -P. O. Box 8052 -Naples, Florida 33941 •(813) 263-0486
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Resume
of
Michael A. McGee, r.La.
1974 to 1977
Alachua County Regional Utilities
Engineering and Planning Department
Gainesville, Florida
Position: Draftsmen for electric utilities and general graphics for presentations.
1973
William Kidd Engineering, Inc.
Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyor
Ocala, Florida
Position: Draftsmen , work study program in high school drafting.
Education:
1981 B.L.A.
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Bachelor of LandsscapeArchitecture, with Honors
Minor in Environmental Studies
1977 A.A.
Santa Fe Community College
Gainesville, Florida
Associates of Art Degree
1973 H.D.
Forest High School
Ocala, Florida
High School Diploma, Golden Key Honor society
Continuing Education:
1983 - IAFS plant and turf seminars
1 98S - Dale Carnegie Course
1988 & 1989 - State of Florida
Examiner for Landscape Architecture licensure
1988 - Florida Xeriscaper" conference, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1992 - Florida Xeriscapel conference, Orlando, Florida
1993 - Florida Department of Transportation,
Pedestrian/Bicycle Workshop Naples, Florida
1994 - National Main Street Program conference, Tampa Florida
Professional Affi 1 iations:
American Society of Landscape Architects
Awards:
1988 FNGA Award of Merit, Golden Gate Parkway Medians, Phase I
1992 Florida Xeriscape Award, Lely Golf Estates Medians, Phase I
TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSULTANTS
2396 13th Street, North
Naples, Florida 33940 r; v F is+ 1
Phone & Fax (813) 263-0071
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Sue Filson _ December 6, 1994
Rdministratiue Rssistant to the County Commission
Collier County Government Center
3301 U. S. 41 East
Naples, Florida 33962
BE: Uolunteer for the uacancy on the Enuironmental Policy
Technical Aduiserg Board (EPTHB) per announcement
in the December 6, 1994 Naples Daily News.
Dear Ms. Filson,
Please accept this letter and attached resume as my formal request
r'
to be considered to fill the single uacancy on the EPTAB citizen
aduisory committee.
I am an environmental consultant actiuely working in Lee and Collier
county dealing with biological inuentories, listed species habitat
eualuations, jurisdictional wetland delineations, Dredge and Fill
applications, Environmental Impact Studies, mitigation/restoration
designs as well as habitat management.
I just returned form a two-day conference on Sanibel which I chaired
the Upland/Urban focus group eualuating, after twenty years, The
Sanibel Report and making recommendations as to amendments to the
cities Growth Management Plan,
The original team of selected "eHperts", which did the 1974 report,
were inuited to participate, I was one of these.
My formal uniuersity training was in the field of marine biology and
coastal esturine systems. 1 attended Stanford, Uniuersity of Hawaii
as well as the Uniuersity of Miami, Florida.
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TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSULTANTS
2396 13th Street, North
Naples, Florida 33940
Phone S Fax (813) 263-0077
I also supervised field research, while later employed with the
University of Miami, Rosensteil School of Marine and Atmospheric
Sciences, in south Florida, the Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, and
Central America.
During the 1988 to 1989 Collier county growth management process 1
chaired the Conservation and Coastal Management Element
committee which formulated the later adopted goals, objective and
policies under which the county has developed over the last five
years.
When that process was drawing to closure I realized that the major
effort still was ahead, that programs, policies and land development
regulations would have to be developed, brought before the citizens,
debated and adopted.
The county is just now entering another important process, that of
the Growth Management Plan flue -year evaluation, the "EAR",
evaluation, appraisal and reporting (to the state Department of
Community Affairs) on the growth management plan as implimented.
This process will guide future amendment/changes to the growth
management plan itself.
This will "refocus" the vision of the county another five years into the
future.
I support "sustainable construction", natural system wide approaches
to growth management, stewardship of the land and preservation of
quality of life functions in Collier county as well as "property rights".
I deal daily with practical growth management issues. I am required
to find a balance between the right to develop land and the need to
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TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSULTANTS
2396 13th Street, North
Naples, Florida 33940
Phone & Fax (81 3) 263-00 ,
protect and maintain a strong economic as well as natural resource
base in the county. 1 am involved in the development industry and
daily work with the land owner, his team -of consultant as well as the -
agency permit review process.
I believe that the work of EPTRB and its natural resource advisory role
to the County Commissioners Is an eKtremenly important one and that
with over thirty years eHperience working on environmental growth
related projects in Florida 1 have developed an awareness and
perspective not currently found on EPTRB.
Thank you for your submittal of my letter and resume to the
Commissioners for their consideration.
Rplectfully,
Gary Lee Beardsley
Biologist/Consultant
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[n.tronmental Inventories Development Suitability Planning & Design Wetland/Upland Mappin_
En%ironmental Impact Studies Permitting/Mitigation/Habitat Restoration
Habitat/Landscape Managzmrr.:
TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSULTANTS
2396 13th Street, North
N;iplcs, Florid;i 33940
Monk- & Fix (813) 263-0077
RESU E
GARY L. BEARDSLEY- -
May, 1991
Personal Data: Bddress:
2396 13th Street, North
Naples; Ff. 33940
Telephone:
(913) 263--0077
Birthdate:
December 4, 1936
Height:
6' 4"
Weight:
220-lbs.
Spouse:
Glenda S. Beardsley
(Guidance Counselor,
Naples,ll. S.)
Children:
Kelly, 24, U.S.Air Force,
Japan
Shannon, 22, Medical
School,
U. of Pittsburg, Penn.
Troy, 20, Junior College
Clint, 18, Junior College
Brooke, 8, Gr-ade-Scho-of
Education: B. S. (1964) Northern Illinois Uniu.
Graduate Work:
-Stanford Uniu. (N.S.F., Indian Ocean,
1964)
-Uniu. of Hawaii (N.S.F.,1964 0, 1970)
-Seattle Pacific Uniu. (N.S.F., Summer
1970)
-Uniu, of Miami_ (1976-77)
Euporlonco; Ilosoniill flsslsl:, Slnlifoid Milo,
"INumgn" I mitiilillmi to Ilm Imlinii
Ocean Spring, 1964
High School Biology teacher (marine
Assistant Project Chief, thermal
pollution, biolgical section, U. of
Miami, 1972
Project Leader, Lake Worth lagoon
research, U. of Miami, 1972
Team Leader, British Uirgin Islands,
potential of maricuiture on Anegada
Is., U. of Miami,1973-74
Co -researcher on bentic survey of
Card Sound and Biscayne Bay, major
bentic uegetation communities were
mapped, U. of Miami, 1972-73
Consultant to Carib Fisheries, spiny
lobster Hue -holding system, 1973
Assistant Field Chief, Card Sound
ecological sampling program, 1974
Member, diving team performing
on -site base -line data along
nearshore enuironments along Grand
Bahama Island to predict effects of
oil spills, Borco Ltd.,1974-75
Assisted in design and placement of
long-term monitoring instruments,
oolite dredging operations, Sands Key,
Bahama Is. Also performed as
dicer-biologist,1975.
Member,field biology team which
deueloped an ecological and hydro-
logical assessment of the Golden
Gate Estates drainage basin, Phase 1,
Golden Gate Estates Redeuelopment
Study, Collier County, Fi., 1975-76
Member, field biology team mapping
and inuentoring the mangrove,
interior wetland and upland plant
communities of Sanibel Island
Additional projects during
1976-83:
Effects of thermal effluents, Tarpon
Springs, Anclote estrary, FI.
Pelican Bay organic nutrient -flow
study, Clam Pass and associated
three bays, Naples, F1.
-3-
Rare, Threatened or of Special Concern:
Collier and Lee Counties, local, State and Federal agencies
involvement.
Native Landscape Design/Installation:
Collier (upland, interior/coostaiwetiands and dune restoration ) Lee
(upland, interior and coastal wetlands). In both counties includes
county, State and Federal mitigation/restoration design, installation
and performance monitoring.
Sigma Zeta; Phi Sigma
Honorary Societies:
Professional Organizations:
Florida Academy of Sciences, Florida Conservation Foundation,
American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists, Florida Native Plant
Society, Florida Association of Environmental Professionals, 1000
Friends of Florida, Inc., Southwest Florida Land Preservation Trust
(technical advisor), Collier County Audubon (board of directors,
program chairman), Florida Ornithology Society, Natural Areas Society.
Committees:
-Citizen Advisory Committee, Collier growth management plan,
appointed by the Collier County Commisioners, February, 1987-
1989.
-Groundwater Protection Technical Advisory Committee,
appointed by the Collier County Commissioners, April,
1988-1989.
-Regional Urban Design Assistance Team, Environmental Task
Force, appointed, January, 1988 by Dr. Mark Benedict,
Environmental Projects Director of The Conservancy, Inc.,
Naples, Florida.
-Sensitive Lands Environmental Advisory Committee, Lee
County,1988-1990
-Committee for Environmental Awareness, Collier County,
Current (1990)
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-Environmental Ordinance Rd Hoc Committee, Lee County,
Current (1990)
-Road Corridor (Environmental Review) Committee, Lee County,
Current (1990)
-land Planning Advisory Committee, Zoning Ordinance Tash
Force, Lee County, Current (1990)
-Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Trust, Collier and Lee Counties,
(alternate) Current (1990)
-Collier County Audubon Society, Board Member, (conservation
chairperson) Current (1990)
-Southwest Florida Trust for Public -Lands, Technical Advisory
Committee, Current 0 990)
-Global Releaf Committee, Lee County, Current (1990)
-Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board (1991-current)
-Collier County Representive on the E. C. W. Z. F. T. Wildlife Corridor Comm.
Publications: (1991- Iq92 )
Caillouet, C. W., Jr., G. L. Beardsley, and N. Chitty, 1971, Notes on Size,
SeK Ratio, and Spawning of the Spiny Lobster, Panulirus guttatus
(Latrelle): Bull. Of Marine Sci., 21 (4): 944-951
Roessler, M. R., Gary L. Beardsley and Roy Smith, Benthic Commuinities
of Biscayne Bay Florida: University of Miami Sea Grant Program,
Sea Grant Coastal Management Bulletin (Report).
Roessler, M. A., Gary L. Beardsley, 1974, Biscayne Bay: Its Environment
and Problems, Florida Academy of Science, 37 (4): 186-204.
1uersen, E. S., Gary L. Beardsley, 1976, Records of Shell Disease in
Crustacea from South Florida: The Progressive Fish Culturist, U. S.
Department of Fish and Wildlife Service, U (4): 195-196.
Roessler, M. A., Gary L. Beardsley, and D. C. Tabb, 1977, New Records of
the Introduced Snail, Melarpides tuberculate (molluscs: Thiaridee)
in South Florida: Florida Scientist, _U (1): 87-97.
Heald, E. J., M. A. Roessler, and G. L. Beardsley, 1979, Litter Production
in a Southwest Florida Black Mangraue Community: Proceedings of
the Florida Rnti-Mosquito Rssociation 50th Meeting, April 22-25;
24-33.
Thorhaug, R., G. L. Beardsley and R. Hixson, 1977, Large -Scale
Transportation of Thalassia in South Florida: Second Conference
Restoration of Coastal Vegetation in Florida.
Beardsley, G. L., T. J. Costello, Gary E. Davis, Aibert C. Jones and David
C. Simmons, 1975, The Florida Spiny Lobster Fishery, a White Paper,
Florida Scientist 33_(3): 144-149.
Bach, Steven D., and Gary L. Beardsley, 1976, R Disease of the Florida
Spiny Lobster: Sea Frontiers, International Oceanographic
Foundation
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Booker, F., R. Thorhaug, G. L. Beardsley and B. Flynn, Seagrass Species,
Density and Theoretiocal Productivity off Key Biscayne, Florida:
Florida Acadamy of Sciences, Manuscript-1982.
Tabb, D. C., E. J. Heald, T. A;. Alexander, M. S. Roessler and G. L.
Beardsley,
Suruey of the Mangroues, Interior Wetlands and Upland Vegetation
of Sanibel Island, Florida., Technnical report, The Conservation
Foundation, Washington, D. C.
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Offices and Nature Center • 1450 Merrihue Drive • Naples, Florida 33942 • 813-262-0304
(located off Goodlette Road at 14th Avenue North)
May 12,1992
Mr. Gary L. Beardsley
Tropical Environmental Consultants
2396 13th St., N
Naples, FL 33940
Dear Gary
Thank you for participating at the First Southwest Florida Environmental
Conference as a panelist. Your presentation was very helpful and has received
positive comments.
We are planning to make the conference an annual event to discuss important
conservation issues. In an effort to improve the conference and increase the
number of participants, we would appreciate your feedback on the topics selected,
panels, lunch, and relative amount of time devoted to presentations and
discussions. We would appreciate your thoughts on what w6rk6d and didn't work.
Please complete the enclosed questionnaire at your leisure and return it to me at
The Conservancy, 1450 Merrihue Drive, Naples, FL 33942.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
4H. Fitch, Ph. D.
President
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Saturday, April 10
Feld Trip
7:30 a.m.
(Reservations required - limit 15)
Biking, botanizing and binding by
ear in the Southern Estates. Meet at
NaplesTowne Center (U S.41 East).
Leader George McBath; 774-2820.
Wednesday, April 21
County Commissioners Meet the
Environmentalists
Saturday, April 21
Don't miss this opportunity! (See
article in this issue.)
Saturday, April 24
Backyard Backyard Birding for
Beginners.
9 a.m.
Meet at Cambier Park parking lot,
Naples. Approximately two hours.
FREE! For additional details, call
Jim McGinity at 793-3600.
Sunday, April 25
Indian Earth Days
A celebration of Florida's indigenous
peoples. (See article in this issue.)
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— Guy Bradley Plume Goes to Gary Beardsley
This award is named after the first Audubon warden to give
his life in the fight to save the Egrets, or plume birds, from
extinction. The Collier County chapter of Audubon presents
it each year to a person deeply involved in fighting for the
principles of natural resource conservation and environmen-
tally intelligent development.
In addition to his many official positions, Gary Beardsley
serves on the EPTAB committee; he was the whistle -blower
to the DCA when the County Commissioners failed to meet
the Growth Management conservation guidelines.
Congratulations, Gary!
Major Funding for the Audugram is provided by
NORTHERN TRUST BANK/The Private Bank
4001 Tamianu Trail North, Naples, Florida 33940
530 Fifth Avenue South, Naples, Florida 33940 — 262-8800
Trustees
Ruth A. Deuber
President
Chuck Bisbee
Vice President
Frank R. Jeffrey
Treasurer
RobertJ. Hanger
Secretary
Doris 1. Bowen
r. Norman Bowles, Jr.
Timothy A. Gardner
Joan Kain
S.R. Maxeiner, Jr.
George S. McKinnell
Shirley P.S. Melum
Stephen D. Mullins
Dieter Schroer
Robert E. Slayton
Robert E. Steele
Muriel C. Veenschoten
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The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
Post Office Box 839, Sanibel, Florida 33957-0839
3333 Sanibel-Captiva Road - (813) 472-2329
i,qovember 30, 1 "4
Gary Beardsley
2396 13th St. N.
Naples, FL 33940
Dear Gary,
On behalf of the board, members, and staff of the Sanibel-Captiva
Conservation Foundation, we would like to thank you for taking the time to
participate in our Conference 20/20.
There has been a tremendous amount of positive feedback both from your
fellow participants and the general public. Your perspective and input were
invaluable to the process of collecting information that may be useful in the
re -publishing of the Sanibel Report.
Erick Lindblad Our next step is to collate all of the printed information, transcribe the tapes
F.xecutive Director from Thursday and Friday's sessions, and prepare an index. John-GJark will
then review the information and determine what information should be
included in the new publication. In the meantime, grants and donations are
being pursued to fund the printing of the book.
At this point, there is some hope that funding may also be available to
distribute the book to people working in developing coastal countries with
some help from Jens Sorensen and his network at the University of
Massauchusetts-Boston's Harbor and Coastal Center.
We will keep you informed when copies of the book become available. We
hope to have the first draft ready for some of you to review and comment on,
by May 1995, and the book reprinted in the fall of 1995.
Once again, please accept our thanks for your contributions to this valuable
project. AI
Sincerely, 1�11 y
The Conference 20/20 Steering Committee
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The Conservation Foundation is a not -for -profit organization dedicated a !
to the preservation of natural resources and wildlife habitat
on and around Sanibel and Captiva.
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Lawton Chiles
Governor
October 24, 1994
Department of
Environmental Protection
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Building
3900 Commonwealth Boulevard
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000
Mr. Gary Beardsley
Tropical Environmental Consultants
2396 13th Street North
Naples, FL 33940
Dear Mr. Beardsley,
Virginia B. Wetherell
Secretary
On behalf of the staff of the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, I would
like to thank you for your valuable time and efforts at our Coastal Zone Management Workshop
on Friday, October 7. The information you presented on coastal restoration ecology from an
environmental consultant's perspective was very interesting and informative. Comments from the
participants indicated that the workshop was an exceptional program, and addressed many of their
questions and concerns.
Once again, many thanks for your contributions to the "Coastal Restoration Ecology Workshop"
I look forward to working with you again in the near future.
Sincerely,
Stephen Theberge
Education Specialist
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
10 Shell Island Road
Naples, Florida 33962
"Protect, Conserve and Manage Florida's Environment and Natural Resources"
Printed on recycled paper.
November 16, 1994
Mr. Gary Beasley
Tropical Environmental Consultants
2396 13th St. N.
Naples, FL 33940
Dear Gary:
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Smallwood
Landscape
INC.
Jo Ann M. Smallwood
president -
Thank you so much for making this year's Leadership Collier Environmental Session
enormously successful. I just want you to know how much Bill and I appreciated your
enthusiasm and knowledge of the important subject matter. The critique from this years
class unanimously commented that you w-erc `he higUght of tiie day. i ncy gave you the
top rating for the day and their only comment eras tha th;,y wishad that we had more
time.
Our sincere apology for the delay and keeping you waiting there for the extra time. You
were fantastic for dropping everything and helping us with such short notice in this
endeavor.
Sincerely,
Jo Ann M. Smallwood
President
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BILL HAMMOND
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BONITA SPRINGS RECREATION CENTER
Behind Library and Middle School
North off Terry on Pine Street
FEATURING
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR, LONG TIME RESIDENT AND
MEMBER OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT
BOARD
addressing past and future from a water
management view
RICK JOYCE LEE COUNTY NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGER, LEE COUNTY:
DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES
speaking from the regulatory perspective
GARY BEARDSLEY ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT from TROPICAL
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS AND
MANAGING THE LAND
sharing how environmental tragedies happen
CHARLES GAUTHIER LEE COUNTY ZONING MANAGER OF THE
LEE COUNTY ZONING DEPT.
delineating current bayside development trends
PUBLIC COMMENT AND QUESTIONS
IT'S YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE -JOIN US
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ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION
MEMORANDUM
TO: Sue Filson, Administrative Assistant
Board of County Commissioners
FROM: William D. Lorenz Jr., P.E., Administrator
Environmental Services Division
DATE: 9-Nov-1994
SUBJECT: EPTAB
A request has been made by Jack Baxter, a current EPTAB member,
for a leave of absence from EPTAB because of a family matter.
Mr. Baxter has indicated his desire to continue on the Board and
not be replaced. If the BCC so desires to grant his request, I
would suggest there be a limit placed on his leave of absence.
If you have any questions, please advise.
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Environmental Services File
a M Genesis Environmental Marine Monitoring, Inc.
lack Baxter
Inventor and Chairman 5811 Pelican Bay Blvd. Suite 301
Early Warning Oil Naples, Florida 33963
Spill Detection System Phone: (813) 592-6131
^_ Fax: (813) 597-6363
03 November 1994
Mr. William Lorenz, Administrator _
Environmental Services Administration
Collier County Conference Center
Public Affairs Office
3301 E. Tamiami Trail
Naples, Florida
Dear Bill:
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Re: Environmental Policy Technical Adviso
In the last seven weeks, I have been unable to attend and
participate as an advisor to the Collier County Board of Commi-
ssioners.
I have missed three meetings of the E.P.T.A.B. gathering.
During two of the meetings, I was out of the country and be -cause
of this inability to be present, I feel I must be placed on a
..leave of -absence and if that is not acceptable, I will resign.
My preference is not to be replaced but I do understand the
necessity of having this position filled.
For your information, I was called out of town the day before
our meeting and contacted Kimberly and advised her of the problem
which I had. Until further notice, I will be unable to attend the
meetings because I will be with my daughter in Pennsylvania until
a particular situation has been cleared up. Please contact the
Vice President of Affairs, Luise Romano, at my home aridness re-
garding your decision.
It has been an honor to serve with such a concerned organi-
zation for the environment and I can only hope that one day I may
return.
Best regards,/ /
,-------__GENESIS ENVIRONMENTAL MARINE MONITORING INC.
Jack Bauer
President
P.S. Please send all correspondence
to me at my home address, 930 Heron Court, Marco Island FL 33937
NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO: Sue Filson, Administrative Assistant,
Board of County Commissioners
FROM: William D. Lorenz4Jr., P.E., Administrator
DATE: December 15, 1994
SUBJECT: EPTAB Vacancy
EPTAB met on December 15, 1994 and considered two applicants for
appointment to the vacancy left by the withdrawal of Thomas
Ciranna.
1. E. Leo Carter
2. Brad Cornell
EPTAB recommended Brad Cornell for appointment on a vote of 9-0.
Please note that Mr. Carter indicates he will be out of the area
from May through October.
I have included the Matrix which categorizes the applicants in
areas of expertise.
Attachment
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SOLID WASTE
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MEMORANDUM
TO: EBTAB
FROM: Jerry C. Neal, Senior Project Manager
Office of Capital Projects Management
DATE: December 15, 1994
SUBJECT: WIGGINS PASS
INLET MANAGEMENT PLAN
This memo is in response to your request to furnish additional
information concerning the Wiggins Pass Inlet Management Plan.
EBTAB requested a copy of the Permit Condition which required the
County to address the interior channels, a copy is attached as
Exhibit "A".
Response: Per the State of Florida Department of Natural
Resources permit cover letter, dated February 2,
1990:
"....This authorization is conditioned upon:
#7. The grantee shall develop a management plan
for Wiggins Pass and the interior waters to which
it provides access. The plan shall specifically
address the maximum advisable vessel drafts that
may be accommodated in each water area, and
criteria for dock location, density and design."
When was the reference first made concerning the interior waterways
and what does the Plan recommend?
Response: Please find attached pages of the Plan which
addresses each item raised:
(1) The first report which contained statements
concerning the interior waterways was report #1.
The discussions of the interior channels started
on page 1 and continued throughout the report,
attached as Exhibit "B".
(2) Page 124, the "Navigation Channel Depth
Requirements" chart for a 3 foot design boat
draft, Exhibit "C".
(3) Pages 154-157, "Maintain Navigable Depths in
the Wiggins Pass Interior Channels", Exhibit "D".
EBTAB
December 15, 1994
L age 2 of 3
EBTAB wanted to know why there were different design depths for the
east and south channels.
Response: We discussed this item with the consultant,
Coastal Planning & Engineering, and the reason
for the difference is stated in the U.S. Army
Corps Of Engineers 1980 Plan on page D-13,
attached as Exhibit "E". The 1994 inlet
management plan recommended channel depths are
the same as those in the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACOE) 1980 report.
EBTAB wanted to see written standards for "under keel clearance".
Response: Attached find two different documents which
support the fact that clearance is required as a
standard. Also, the State of Florida
Department of Environmental Protection Division
of Marine Resources stated that they have an
unwritten policy requesting a 2 foot clearance
for manatee protection. Refer to Exhibits "F and
G "
EBTAB wanted to know the design standard used by the USACOE.
Response: Copy of Pages D-12 thru D-14 of the 1980 USACOE
report is attached as Exhibit "H".
In the December 15, 1994 Newspaper article (Section B, page 1),
Exhibit "I", there was an implication made by Fran Stallings that the
County may be acting in collusion with the developers. The Inlet
Management Plan specifies the 3 foot draft as the design criteria for
the channel depth for the Wiggins Pass area. OCPM has stood firm
on the 3 foot design boat draft issue and will continue with this
recommendation in the future. OCPM has taken a position which
opposes the proposed plans of both Island Marina and Pelican Isle
Marina for deep draft boats as can be demonstrated with the attached
information.
Island Marina
On March 17, 1992 as agenda item # 8-H-1, OCPM requested
the BCC to oppose the developer's plan to allow large boats
and deep draft boats in their marina by sending a letter to
the state. The letter opposing the plan was signed by
the chairman and mailed to the State. As of today, OCPM
still holds that position; and, as a result, the use of
deep draft boats in this marina is not allowed by the
state. Refer to Exhibit "J".
EBTAB
December 15, 1994
rage 3 of 3
Pelican Isle Marina
On February 25, 1993, OCPM held a meeting with Westinghouse
to inform them of the design items that we oppose. At
this meeting we re -stated that Westinghouse will have to
adhere to the same design criteria as Island Marina. The
3 foot design draft was emphasized, Exhibit "K".
On November 2, 1993, OCPM received a copy of the permit
application from DEP for comments. On November 9, 1993,
we responded back to DEP. The 3 foot draft recommendation
was the main issue, and a copy of this letter is attached
as Exhibit "L".
On November 17, 1993, Westinghouse's engineer wrote a
response letter to DEP concerning OCPM's letter, Exhibit
"M"
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STATE OF FLORIDA
EPA1 MENT OF NATURAL :ESOURCES
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Buildin- • 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard • Tallahassee, Forida 32399
Tom Gardner, Executive Director
February 2, 1990tj
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Grantee: Collier -
County Board of County Commissioners l
Application No. 111403199
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Pursuant to approval by the Governor and Cabinet on January 31,
1990, Collier County Board of County Commissioners is hereby
authorized to proceed with a ten-year maintenance dredging
program for Wiggins Pass with initial dredging of approximately
46,800 cubic yards of sovereignty material; and, a waiver of
payment for the severance of 46,800 cubic yards of sovereignty
material. This authorization is conditioned unon:
I. Dredging and filling activities shall only be conducted
during the period from November 1 through April 1;
2. The location of any dredge pipelines shall avoid the
shoal area to the north and south of the pass; '
3. The grantee shall take all actions necessary to
establish, post, and enforce an idle speed zonerfrom the
Pass east beyond the intersection of the Cocchatchee River
and Vanderbilt Lagoon. The idle speed zone shall be
established within one year after project approval;
4. The grantee shall take all action necessary to mark the
channel. The grantee shall submit an aDDlicat-'On to install
the channel markers within thirty days of project approval.
The markers shall be installed within six months after
Project approval;
5. The grantee shall be responsible for checking the water
depths in the channel and for moving the buoys as neessary
to accurately reflect any changes in the .channe l's positior.;
6. At �es:l 90 dayv
s prior to each maintenance dredging
event, during the 10-year life of this approal, thegrantee- -- ----shall- submit -detailed project specifications, including, but
not limited to, plan view and cross section drawings that
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depict the dredge and fill limits at the dredging and beach
renourishment sites, updated sand grain size analyses from
the dredging area, and beach compatibility calculations,
tern monitoring and nest protection plan, a sea turtle
monitoring and relocation protection plan. A report
reviewing the work previously core shall also he submitted.
It shall include a review of each maintenance dredcinc and
nourishment pass, include 2 revie:J oT• e?ch maintenance
dredging and nourishment event, an updated survey of the
Pass/ including current water depths, and a survey.of the
beaches and shoal areas both north and south of the pass.
The grantee's authorized agent -- the Division of State
a�(
Lans -- may request additional information as neeaea for
each dredginc event. Written approval from the Division of
State Lands shall be obtained before work can begin or. each
dredging event.
/ . The Grantee shall level om a management plan for Wiggins
Pass and the interior waters to which it provides access.
The plan shall specifically address the maximum advisable
vessel drafts that may be accommodated in each water area,
and criteria for dock location_, density and design. The
Plan shall he completed prior to the next dredginc event
proposed for Wiggins Pass;
8• The grantee and the grantee's contractor shall cOm_piv_
w_th the attached Manatee Protection Construction
conditions;
5. Prior to initiating work, the grantee shall s'_bmiit a sea
turtle protection plan. No work shall commence until
written approval of the plan is issued by the Division cf
Marine Resources; and,
10. Acceptance Of and ccmpliance with the attached general
consent conditions.
Please consider this the authOrity sel:ght under Section 253.77,
Florida Statutes, to pursue this project.
This letter in no way waives the authority and/or jurisdicticn of
any governmental entity, nor does it disclaim c_nv title interest
that the State may have in this project site.
WIGGINS PASS INLET MANAGEMENT PLAN
INTERIM REPORT NO. 1
Submitted To:
Board of County Commissioners
Collier County, Florida
Submitted By:
Coastal Planning & Engineering, Inc.
2481 N.W. Boca Raton Blvd.
Boca Raton, FL 33431
January 1993
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COASTAL PLANNING & ENGINEERING, INC. • BOCA RATON • SARASOTA • JACKSONVILLE
WIGGINS PASS INLET MANAGEMENT PLAN
INTERIM REPORT NO. 1
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Authorization
On June 30, 1992, the Board of County Commissioners, Collier County, Florida
approved the selection of Coastal Planning & Engineering, Inc. of Boca Raton, Florida
to prepare an inlet management plan for Wiggins Pass. This plan was prepared
according to the guidelines established by the State of Florida Department of Natural
Resources Inlet Management Program.
B. Purpose
The inlet management plan will analyze Wiggins Pass to determine if the inlet is a
significant cause of beach erosion and if navigation conditions can be enhanced. The
plan will address the extent to which the inlet causes beach erosion and provide
recommendations to mitigate its erosive impacts. Recommended mitigative actions might
include ebb shoal dredging, deposition basin creation, existing sand transfer system
improvements, sand bypassing/fluidization systems, structural control systems, feeder
beach establishment and innovative techniques which are capable of mitigating erosive
impacts. Cost estimates necessary to implement corrective measures willbedeveloped
along with recommendations regarding cost sharing among the beneficiaries.
Additionally, in Florida Statute 161.142 the legislature recognized the need for
maintaining navigation inlets to promote commercial and recreational uses of coastal
waters and their resources. It also recognized that inlets alter the natural drift and
required that all maintenance dredging sand, or an equivalent quality and quantity of sand
from an alternate location, be placed on downdrift beaches. The quantity of sand placed
on the downdrift beaches should be equal to the net annual Iongshore sediment transport.
C. General Description
Collier County is located on the Gulf of Mexico in Southwest Florida, approximately 115
miles south of the entrance of Tampa Bay and about 120 miles directly west of Fort
Lauderdale, Florida (Figure 1). The Everglades lie to the southeast. Collier County has
35 miles of accessible coastline which consists of a series of barrier islands and mainland
extensions sub -divided by lagoons, rivers and inlets. North of the Ten Thousand Islands,
Collier County has 9 inlets, Wiggins Pass being the most northern.
Wiggins Pass is located 5 miles north of Clam Pass and 5.9 miles south of Big Hickory
Pass. Wiggins Pass is a natural inlet which provides access to the Gulf of Mexico for
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a number of embayments and rivers along three main interior channels. The eastern
channel connects to the Cocohatchee River. The southern channel connects to Water
Turkey Bay and Vanderbilt Lagoon and the northern channel connects to the lagoon
between Little Hickory Island and the mainland. This northern lagoon consists of a
number of embayments including May Flower, Palm Vines and Little Hickory Bays; and
eventually connects to Little Hickory Pass.
There is no interior waterway connection to Clam Pass. Population centers near the pass
include Vanderbilt Beach and Naples Park to the south and Bonita Shores to the north.
The feasibility of providing Federal small boat navigation improvements at Wiggins Pass
was investigated by the Corps of Engineers (1980) and authorization was recommended.
The pass has been dredged three times, 1984, 1990 and 1991 by the County to maintain
navigation in the inlet.
Wiggins Pass is bounded by public lands which extend 7950 linear feet to the north and
6010 linear feet to the south. Barefoot Beach State Park and Lely Barefoot Beach lie to
the north and Delnor Wiggins Pass State Recreation Area is to the south.
D. Scope
This report contains a discussion of the physical processes and natural resources of
Wiggins Pass and the surrounding area of influence. The extent to which the inlet causes
beach erosion is analyzed in detail. The study includes a historical review of inlet
changes and beach erosion and accretion patterns adjacent to the inlet.
The initial phase of the study involved the research and collection of available historical
photographs, survey information and existing reports. Organizations contacted for
information included the Collier County Capital Projects and Natural Resources
Departments; Florida Department of Natural Resources, Division of Beaches and Shores;
Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and the University of Florida
Coastal Engineering Archives. Reference materials reviewed for this report and a list
of aerial photographs, their dates, types and source are listed at the end of this report.
The collected information was analyzed and physical inlet characteristics are summarized
in Section II of the report. Digitized shoreline data and volumetric comparisons are
included. The shoreline change rates as well as the volumetric change rates both north
and south of the pass are used to develop a sediment budget.
E. Public Interest and Use
Wiggins Pass is primarily used by recreational boaters. 763 boat are berthed in the inlet
basin, of which 31 are commercial. (Wiggins Pass Conservancy, December 2, 1992)
Access is limited to adjacent passes because of shallow depths in interior lagoons to the
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north and no interior waterway to the south. Therefore, Wiggins Pass is the only local
access to the Gulf of Mexico.
Wiggins Pass provides tidal flushing for a number of embayments, naturally exchanging
estuarine water with the waters of the Gulf. The water quality of the inland basins is
dependent on this daily tidal exchange with the Gulf of Mexico. This water circulation
promotes the growth of a host of marine organisms that depend on the estuarine waters
of the embayments for protection, spawning grounds and other critical physiological
factors. These organisms, in turn, help support the abundant fisheries of the Gulf of
Mexico. Wiggins Pass provides Gulf access for the outflow of the Cocohatchee River.
F. History of Wiggins Pass
Wiggins Pass is a natural inlet and has been open since at least 1885 (USACE, 1972).
From 1885 through 1927, the pass migrated 250 feet north (USACE, 1980), and has
remained relatively stable in its present location ever since (CEC, 1987). Prior to 1952,
the inlet was subject to periodic closures (Collier County, 1991).
Prior to the 1950's, Collier County was relatively undeveloped, due to the availability
of developable land in other parts of Florida. Large scale development did not begin
until the 1960's and 1970's (CEC, 1988). v V
In 1952, a south channel was dredged connecting Wiggins Pass through Water Turkey
Bay to Vanderbilt Lagoon (Collier County, 1991). This dredging increased the tidal
prism of Wiggins Pass by approximately 50% and has been cited as the cause of
significant changes around Wiggins Pass. These chang
mediate vicinity, es have included a reversal of
erosion patterns in the inlet's immediate stabilization of the inlet's location, a
reduction of natural sand bypassing and flood shoal volume (USACE, 1980).
A review of available aerial photographs show what appears to be a channel dredged
from the Wiggins Pass basin north to Little Hickory Bay. The date of this dredging is
unknown, but it probably happened within a decade of 1950. The dredging of the north
channel would have also contributed to the growth of tidal prism in Wiggins Pass.
In the late 1950's a small unstable inlet north of Wiggins Pass closed (CEC, 1988). On
earlier charts, this pass was known as Little Hickory Pass and was located about two
miles north of Wiggins Pass. The closure of this pass has been cited as contributing to
erosion trends in its vicinity (CEC, 1988). The north channel dredging may have
contributed to Little Hickory Pass closure. Other changes to the Wiggins Pass
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embayment system have taken place.
Since the 1950's, as waterfront property and marina development increased in the interior
of Wiggins Pass, the need for more reliable navigation increased. To that end, the Corps
of Engineers, at the request of the Collier County Board of Supervisors, prepared a
feasibility study on navigation improvements (USACE, 1980).
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The Corps of Engineers proposed a small boat navigation project for Wiggins Pass. The
recommended interior navigation channels would connect the Wiggins Pass Marina and
Vanderbilt Lagoon areas to the Gulf of Mexico. Recommended interior channel
dimensions were a 50 ft wide by 7 ft (NGVD) east channel and a 50 ft wide by 6 ft
(NGVD) south channel. The exterior channel through the ebb shoal was recommended
at 1300 ft long by 200 ft wide by 9 ft (NGVD) deep set with an alignment of about 256 ° .
The exterior channel recommended by the Corps of Engineers included a 100 ft wide
deposition basin north of the exterior channel. The plan called for dredging in both the
Gulf and the interior lagoons. The plan was never implemented, because the Corps of
Engineers and the local sponsor could not resolve differences in project scope.
In 1982, Coastal Engineering Consultants, Inc. completed an Inlet Hydraulics Report for
Collier County. This report recommended a more modest dredging program to improve
navigation at Wiggins Pass. The study recommended a 1050 ft long, 200 ft wide by 9
ft (NGVD) deep channel through the Wiggins Pass ebb shoal with an alignment of 265 ° .
The study further recommended the east channel be dredged to -6 (NGVD). In March,
1984 the ebb shoal was dredged and 52,400 cubic yards were removed and placed on the
beach south of the inlet. Interior dredging was not undertaken, because of environmental
and development concerns.
The ebb channel shoaled shortly after the 1984 dredging, probably caused by the effects
of Hurricane Bob (September 1984). In the late 1980's a new dredging plan was
developed for the navigation channel through the ebb shoal. Because of the
environmental concerns on the south beach, the channel configuration was changed. The
channel had similar dimensions to those proposed in 1982, but now doglegged around
a protruding spit from the south beach. Other changes included a general alignment of
262' and the channel width at the inlet mouth was reduced to 150 feet. (CEC 1980).
The modifications were made in consideration for a former lest tern nesting area on the
protruding spit.
The channel was dredged in late 1990 and again in late 1991. 67,000 cubic yards were
removed from the ebb shoal channel and placed on the beach north of the inlet. Two
dredgings were required, because the first contractor did not complete the project. The
navigation channel rapidly filled after the December 1991 dredging. The Wiggins Pass
Conservancy, Inc. (WPC) measured a channel depth of 2.5 feet at low tide in early
November 1992 near the red and green channel markers. These channel markers are
located near station 3+00. (Figure 2). The current channel alignment and dredging
history is summarized in Figure 2.
Presented in Figure 3 are historic shoreline positions for Wiggins Pass compiled by
Florida's Department of Natural Resources.
Photo No. 1, taken in March 1951, provides a view of the pre -development Wiggins Pass
area. Many of the pre -development physical features shown in this photograph should
be noted for comparison to more recent photographs. These features include the absence
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The inlet configuration is also unique in that a prominent flood shoal is visible and the
inlet channel meanders through the shoals, ending with a distinct northwest alignment.
The inlet configuration is characteristic of a wave dominated inlet. To the south,
Vanderbilt Beach is characterized by a narrow sand barrier beach between the lagoon and
the Gulf. Evidence of a dredged north channel is obscured by clouds.
Photo No. 2, taken in December 1962, shows relatively sparse development in the
Wiggins Pass area. The channels dredged north to Little Hickory Bay and south to
Vanderbilt Bay are evident by deep water and spoil banks. Note the formation of a more
westerly channel alignment.
Photo No. 3, taken in September, 1976, shows a significant increase in development.
In particular, note the development directly east of Wiggins Pass, including evidence of
dredge and fill activities near the marinas, a bridge and road system. The channel
between Water Turkey Bay and Vanderbilt Lagoon was widened since the 1962
photograph. The ebb shoal is now well formed and the offset between adjacent gulf
shorelines is gone. The barrier beach is wider at Vanderbilt Beach in 1976 compared
to 1951.
Photo No. 4, taken in November, 1978,'is an infrared color photograph of the Wiggins
Pass area which highlights many of the points previously discussed. Note the changes
in the ebb shoal, including the migration of the inlet channel further to the south since
1976.
Photo No. 5, was taken in March 1984, close to the time of the first dredging. The inlet
channel through the ebb shoal has a northwest alignment. The formation of a distinct
downdrift offset is evident. The flood shoal, in comparison to the 1951 photograph, is
much smaller. The extent of public parks north and south of the inlet is evident by the
lack of beach front development.
Photo No. 6, was taken in November 1992, approximately 11 months after the latest
maintenance dredging of the navigation channel. The navigation channel is almost
completely obscured in this photograph by recent channel shoaling. This photograph
shows the results of the characteristic rapid channel shoaling and confirms the shallow
navigation depth reported by The Wiggins Pass Conservancy.
G. Historic Storms
Collier County and Wiggins Pass have been subjected to large coastal storms
accompanied by high water surges and increased wave activity. A list of severe storms
that affected the coastline in the vicinity of Wiggins Pass is presented in Table 1. The
storms of greatest significance to the evolution of Wiggins Pass and adjacent shorelines
are described below.
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are more efficient and less costly when conducted under favorable weather and
wave conditions. Past dredging of Wiggins Pass would have avoided the winter
season, but for the permit restrictions.
The Division of Beaches and Shores, DEP (Sole, 1994) has indicated that an
extension of the dredging window until May is feasible. The extension would
require specific permit requirements and monitoring programs to protect certain
natural resources, to include sea turtles and least terns.
Changing the permit restrictions for Wiggins Pass is feasible, although it might
take considerable effort. If the dredging window could be expanded by two
months, it would be worth seeking a new permit. Under current conditions, one
dredging event a year is possible. Since most shoaling of the inlet takes place in
winter, it would be optimal to dredge at the beginning and end of the winter
season. This would allow for nearly continuous dredging. The elimination of the
least tern nesting restriction could open up April and May for dredging, and
provide this bracket of the winter months. This option should be included as part
of the final comprehensive plan. Any new permit request should be for a long
term permit.
8. Maintain Navigable Depths in the Wiggins Pass Interior Channels
The interior of Wiggins Pass consists of three major navigation routes: the south,
east and north channels (Figure 1). The Corps of Engineers recommended
operating depth for the interior channels of between -6 and -7 feet NGVD, with
an advanced maintenance and overdredging allowance of two additional feet
(Table 26). However, these depths are not acceptable to the local agencies for
environmental and developmental reasons. Deeper channels may impact the
seagrass beds and other natural resources found in the estuarine waters adjacent
to Wiggins Pass. There is also local concern that deeper channels will encourage
increased development of the back bay area.
Less than optimal channel depths could provide adequate but cautious navigation.
If navigation for three-foot draft boats is desired throughout the Wiggins Pass
basin, portions of the interior navigation routes will require dredging. At low �—
speeds, the following dredged depths may suffice:
Boat draft 3.0'
NGVD to MLW Adjustment 1.0'
Combined squat and keel clearance 2.0'
Operating Depth -6.0' NGVD (-5.0 ft. MLW)
The most recent survey of the interior basin was conducted by Coastal
Engineering Consultants, Inc. in October 1982. This survey shows two areas
where the interior navigation route is less than -6 feet NGVD. These areas
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include Water Turkey Bay and the eastern channel near the intersection of the
south channel (Figure 32). During the 1982 survey, controlling depths were -4.5
feet NGVD in the eastern channel and -3.5 feet NGVD in Water Turkey Bay.
Shoaling is prevalent in these regions because the water course expands from a
relatively narrow channel with high tidal velocities to a wide basin with lower
velocities. These lower velocities are conducive to the settlement of suspended
sediments.
The Wiggins Pass Conservancy, Inc. has reported controlling depths of
approximately two feet in the 1/2 mile channel between Water Turkey Bay and
the east channel. This channel shoaled in since the 1982 survey. The probable
cause of this shoaling was the removal of non-native vegetation and other
improvements along the western fringe of the channel, which allowed runoff from
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Recreation Area to move sediment into the channel
(Johnstone, Personal Communication, June 1993). The vegetation was removed
as part of a program to return the park closer to its natural condition.
At this time, navigation in the east channel and Water Turkey Bay is marginal but
tolerable. The navigability of the south channel north of Water Turkey Bay
should be addressed soon. In light of environmental concerns for the interior of
Wiggins Pass, it is recommended that improvements to the interior navigation
channels be addressed in stages, as navigation improvements become essential.
This will delay any improvements to the interior channels until they are absolutely
needed and thus delay potential impacts.
This alternative recommends that navigation depths in the Wiggins Pass interior
channels be surveyed periodically. These bathymetric surveys would be used to
monitor the navigability of the interior channels, determine shoaling rates and
provide information to local boaters. Channel markers could be installed or
adjusted accordingly. Knowledge of the interior bathymetry should extend the
longevity of navigation in marginal channels. The south channel, north of Water
Turkey Bay, should be investigated for immediate improvements. No
improvements are needed in the other channels at this time. In addition, policies
should be developed on how and when improvements should be made to interior
navigation. When improvements are made, a channel depth and width should be
established so that maintenance dredging is required at infrequent intervals. The
dredged depth should be an operating depth of -5 feet MLW plus sufficient
allowance for shoaling to forestall the need for maintenance dredging for many
years. Channel width should be 50 feet (USACE, 1980). Based on existing
practices, initial channel improvements may be called for when depths are less
than -3.5 feet NGVD.
The south channel is an excellent candidate to develop and test a policy for
interior navigation, since it is a man-made channel, initially constructed in the
1950's. The predominant cause of shoaling in this channel has been due to the
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activity of man. The material that needs to be removed is predominantly beach
quality sand, which makes disposal easier. There is a narrow strip of seagrasses
(Figure 23) along the western edge of the channel. but they have proved hardy
through one project in their immediate vicinity. Channel dredging with proper
controls would have no greater impact. The improved navigation will support the
293 boats located in the south channel area in addition to the many boats launched ;
from the Delnor Wiggins Park boat ramp. ws
Wiggins Pass is being considered for designation as Outstanding Florida Waters
(OFW). Navigation improvements in OFW may be restricted. It is
recommended that the interior navigation channels in the Wiggins Pass basins be
included as an exemption to the OFW designation. --.,R
The cost of improvements to the south channel segment north of Water Turkey
Bay are difficult to determine without current survey and geotechnical
investigation, but should be moderate, especially if undertaken in conjunction with
the dredging of the exterior navigation channel. This alternative of monitoring
and limited navigation improvements is recommended for further consideration
as part of the comprehensive plan.
D. Comparison of :alternatives
The alternatives that were evaluated are summarized in Tables 30 and 31. The project
costs, estimated performance in terms of sediment bypassing, erosion reduction,
navigation provided and environmental impacts. Comments regarding each primary
alternative are included. Environmental impacts are presented in detail in Appendix C.
Closing Wiggins Pass is not recommended because it eliminates navigation, promotes
back bay flooding, and would have a negative impact on the bays of Wiggins Pass.
Straightening and shifting the Wiggins Pass channel has many incremental benefits. It
will make inlet dredging and performance marginally more effective and shift the channel
away from the south shoreline, where environmental concerns exist. This alternative
provides only minor benefits in meeting plan goals, but should be implemented as part
of the final comprehensive plan.
The size of the proposed channels and their dredging frequency are a concern to some
local interests. It is feared that a large dredged channel will increase erosion on adjacent
beaches and increase tidal flows to the interior channels. Boaters fear that infrequent
dredging intervals would Iead to frequent inlet restriction due to storm -induced shoaling.
Three analyses were conducted to examine these concerns.
The refraction analysis (Appendix G and Section VI) compared longshore transport near
the inlet with the existing and a larger channel project (12' MLW x 3001). This analysis
shows that wave -induced erosion on the beaches adjacent to Wiggins Pass would actually
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not increase the draft appreciably,
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in EM 1110-2-1607, a nominal squat of 1 foot for small vessels while
operating at their safe or normal speeds whichever is slower, and a
2-foot clearance under the keel while the boat is underway, are con-
sidered adequate. Additional depth should be provided where wave
action would be sufficient to cause the boat to pitch and roll.
38- In the interest of preserving the environment, the southern chan-
nel will be posted as a slow -speed nc-wake zone. Since the design
boat's immersion type hull will not squat appreciably at no -wake
Speeds, the normal underkeel clearance and squat were reduced to 1I�2
feet and k-foot, respectively. Speeds along the short eastern channel
are less critical and 2 feet of underkeel clearance and l foot of
squat were used. The resulting channel depths for the southern and
eastern channels are 6 feet and 5 feet, respectively.
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channels and provide for safe and efficient rescue operations, and a
safe harbor of refuge, a 2-foot wave allowance is added. In order to
navigate the gulf channel with strong longshore or tidal currents and
high waves, boats must travel at relatively high speeds. Since
displacement type hulls tend to squat more as their speed increases,
a 1-foot squat and 2-foot underkeel clearance are also considered
necessary.
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required, in order to provide space for tic deposition of material in as
to limit the maintenwice dredging to once every two to three years or
more.
Depth of Harbor and Approach Channel. For ideal operating couditions
the eater in the approach channel, in tic entrance, and in the harbor
abwuld be of sufficient depth to permit navigation at lowest low water
*lien the ship is fully loaded. This depth must include an allowance
for the surge of the ship, which is about one-half the wave height, the
Mtt of trim nr squat. when in motion, and from 2- to 44t clearance under
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nick Wtotn. Therefore, a greater allowance must be made in the depth
ll-hrn the bottom is hard and the harbor and approach channel or ap-
proach sea lanes must he carefully swept to make sure that there are
Molxtrtrctions, such as reefs or rocky pin,tarles, boulders, or sunken
Jtgn, above die required depth for safe navigation. Since a bnx)d design
if predicated upon a maximum wave height in the harbor of not over
it, allowing I ft for out of trim of the ship, the minimum harbor depth
Woit lowest low water then becomes the loaded draft plus 4 ft, when
the bottom is soft, or up to f ft when the bottom is rock. '1 hest are aver-
g: figures and the depth in tiny harbor should be based upon a study
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tits. Since the excavation of rock is a very costly item, if this is present
shove the required harbor depth, it is important for the designer to
numine carefully the need for the frill depth in the lartx,r. In some
fommemal harbors the ships come in light and depart loaded, as, for
mttance, an imn-otc shipping terminal. if there arc separate channels
(or entering and leaving the harbor, the depth at the entrance may be
reduced somewhat. Moreover iE may be satisfactory to excavate to the
ftcll depth only along the docks and to wait for high tide for the loaded
+hips to depart, thereby 1wrmitting a reduced depth in the remainder of
the harbor.
Until recent years a harbor depth of 95 ,to 40 ft would thkc care of
mrtst ships. The Liberty and Virtory cargo ships can operate in 32 ft
Of water. The Panama Canal has a maintained dredgrd depth c>'f 40 ft;
16 lklaware River, 40 ft; New York Iltu-bor, 40 I't, The haThor of
refuge at the entrance to Delaware Bay afFords a sa!'e anchorage area of
},nacres with a minimum low-water depth od' 30 ft and an additional
Tres of 237 acres with a minimum low-water depth of 24 ft. The ports
4 Rahiniore and Montreal have a maintained channel depth of .35 ft.;
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1981
DAEN-CWE-HAD
Engineer Regulation
No. 11104-1404
DEPAfi:MEAT OF T11E ARMY
US Army Corps of Engineers
Washington, D.C, 20314
ER 1110-2-1404
24 September 1981
Engineering and Design
DEEP DRAFT NAVIGATION PROJECT DESIGN
1. Purpose. This regulation presoribes the design procedure and rationale for
development of a deep draft navigation project. Detailed design guidance is
contained in the references listed in paragraph 3. _
2. AM ioetion. This regulation applies to all field opersting activities
having civil works design responsibilities.
3. Rere�erenoes,
A. Section 5, Public Law 409 (H.R. 6372) Flood Control. Act of 1935.
b. EM 1110.2-16071 Tidal Hydraulics.
o. EM 1110-2-2964, Design of Breakwaters and Jetties.
d. BM 1110-2.-5000, Assessment of Low. -Ground Preasurs Equipment for Use in
Containment Area Operations and Maintenance.
r_ e-. Et 1-1-10;•2;.50", Processes Affecting the Fate of Dredged Material.
f. EM 1110-2-5004, prediction and Control of Dredged Material Dispersion
Around Open -Water Pipeline Disposal Operations.
g. EM 1110-2.-5005, Water Quality Impaots of Aquatic Dredged Material
Disposal (Laboratory investigations).
h. EM 1110-245007, Guidelines for Des;atcring/Dersifxing Confined Dredged
Material.
i. EM 1110-2-5012, Predicting and Monitoring Dredge,Mater,ial Movement.
J. Shore Protection Manual, US Army Corps of Engine®rs, Coastal
Engineering R" earch Center, Fort Belvoir, VA. Available from U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, A.C. 20402, (3 part set; sold in sets only) Stock
No. 008-022-00113 -1.
k. Report #3, Evaluation of present State of Knowledge of Factor -
Affecting Tidal Hydraulics and Related Phenomena, Committee 'on' Tidal
Hydraulics, May 1965. Available from AD 685-807, NTIS, Springfield, VA 22161.
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segment$ are used when possible. Structures such as groins, revetments and
wave absorbers may be needed to maintain acoeptable channel alignment', channel
dimensions and wave conditions (reference 3b). Physical hydraulio models or
mathematical ship simulation models can be used to assess the safety of various
channel alignments.
h. Channel Depth. The channel depth must be adequate for the design
vessel draft, squat, trim, ainkage due to fresh water conditions, location of
salt water intakes on ship, wave action and appropriate under keel clearance.
Minimum under keel clearance should be two feet for soft channel bottoms and
three feet for hard channel bottoms. Squat is calculated for expected vessel
speeds and passing oonditions for two way traffio channels.; Salt water intak4
on vessels must be rive feet or more above soft channel bottoms. This
clearance is needed t4 prevent silt from being pulled into the vessel
condenser. Additional ohannel depth may be provided by advanced maintenance
dredging based on the economics of dredging intervals and the need to assure
appropriate under keel clearance between dredging periods (references 3b, 3k
and 31).
i. Channel Width. A rational design is neoessary to allow safe and
efficient transit of the design vessel. Factors to conaider are vessel site,
trafric i!nngestion, wind, waves, currents, and vessel maneutierability.
Widening on bends will generally be needed. This widening ban be provided
either by means of a flatter curve on the inside of channel bends or by a
triangular channel segment with the straight portion on the inside of beads
(referenoe 3b and 3k). Physical hydraulio models or mathemfttioal ship
simulation models can be used to assess the safety of variopA ohannel widths.
J. Turning Basins. The total width of the channel and the turning basin
will normally be at least 150 percent of the length of the +design vessel. The
turning basin shape is generally trapezoidal with the long side coincident with
the far edge of the channel. The short side is at least 15b percent of the
length of the design vessel. The ends will make angles of 45 degrees with the
edge of the ohannel- Modifications to this shape are aooep,bable to allow
better sediment flushing oharacteri.sties. A butterfly shape can be used to
allow for vessel overruns on turns. However, the basin dimensions will not be
decreased. A study is needed to show the change in current velocity and
duration for various basin geometries considered (referenca'3b).
k. Jetty and Entrance Channel. Layout. Entrance ohannel alignment is
oriented to reduoe channel wave height, and control sediment movement. In most
oases two jetties are needed to keep littoral drift from entering the channel.
Jetties usually are aligned parallel with the selected channel alignment. A
converging alignment (arrowhead type) often produces an unsatisfaotory'ohannel,
is sometimes costly, and is less effective in reducing wave action within the
entrance ahannel than parallel. jetties. Also, the tidal current may sweep the
littoral drift into the pocket between converging jetties and form troublesome
shoals. Jetties are spaced adequately for navigation by giving consideration
to navigation difficulties caused by wave action and poor visibility (reference
3b). It may not be possible to hold the original alignment clearance following
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DETAIIED PROJECT REPORT
IMPROVEMENTS
FOR' SMALL BOAT
NAVIGATION
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36. Existing loaded drafts were determined from data obtained on 141
boats in the study area. Table D-4 summarizes this information.
TABLE D-4
EXISTING LOADED BOAT DRAFTS AT WIGGINS PASS'S
Draft Percentage Percentage
Number of boats of total fleet cumulative
11/2' to 2' 53 38
2' to 21j2' 44 318 68
2' 1f2 to 3'
35 25 94
3' to 31�' 6 2 98
4 feet or more 3 .00
*Loaded draft is considered the distance from the waterline to the
lowest point on the outdrive when carrying its normal load
(i.e., 2 to 4 persons, gas, anchor, food, water, and mist. gear).
The Wiggins Pass marina is not presently equipped to handle in -out
storage of large sailboats and the fixed bridge on Blue Bill Avenue,
with a 19-foot vertical clearance, effectively eliminates them from
the Vanderbilt Beach area. Consequently, there are few large sailboats;
in the area. The Wiggins Pass marina is planning to purchase a large .
lift and provide outside storage for large boats. In addition, the
Wiggins Pass Yacht Club plans to provide some slips for 30- to 40-foot
boats and the 65 additional slips planned for the Vanderbilt surf
colony, situated north of the Blue Bill Avenue bridge, could accom-
modate these deeper draft boats. Although the area, with navigation
improvements, indicates a minor potential for deeper draft boat usage,
the benefits associated with eliminating restrictions for these larger,
boats do not justify the cost of providing and maintaining an 8-foot
channel. Furthermore, as indicated in appendix C, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service has stated that the additional traffic of larger
boats induced by a deeper navigation improvement would have a signifi-
cantly negative impact on the surrounding aquatic environment. For
both economic and environmental reasons the channel depth was there- ,I
fore determined for a 3-foot draft design vessel. Using a "used boat"
price guide, it was calculated that power boats with loaded drafts of
3 feet would have an 8- to 12-foot beam and be from 26 to 40 feet
l onq.
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CHANNEL DEPTH
12'
DESIGN VESSEL
26' - 40'
a
3'
37, The design vessel has an immersion type hull with an inboard
drive. These boats usually have wide beams and normal loading should
not increase the draft appreciably, and the propellers do not usually
extend below the keel of the boat. According to guidelines set in
operating at their safe or normal speeds whichever
in EM 1110-2-7607, a nominal squat of 1 foot for small vessels while
is slower, and a
2-foot clearance under the keel while the boat is underway, are con-
sidered adequate. Additional depth should be provided where wave
action would be sufficient to cause the boat to pitch and roll.
38. In the interest of preserving the environment, the southern chan-
nel will be posted as a slow -speed no -wake zone. Since the design
boat's immersion type hull will not squat appreciably at no -wake
Speeds, the normal underkeel clearance and squat were reduced to II/z
feet and 1�-foot, respectively. Speeds along the short eastern channel
are less critical and 2 feet of underkeel clearance and 1 foot of
squat were used. The resulting channel depths for the southern and
eastern channels are 6 feet and 5 feet, respectively.
39. Winds from the north through southwester)
quadrants
especially during the summer months occasionally creating sizeable'
waves. In order to reduce restrictions in the inlet and outer bar
channels and provide for safe and efficient rescue operations, and a
safe harbor of refuge, a 2-foot wave allowance is added. In order to
navigate the gulf channel with strong longshore or tidal currents and
high waves, boats must travel at relatively high speeds. Since
displacement type hulls tend to squat more as their speed increases,
a 1-foot squat and 2-foot underkeel clearance are also considered
necessary.
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The gulf channel should, therefore, have an 8-foot mean low water
depth, to eliminate the existing boating restrictions and provide for
safe navigation. Table D-5 summarizes the depth requirements in the
gulf, inlet, and bay channels.
TABLE D-5
CHANNEL DEPTH FACTORS AT WIGGINS PASS
Southern Eastern
bay channel bay channel Gulf channel Inlet
depth depth depth depth
Depth factor in feet in feet in feet in feet
Design vessel draft 3 3 3 3
Wave allowance 0 0 2 1*
Squat 1/2 1 1 1
Underkeel clearance i 1/2 2 2 2
Total 5 6 $ 7
*In the pass itself, requirements for squat and underkeel clearance
are reduced from the gulf requirements due to decreased waves and
longshore currents. A 7-foot project depth is considered appropriate
for this section of the channel.
CHANNEL WIDTH
Bay channel
40. The channel width for design purposes is taken to be the total
bottom width. Due to the sandy nature of the material, a side slope
Of I foot vertical to 3 feet horizontal was considered adequate. The
inside channels were designed for 2-way boat traffic. Each boat Has
allowed a maneuvering lane of 125 percent of the maximum design beam
with a 10-foot clearance between maneuvering lanes and 5 feet of bank
clearance. The resulting design is illustrated below.
DESIGN WIDTH FOR TWO WAY TRAFFIC
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Date Submitted 2/24/92
Requested Agenda Date: 3/3/92
APPROPRIATE HEADING (CIRCLE ONE : 5 Proclamations & Presentations, (6) Clerk, (7) Public Petitions, (8A) COmmL
Development, (813) Transportation, C Public Services (8D) Utilities, (8E) Admin. Services, (8F) Emergency Services, (
Environmental Services, (81-1) County Manager, A orney, (10) BCC, (11) Other Constitutional Officers, (1 ?1 Public Hearn
(13A) BZA Public Hearings, (136) Conditional Use, (14) BCC Communications, (15) Staff Communications 16} Consent Age
Requested By J. Neal S Date 2/24/92 Reviewed By Date
Division Head T.W. 011iff a 2/24/92 Manager Date
Item Title RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD OF COLLIER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AUTHORIZE THE
CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE ATTACHED LETTER INDICATING COLLIER COUNTY'S OPPOSITION TO A
PROPOSED EXTENSION OF BOAT DOCKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ISLAND MARINA. INC-I
BAY CLUB OF NAPLES, INC.
List of Documents Attached
1. Executive Summary (required)
2. Letter to FL Dept. of Natural
1/87-S13 Resources
MAR 0 3 92
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3. Draft copy of Lease MCVkF+CAT►c>0 REques;
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD OF COLLIER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE THE ATTACHED LETTER INDICATING
COLLIER COUNTY'S OPPOSITION TO A PROPOSED EXTENSION OF BOAT
DOCKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ISLAND MARINA, INC./MARINA BAY CLUB OF
NAPLES, INC.
OBJECTIVE: To protect the public's free and safe navigational use
of the Cocohatchee River.
CONSIDERATION: The Island Marina development is a project across
the Cocohatchee River from.the County's Conklin Point Boat Ramp
site and the Westinghouse Conklin Point project. The Marina has
made a request of the Department of Natural Resources in
Tallahassee to expand their existing submerged lands lease. The
current lease preempts between 21 and 34 percent of the waterbody
and amounts to 52,735 square feet. - The proposed increase would
be an expansion of 57 percent of the original lease. It would
increase the lease square footage by an additional 30,294 square
feet and preempt between 25 and 54 percent of the waterbody.
Based upon the amount of boat traffic, the vision impairment
already inflicted by the adjacent bridge, the existing narrowness
of the navigable channel, the addition of two boating intensive
neighbors to the north, and no formal County review or approval
of this request prior to State review, it is requested that this
DNR application be opposed formally by the County.
Attached, is a letter which outlines in detail the reasons for
the proposed County position.
FISCAL IMPACT: None.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: None.
RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of Collier County Commissioners,
authorize the chairman to execute and forward the attached letter
opposing DNR application #112009809 by Island Marina, Inc./Marina
Bay Club of Naples, Inc. to DNR.
Prepared by:
Reviewed by:
Reviewed by:
J,drry NeOl, Office of Capital Projects Management
omas W. 011tWf. Public Service Administrator
omas �-. Conrecode, OCPM Director
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ANNE GOODNIGHT
COMMISSIONER
BURT L. SAUNDERS
COMMISSIONER
February 18, 1992
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COLLIER COUNTY COURTHOUSE COMPLEX
NAPLES, FLORIDA 33962-4977
(813).774-8097
RICHARD S. SHANAHAN
COMMISSIONER
MICHAEL J. VOLPE
COMMISSIONER
Florida Department of Natural Resources
Division of State Lands
Bureau of Submerged Lands & Preserves
Southwest Florida Field Office
2180 West First Street
Suite 308
Ft. Myers, FL 33901-3217
ATTN: Mark Miller
MAX A. HASTE. JR.
COMMISSCNER
JAMES C. GILES
CLERK
RE: DNR Lease No. 111000635
Application No. 112009809
Lessee/Applicant: Island Marina, Inc./Marina Bay Club of Naples,
Inc.
Dear Mr. Miller:
Collier County Government is opposed to the proposed lease area expansion
at the Island Marina Development. We are requesting that this expansion
be denied by the staff of the DNR and that your recommendation of denial
be forwarded to the Governor and Cabinet. The reasons for this position
are as follows:
1. The intent of the rule stating that limits of facilities to extend
no more than 250 of the waterbody width is to provide adequate
maneuvering room for boats on both sides, of the waterway and
navigational area for the through traveling boats. Navigational
capabilities will be drastically hampered if the proposed docking
limits are approved.
2. The intent of the rule stating that the limits of dockage should not
be allowed to project into the navigable channel was established for
boating safety. This is especially true if such channel is found to
be limited in width or the navigable channel is located on only one
side, as is the case in this instance.
3. This proposed expansion has not been approved by the local governing
authority which is a prerequisite for State approval. A conceptual
marina use plan was approved for the existing configuration by the
Collier County Board of .County Commissioners as a part of the
standard processing procedures in approving the Conditional Use
Permit (Provisional Use) for marina use. No Site Development Plan
(SDP) application for approval of the marina was zu3—Ni - �
County's files. No additional information has been submitt
.
County for the proposed expansion.
MAR 0 3 92
P& A
Letter - Florida Department
DNR Lease # 111000635
February 18, 1992
Page 2
of Natural Resources
4. This is not a marina basin, but the same rules could apply. The
width of the travel lane should be at least 1.75 times the length of
the boat to be moored. If the proposed project takes up 33 percent
of the waterway then 33x1.75= 58% should be open water. Since Island
Marina is asking for 33 % then the Westinghouse development and the
County development should receive 33 % (based on the same logic used
for Island marina). But 33 + 33 + 58= 124% of the waterway being
Utilized under this scenario.
The navigational impacts brought by this proposed expansion should be
considered as being major.
NORTH SIDE:
a. The boating activities on the north side of this project will
not only impact this development but also the existing Wiggins
Pass Conservancy Yacht Club, the Wiggins Pass Condominium, and
the numerous other boating oriented developments up the
Cocohatchee river. All of these boaters must approach this area
by traveling under a bridge, which limits visibility.
With the two developments that are under design across the
waterway of this development, boaters will be competing within
this area for maneuvering room. This is especially true
because of the wide swing of the proposed larger boats trying
to dock. This may cause the waterway to become blocked. It
should be noted that this is not a dead end canal, it is a
river. Boats are passing through this congested area to and
from the Gulf of Mexico. This is not just a docking area.
b. The Westinghouse project is located northwesterly of this
proposed lease area and will be providing dockage for large
boats also. If the Island Marina is allowed to have dockage out
into the waterway of 33% then, the Westinghouse development
should be allowed to have docking to 33% of the waterway,'based
on the same logic. This would leave only 34% of the waterway
for navigation. This is not consistent with the policies of DNR
in the past or with the intent of the 25% rule where 50 percent
of the waterway is left for maneuvering and navigation.
C. The County is developing a public park and boat ramp facilities
northerly of the Island Marina development. This park/boat ramp
will serve the entire northern section of Collier County.
Limiting the width of.the navigational waterway should be the
last option for this section of the Cocohatchee River.
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Letter - Florida Department of Natural Resources
DNR Lease # 111000635
February 18, 1992
Page 3
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WEST SIDE:
a. The width of the waterway is roughly 260 feet at its narrowest
point. However, the navigable channel is only on the eastern
side as the western side is very shallow. This was brought to
the attention of the governing agencies and the owner by DER.
The DER made a stipulation in their permit that channel markers
be installed to mark the channel.
b. The proposed location of the moored boats will be within the
eastern edge of the navigable channel. The maneuvering of the
docking boats will completely block the navigational channel.
At this area of the waterway the location of the navigational
channel should over shadow the 25% criteria.
SOUTHWESTERN CORNER:
a. The proposed 54% projection exceeds both the 25% and the
navigational channel rules. The navigational channel is located
on the northeasterly side of the waterway. This proposed
expansion could cause hardship on the other boaters using this
section of the waterway.
b. At low tide the western area of this waterway is too shallow to
navigate.
SOUTH SIDE:
a. Again, the proposed development exceeds the 25% rule and would
create a hardship on the other users of this waterway.
COUNTY FILES:
Provisional Use
a. The request for a Provisional Use was filed on May 22, 1990.
b. The configuration of the docks were; perimeter dock is parallel
to and 15 feet waterward of the seawall, finger docks are 23 to
34 feet long, the docks are located around the entire perimeter
of the property.
C. The water depths at 15 feet from the seawall as shown on the
bathymetric survey are.all over 3 feet.
d. The Provisional Use was .approved by the
Commissioners on December 11, 1990.
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MAR 0 3 92
P9.
Letter - Florida Department of Natural Resources
DNR Lease # 111000635
February 18, 1992
Page 4
Site Development Plan
a. The SDP review and approval was for the upland improvements
only.
b. Refer to the letter dated March 14, 1990. The Project Review
Services Department specifically stated in their letter that
the docks were not a part of the SDP approval. This was
confirmed with Ken Baginski, Eric Young, Tom Satterfield and
Stephanie Smith of the Planning and Project Review Services.
C. Attached are the letters concerning the SDP approvals.
d. No dock SDP application has been filed in 1990, 1991 or 1992.
Planning Department Comments
a. Is opposed to the dock extension, their memo is attached.
SUMMARY:
If this development is allowed to construct their docking area as
submitted, then a precedent will be set within this area to exceed the
most important navigational rules of the State. Therefore, denying this
proposed expansion will be consistent with the State rules and the intent
of providing safe boating waterways.
Should you have any specific questions regarding materials contained
herein please do not hesitate in calling Mr. Jerry Neal of our Capital
Projects at (813)774-8192.
Thank you in advance for your attention
this matter.
Very truly yours,
Michael J. Volpe
Chairman, Collier County Commissioners
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REQUEST: (1) Modification of an existing sovereignty, submerged
land lease to contain 83,023.38 square feet, more or less, for a
commercial marina; and (2) assessment of an administrative fine.
COUNTY: Collier
Lease No. 111000635
Application No, 112009809
APPLICANT: Island Marina, Inc.
LOCATION: Section 17, Township 48 South, Range 25 East, in the
Cocohatchee River, Class II waters, within the local jurisdiction
Of Collier County.
CONSIDERATION: $____ representing (1) $ as the initial
lease fee for the expansion area computed at a rate of $0.0883 per
square foot and discounted 30 percent because of the first come,
first served nature of the facility; and (2) $
administrative fine for the unauthorized use of sovereignty,
submerged land.
STAFF REMARKS: The applicant is proposing to expand the lease
boundary for an 80-slip commercial docking facility (currently
under construction) because of the following: (1) the floating
perimeter dock was constructed two feet wider than originally
authorized; (2) the perimeter dock was moved waterward to ensure
adequate water depths for vessels and the floating docks; and (3)
the applicant proposes to moor larger vessels at portions of the
facility. The proposed modification also includes four additional
walkways to connect the perimeter dock to the applicant's upland
Property. No additional slips will be constructed.
The existing sovereignty, submerged land lease, approved by the
Board of Trustees on February 12, 1991, authorized the preemption
of 52,735.5 square feet of sovereignty lands. The proposed
30,293.63 square foot expansion represents a 57 percent increase to
the existing facility.
Although the applicant maintains that Collier County did not
approve a particular dock configuration, the applicant maintains
that during the Collier County approval process, the county
required the width of the perimeter dock and access ramps to be
widened so that emergency equipment could be brought onto the docks
and so that garbage and waste could easily be collected and
removed. Collier County reviewed and approved the commercial
marina project on December 11, 1990, before the lease was approved
by the Board of Trustees. Neither the applicant or county staff
made department staff aware of ally concerns with the dimensions of
the dock structures prior to the applicant's acceptance of the
lease, nor has documentation been provided since that time to
support the applicant's assertion.
The existing facility preempts between 21 percent and 34 percent of
the width of the waterbody. The proposed expansion would preempt
between 25 and 54 percent of the width of the waterbody. The width
of the waterbody on the west side of the site available for
navigation by motorized vessels is further reduced by shallow water
depths. The applicant placed navigation aids to mark those shallow
waters pursuant to a special condition of the existing lease.
Section 18-21.004(4)(a)3, F.A.C., limits ownership -oriented
facilities to extend no more than 25 percent of the waterbody
width. This facility is not an ownership -oriented facility;
however, staff generally applies that rule to all docking
facilities to allow private landowners on each side of a waterbody
to use 25 percent of the width of the waterbody and to ensure that
the remaining 50 percent of the waterbody remains open for u e oy -.
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the general public. That application of the rule, consistent with
the management responsibilities of the Board of Trustees as
referenced in section 253.034, F.S., 18-21.004(2), F.A.C., and the
Conceptual State Lands Management Plan, balances the rights of the
public and the rights of private landowners by ensuring safe and
unobstructed navigation within a reasonable portion of the
waterbody. The existing facility exceeds this criteria; however,
it was not an issue in the original Board of Trustees authorization
since the facility was registered by the department as a
grandfathered facility in 1985. The lease was required because of
a change in upland ownership.
Existing structures across the south branch of the river are owned
by Anchorage Condominium Association and preempt a maximum of 17
percent of the waterbody width. Those structures are unregistered
grandfathered structures and a lease application is pending.
Existing structures across the north branch of the river are owned
by Westinghouse Communities, Inc., and preempt a maximum of 14
percent of the waterbody width. Those structures were authorized
by the department in the early 1980's by a letter of no objection
pursuant to applicable rules at that time; because of a recent
change in ownership, a lease application is pending for those
structures.
In light of the proposed modification's inconsistency with
applicable management criteria, staff recommends denial of the
proposed expansion. Staff has no objection to the proposed
additional access walkways or the increased width of the perimeter
dock since there are no bottom resources to be adversely impacted
by the increased shading associated with those structures. The
applicant's assertion that the waterward relocation is required
because of inadequate water depths conflicts witht the bathymetric
information previously provided by the applicant, and appears to
have been requested in order to accommodate larger draft vessels.
since the perimeter dock is larger and extends further waterward
than what was authorized by the Board of Trustees, staff recommends
assessment of an administrative fine, calculated at the minimum
fine of $250. A multiplier of two has been applied since the
activity was unauthorized and staff would have recommended denial
($500). A multiplier of four has been applied since the activity
was undertaken after written notice from the department consisting
of the executed submerged land lease ($1,000). An administrative
fine is also recommended because of a turbidity violation that
violated the Department of Environmental Regulation permit which
was incorporated into the lease. The fine is recommended to be
calculated at the minimum fine of $250. A multiplier of two has
been applied since the turbidity was unauthorized and staff would
have recommended denial ($500). A multiplier of four has been
applied since the turbidity violation occurred after written notice
from the department consisting of the executed submerged land lease
($1,000).
A local government comprehensive plan has been adopted for this
area pursuant to section 163.3167, F.S.; however, the Department of
Community Affairs (DCA) determined that the plan was not in
compliance. In accordance with the compliance agreement between
the DCA and the local government, an amendment has been adopted
which brought the plan into compliance. The proposed action is
consistent with the adopted plan as amended.
RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTED LEASE BOUNDARY
EXPANSION
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ASSESSMENTS/COMMENTS (continued)
5. The proposed project is located within an unclassified
shellfish harvesting area. The Bureau of Marine Resource
Regulation and Development stated no objection to existing
facility on April 25, 1987 and in February 1990. No isrlocatednin anrttncl comments
proposed modification since the project
assified shellfish harvesting area.
6. The proposed project is consistent with the local building
codes and zoning regulations. Collier County stated an intent
to issue upon receipt of all state and federal permits and
approvals in letters dated May 11, 1982, and March 16, 1989.
The county approved a zoning change to allow Provisional Use
"b" in the "RT", Residential Tourist, zone which authorizes
marina use on December 11, 1990.
7. The requested lease modification was not advertised pursuant
to section 253.115, F.S., because of the staff recommendation
of denial. Should the Board of Trustees approve the
applicant's request, a special approval condition would
require advertising the proposed expansion in light of the
additional lease area and increased size of vessels to be
moored at the facility.
SPECIAL APPROVAL CONDITIONS
If the Board of Trustees approves the applicant's request, the
requested lease modification shall be advertised pursuant to
section 253.115, F.S. Any objections raised by the general public
Pursuant to that advertising may require the requested lease
modification to be reconsidered by the Board of Trustees.
The lessee shall provide the lessor an acceptable survey and legal
description prior to receipt of a fully executed lease instrument.
The survey and legal description shall clearly indicate the
location and dimension of all structures approved by the lessor,
including the navigation aids placed pursuant to a special lease
condition in the originally issued lease.
Prior to receipt of a fully executed modified lease, the applicant
shall provide the lessor a copy of the recorded Declaration of
Condominium document for the residential facility being constructed
by Marina Bay Club of Naples, Inc., owner of the interior upland
Property adjacent to the commercial marina. In addition to the
information required by Special Approval Condition No. 1 of the
existing lease, the recorded document shall be amended to contain
any changes to the changes approved by the lessor to the original
docking facility.
SPECIAL LEASE CONDITION
The lessee shall install and maintain reflective markers and
navigation lights at the waterward end of each finger pier and
shall operate said lights at night or when adverse weather occurs.
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2/25/93 Meeting with Westinghouse
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Review of Conklin Point DER Permit for Westinghouse Waterways
FDER Permit Application 112248385
Attendees: Westinghouse - Susan Watts
Ed Griffith, P.E.
H & M Engineers - Ken Humiston, P.E.
Brett Moore, P.E.
Collier County - T.E. Conrecode, P.E.
Jerry Neal, P.E.
Tom Donegan, P.E.
Notes prepared by T. Donegan 2/26/93
Data Reviewed:
1. Westinghouse had prepared a layout of the waterways that was a
response to our concerns at the meeting of February 10, 1993.
2. Collier County provided the following as references to
comments and concerns of the County.
a. Criteria for Berthing Facilities and Channel for Small
Craft.
b. Review of Permit Application FDER 112248385 Westinghouse
Conklin Point Yacht Marina ' memo.
c.. Conceptual Site Plan prepared by OCPM using data from
Westinghouse application and from Island Marina Site Plan.
d. Bottom Contour map from H & M Engineers data.
Items reviewed at 2/25/93 meeting:
1. Waterway space north of the proposed new dock area that
replaces existing docks.
a. A 75, wide channel for large and small boat traffic is
needed in this congested water.
b. Space in the water adjacent to the small boat launch
facility being installed by Collier County should allow a
minimum -of 100' free of any navigational hazards. There are
four ramps. A minimum space for a single ramp is 501,
therefore we are recommending the 100, as necessary for
boating safety in a space adjacent to that used by boats 32,
to 46' in length with widths of 10' to 151.
C. Adequate space is not provided with the new north dock as
proposed. To allow -for navigation clear area, it is
recommended that the dock be placed at the location of the
existing north docking slip just east of the present
north/south fairway channel. Several of the proposed slips in
this area will interfer with adequate visibility in the
channel and relocation should be considered.
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d. It is also suggested that the „n_orth finger slips will
extend int,-he 75, channel. Also b .s in these finger slips
will reduc- the channel width as the, maneuver in and out of
the slips.
other items of possible concern:
1. The boat slips at the northwest corner of the property will
impair the visibility for boats making this 900•turn in the
channel.
2. Channel markers along the west side of the property may be
needed to provide for safe passage of the larger boats because
of low water depths to the west of the channel.
3. The waterway in the Cocoahatchee River has a narrow channel
about 250' to the west of the southwest' corner of the
property. This area should be adequately marked.
4. The space between the Westinghouse boat slips and the Island
Marina boat slips reduces the channel width to less than 1001.
Control of the boat size in this area is required.
These items were presented by the County at the 2/25/93 meeting.
Westinghouse is reviewing these items and will respond after their
evaluation.
TAD/sc/7864
CRITERIA FOR CHANNELS AND BERTHING FACILITIES
FOR SMALL CRAFT
1, Entrance Channel - a watercourse external to a marina proper by
which boats travel between a marina and the main boating water.
Minimum width - 75'
Minimum depth - 5'
Minimum clearance from bottom - 3'
2. Interior Channel - a watercourse in or adjacent to the marina and
in relative smooth water.
Minimum width - 75'
Minimum depth - 4'
Minimum clearance - 2' below deepest draft boat
3. Fairway a watercourse within a marina by which boats travel
between interior channels and berths.
Minimum width - 1.75 times length of longest boat where berths are
perpendicular to fairway.
1.5 times length of boat for parallel berths
4. Ramp Water Areas
Minimum water depth - 4'
Minimum length - 50' at lowest water level to be absolutely clear
of any navigational hazards..
We have selected 100' minimum at Conklin Point
Launchings per ramp - Conklin 4-lane system
One lane can handle 50 launchings and 50 retrievals per day under
average conditions.
5. FDER rule stating that limits of Facilities are to extend no more
than 25% of the waterbody width s-o as to provide adequate
maneuvering room 'for boats on both sides of the waterway and a
navigational area for through traveling boats.
Berthing and channel criteria based upon "Layout and Design Guidelines
for Small Craft Berthing Facilities" State of California, Department of
Boating and Waterways.
TAD/s c/7 8 4-4
REVIEW OF PERMIT APPLICATIOTr FDER 112248385
Westinghouse Conklin Point Yacht Marina
The criteria used in developing the fairway width and the location
of mooring piles agreed to in our August 19, 1992 letter was used
upon a 39, extension in a 132' width between the . seawalls . This
would provide 29% extension into the waterway. The accepted FDER
Rule is 25% however, since the waterway was not a main channel',
the extension 'was' increased by agreement 'to 29% because a fairway
design allows a range of 1.25 to 1.5 times a boat length of 31, to
36' respectively which assumes mooring piling to be 39, maximum
from seawall.
Using the analysis of docks and slips extensions into the external
channel or waterway used by all boats to reach the open water, we
note several areas that require discussion. In the west channel
there is one area where the extension is 34% and in the North
Channel one extension is 40%. This 40% 'extension reduces the
channel to 701. The accepted width of an external channel is 75,
based upon design guidelines used by several states including
California as published by the Resource Agency Department of
Boating and Waterways.
The south channel to the Cocoahatchee River Bridge measures 2741.
The Island Marina proposed land lease extends 73.4' into the
waterway. The Westinghouse lease area extends 90' into the same
waterway. There is a narrow area created at the Westinghouse
property southeast corner and the dock extension should be reduced
in that area so! that the same extension is allowed at both
facilities and so that an adequate entrance channel is maintained.
We assume that a 75' channel width is desirable on the north
channel especially as the channel approaches the docks and slips.
Comments on this area are:
1. The channel diverts to a southeast direction approaching the
marina areas. We have assumed 20, boats in the Wiggins Pass
Marina slips with a 1.75 space -for maneuvering in a fairway.
We have allowed 100' free way adjacent to the County four
boat ramps. This space is required to allow for boats.to
obtain steerageway when leaving the area and space for boats
to queue when returning to the ramp area at the end of the
day.
2. To provide this channel and the space to move the larger
craft we recommend that the Westinghouse north walkway to the
center. slip be moved south to a line where the present slip
dock is now located. The removal of several parallel slips
will be required.
3. The relocation of Wiggins Pass Marina boat slips does not
appear feasible because of the- space requirements for the
boat fueling dock.
TAD/sc/7841
COLLIER COUNTY GOVERNMENT
COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE
OFFICE OF CAPITAL PROJECTS MANAGEMENT
November 9, 1993
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Twin Towers Office Building
2600 Blair Stone Road
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400
ATTN. Gustavo A. Rodriguez
RE: File # 112248389
Conklin Point Development Corp.
Dear Mr. Rodriguez:
3301 E. TA -MI -W TR.
NAPLES, FL 33962
(813) 774-8192
FAX (813) 774-9370
A CERTIFIED BLUE CHIP C0Mh1UNITy
Office of Capital Projects Management has reviewed the referenced
application that was attached to the cover letter dated November 2,
1993. There are still two issues that should be addressed
concerning the site plan.
(1).
(2).
The northwestern corner of the marina facility:
We had requested of the petitioner to redesign this corner due
to possible conflicts with boat traffic. The channel at this
location is very narrow and the sight distance will be
hindered by placing a boat slip on this corner. The
submitted drawings do not consider our concern. The drawings
should show the opposite side of the waterway since the
distance between the docking facilities and the mangrove bank
is about 75 feet.
The boat draft:
According to sheet 3 of 22 of the applicant's drawings, the
design boat draft is 3 feet (as requested in the DER letter
dated April 2, 1993, item 6-g). However, in the completeness
summary response dated June 4, 1993 the following statements
were made:
Ex0visir it .
DEP
Conklin Point
November 9, 1993
Page 2 of 5
a. Referencing the 1980 Corps of Engineers Navigation
report; "This illustrates that 94% of the vessels
using this area meet the Corps of Engineers waterway
depth design criteria of 3'.0 feet. Note, however, that
this design criteria considers a wave allowance of 2.0
feet in the Gulf Channel, a 1.0 foot allowance for
squat, and a 2.0 foot allowance for under the keel
clearance, for a combined total project depth of 8 feet.
This provides a sufficient safety factor to allow those
vessels with draft in excess of 3.0 feet to safey
navigate the channel under normal conditions."
"The 1992 "Power Listings" shows that approximately 10%
to 15% of vessels over 40 feet in length also meet the
design beam slip widths and have a draft of 3.0 feet or
less. The design includes slip lengths of up to 40
feet, yet provides flexibility to .accommodate larger
vessels which meet the design criteria of the
navigation channel."
Based on the above statements, it appears that the applicant may be
planning on using boats with greater than 3.0 feet draft.
In the US Fish and Wildlife Service letter dated May 12, 1993, they
suggest that limitations be placed on boat draft and placed as a
permit condition. Also, they recommended denial of the project as
submitted.
There are two locations (idenified below as "A" and "B") of concern
when considering over 3.0 feet boat drafts, these areas are discussed
below:
(A) Wiggins Pass:
This inlet has a submerged ebb tidal shoal that is almost
parallel to the shoreline and lays about 400 to 600 feet
offshore. The top of the shoal varies from 2 to 3 feet under
water at low tide. Based on the last 10 years of study, the
dredged channel starts to fill in as soon it is dug. In 1990,
the northern side of the channel filled in at a rate of one foot
per day. In 1991, the channel was dredged to -9 NGVD (8 feet
MLW) and the channel filled in to 4 feet deep (MLW) within 4
months. Prior to the 1993 dredging project, the channel depth
was 2-3 feet at MLW.
DEP
Conklin Point
November 9, 1993
Page 3 of 5
Statements found
Interim Report No.
draft depth:
in the Wiggins Pass Inlet Management Plan
2 (WPIMPIR2) that support limiting the boat
On page 51; The controlling depth in the navigational
channel also decreases and approaches a limit with time.
Between the post dredging survey of March 1984 and the
pre -dredging survey of November 1990, the average
navigational channel depth from stations 0+00 to 5+00
decreased from -7.0 to -2.6 feet (NGVD). In May 1987, the
average depth in this nearshore region dropped to -1.9 feet
NGVD. The range of controlling depths were between -1.9
and -4.1 feet NGVD. The channel does not maintain adequate
depth for the design navigation requirements.
On page 72; The ratio of tidal prism to gross annual
transport is 5.5. Bruun's qualitative theory rates
Wiggins Pass stability as poor for navigation, which is
borne out by recent experience.
On page 76; The performance of the Wiggins Pass navigation
channel has been inadequate. The existing dredged channel
reaches a controlling depth approaching -2 feet NGVD in
about two years.
On page 77; The dredging operations take place in November
and December (the environmental window) and approximately
56% of inlet shoaling should also occur from January through
March.
On page 114; Boats with drafts less than three feet account
for 96.3% (in 1993) of the total boat population, and most
boats are less than 40 feet in length (99.9%).
Please find a copy of page 116 which shows the requirements
established by the Corps of Engineers.
On page 118; Recommendation - #1 - Establish policies in
boat facilities and usage to limit boat sizes to a three
foot draft and 40 foot length.
DEP
Conklin Point
November 9, 1993
Page 4 of 5
On page 119; Recommendation - #2 - Develop and maintain
interior and exterior navigation channel for three foot
draft boats.
On page 124; For the purpose of this analysis, we have
selected -6 feet NGVD as the minimum operating 'depth.
Although this depth is not optimal, adequate, but cautious
navigation would be possible. When the operating or
recommended channel depth is reached (-6 ft. NVGD), dredging
would be required.
On page 126; Figure 25 (attached) shows alternate dredging
channel widths and depths. Using the minimum operating
depth of -6.0 feet NGVD, the existing dredging of a 9x200
feet channel should fill in to -6 NGVD within 7 months and
-2 NGVD within 24 months.
(B) Choke Point along the Cocohatchee River, about 2,000 west of the
Vanderbilt bridge:
The elevation of the bottom of the existing channel is -6.2 NGVD
and the depth at MLW is 5 feet. For manatee protection, the
clearance required below the boat motor prop and the bottom is 2
feet minimum. Therefore, the maximum draft depth should be
3.0 feet.
RECOMMENDATION:
Based on the information provided above, we would recommend approval
of the boat facility layout if these two conditions are met:
1. The northwestern corner of the boating facility be re -designed
to eliminate the notherwestern most slip and construct the dock
at a 45 degree NE angle.
2. The boat draft be limited to 3.0 feet, with a maximum of 5%
between 3.0 to 3.5 feet. The boat length should be limited to
40 feet, with a maximum of 5% (10/190 = 0.05) between 40 to 46
feet.
DEP
Conklin Point
November 9, 1993
Page 5 of 5
If you have any questions concerning this item, please call me at
813-774-8192 or FAX 813-774-9370.
Sincerely,
Jerry C. Neal, PS, PLS
Project Manager III
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1.0
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Expansion of an existing multi -slip
facility. leased commercial marina
1. Number of slips: 80 existing, 0 additional proposed
Number of pilings: 0 existing, 0 additional proposed
2. Fueling facilities and liveaboards would be prohibited under
the terms and conditions of the lease.
3. Sewage pumpout facilities would be authorized under the terms
and conditions of the lease modification if they meet the
requirements of the Department of Environmental Regulation or
Collier County, whichever entity applies the more stringent
criteria.
4. Linear waterfront footage contiguous to sovereignty, submerged
land: 1,681.64 feet.
Navigational Data: The terminal waterward point of the facility
would be adjacent to or within the primary navigation channel oil
each side of the project. The waterward extension of the existing
facility represents between 21 percent and 34 percent of the width
of the waterbody. The proposed expansion would preempt between 25
and 54 percent of the width of the waterbody. The width of the
waterbody on the west side of the site available for navigation by
motorized vessels is further reduced by shallow water depths.
ASSESSMENTaZCOMMENTS
Based 6n review of the project design:
1. The proposed project is not subject to the upland unit:wetslip
ratio or the preempted area:linear footage ratio required by
rule since the project is commercial.
2. The proposed project is designed and located so as to have a
minimum adverse impact on sovereignty, submerged land
resources based on the lack of vegetation and good water
circulation/flushing in the subject area. The Depar.tment of
Environmental Regulation issued a permit for the existing
facility on April 12, 1986, and subsequently extended the
permit expiration date to August 12, 1991. The as -built
facility and turbidity generated during construction of the
facility violated the original DER permit; a consent agreement
(DER OGC No. 91-0483) was entered into on December 17, 1991.
An Intent to Issue a permit for the proposed modification was
issued on January 10, 1992.
3. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit for the
original facility on February 14, 1989. A modified permit was
issued on September 24, 1991.
4. The proposed project as designed and located is anticipated to
have no significant impact on the endangered manatee. The
Division of Marine Resources (DMR) indicated on October 8,
1991, that the project complies with its guidelines for
location of multi -slip docking facilities near ocean inlets,
deep water access and wide channels. The DMR recommended
compliance with the standard construction conditions, and
installation of informational displays and manatee awareness
signs. These recommendations are included in the exis
lease and will remain in the ;modified lease.
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November 17, 1993
Gustavo A. Rodriguez
Page Two
2) Boat Draft
As indicated on our plans and previous correspondence, our boat
slips have been designed for boats having a three foot draft. The
design beam widths range typically from 12 to 14 feet to
accommodate the various boat sizes available with three foot
drafts.
Should you have any questions regarding either of these issues,
please give me a call.
Sincerely yours,
HUMISTON ORE ENGINEERS
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Brett D. Moore, P.E.
Enclosures
cc: Susan Watts
Deborah Getzoff
Jerry.. Neal
HUMISTON
& MOORE
ENGINEERS
COASTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
DESIGN AND
PERMITTING
November 17, 1993
Mr. Gustavo A. Rodriguez
Environmental Specialist
Wetland Resource Regulation
Florida Department of Environmental
2600 Blair Stone Road
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400
5051 CASTELLO DR., SUITE 240
NAPLES, FLORIDA 33940
FAX:813 261 5297
PHONE.813 261 8160
SENT VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS
Protection
RE: Comments from Collier County OFFICt OF CAPITAL
DEP File No. 112248385 o���1F
HM File No. 2-013, Conklin Point CTS MANAGEM-ENT
Dear Mr. Rodriguez,
This is in reference to Mr. Neal's letter of November 9, 1993 from
the Collier County Office of Capital Projects regarding our pending
application referenced above. Mr. Neal refers to two issues that
should be addressed. I will address each issue as presented in Mr.
Neal's letter.
1) Northwest Corner
Concerns regarding the northwest corner of the project design were
previously discussed with the Collier County staff and resolution
was reached and confirmed in correspondence dated March 2, 1993 and
March 3, 1993. Copies of these letters were previously sent to your
attention on March 23rd and are enclosed again for your reference.
The northwest corner of the project is not the narrowest section of
channel surrounding Conklin Point and redesign of this corner is
not warranted. We had proposed to include a light at the end of the
dock as a marker. The County's concern is that people currently
using the waterway typically cut across the northwest corner of the
project. Once the facility is constructed and marked, boaters will
simply have to go around the dock. Seventy-five (75) feet is
sufficient width for two way traffic in this area.
Please note sheet 3 of 22 of our permit drawings which includes
reference to a marker at the end of the northwest corner of the
dock as agreed to previously with the County staff.
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3301 East Tamiami Trail • Naples, Florida 33962-4977
John C. Norris (813) 774-8097 • Fax (813) 774-3602
District 1
Timothy L. Hancock, AICP
District 2
Timothy J. Constantine
District 3
Pamela S. Mac'Kie
District 4
Bettye J. Matthews
District 5
December 14, 1994
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Mr. Jack Baxter
930 Heron Court _ ..,..
Marco Island, FL 33937
Subject: Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board
Dear Mr. Baxter:
This will acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 3, 1994,
in which you requested an extended leave of absence, due to your
daughter's illness, from the Environmental Policy Technical Advisory
Board.
Due to the importance of this particular advisory board and the
valuable input received from them, the Board of County
Commissioners, at their regularly scheduled meeting on December 13,
1994, unanimously voted to declare a vacancy on this board and
requested staff to advertise for someone to fulfill the remainder of
the vacancy.
I would like to take this opportunity to express the Board's sincere
concern and compassion for your misfortune. We would also encourage
you to reapply in the future, after your daughter has recovered from
her malady. -1`1
Again, we would like to express
and your daughter all the best.
TJC:sf
our deepest sympathy and wish you
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Very truly yours,
Ti of 1y J. : 6nst�k�ne, Chairman
C m `ssion District 3
cc: Bill Lorenz, Environmental Services Administrator
DRAFT:
APPROVED: -t-
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD
DECEMBER 12, 1994 MINUTES
PRESENT: Dorothea Zysko Derek Hodgin Charles Ray
Gary Wilson Nancy Payton Robert Duane
Dave Addison Mike Taranto Steve Means
NOTIFIED ABSENCE: Jack Baxter
STAFF: Marjorie Student Dick Hartwell Jane Lang
Jerry Neal Steve Grabe Bill Lorenz
Kevin Dugan Mac Hatcher Kimberly Polen
PUBLIC: Virginia Corkran Brad Cornell Emma Ross
Bernie Young Todd Turrell Barbara Prynoski
Marco Espinar Don Pickworth Adrienne Skolnik
I. 4:05 p.m. Meeting called to order.
II. Roll was called by Dorothea Zysko.
III. Minutes from the November 14-30 meeting were approved.
IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dorothea received a copy of a publication produced by
ENS, Sediment Quality in Inlet Waterways of Collier
County 1989-91 which was given to Robert Duane for use in
EAR.
V. OLD BUSINESS
There being no objection, Dorothea requested taking an
Item Out of Order.
F. Standing Committee Reports
3. Growth Management Committee
Robert Duane: The GMP Sub -committee will meet Monday on
December 19, 1994 at 4:00 p.m. GMP members will be
notified by FAX. Marjorie Student talked about DCA
Handbook which discusses the condition of all the natural
resources as it was versus the current condition.
Marjorie will make this handbook available to all EPTAB
members later.
A. Wiggins Pass Inlet Management Plan - Jerry Neal
explains the plan beginning with the Army Corps of
Engineers 1980 recommendation.
Memo: "Wiggins Pass Dredging" by Kevin Dugan was
distributed. Jerry Neal distributed portions of the
Wiggins Pass Inlet Management Plan. Jerry spoke to the
EPTAB members' concerns: squat draft, areas that have
never been dredged, overdredging, difference in water
depth. He said, it is stipulated in the permit that we
have to do an IMP and include recommended boat drafts and
water depths for the inland channel. We are working on
standards and recommendations.
Dorothea questioned the need for the recommendations for
the east channel and said, you could have a 'no
recommendation' alternative.
Steve Means posed five
1. Design vessel draft
2. Why is squat less in
east channel?
3. Underkeel clearance
4. Allowable overdredge
5. Advance maintenance
questions based on the survey:
3'
the south channel than in the
2.0 - where did figures come from?
Jerry Neal allowed that advance maintenance is a
question. Water turkey Bay is shallow and narrow.
Maintenance dredging could be questioned. The State
agency recommended 21. Derek: design of a channel is 3'
draft design, therefore concurred with a 'no
recommendation' alternative.
Nancy Payton referred to page 157 of the IMP regarding
exemption from the proposed Outstanding Florida Waters.
Jerry: On the south channel, are not talking about
depths, but activities as relate to Class II water
permit.
Maintenance: Two years versus 3 year cycle. This plan is
consistent or non -consistent? Marjorie: Every 3 years
is now every 2 years. Kevin Dugan: The CZMP plan was
broken down into 5 general recommendations and is
consistent with the IMP.
Motion made by Steve Means: The BCC should adopt the
proposed IMP with the following stipulations:
That the County shall further study the need to dredge
the south and east channels and if dredging is deemed
necessary, the County shall re-examine construction depth
and make any revisions as appropriate. Robert Duane
seconded the motion. Discussion followed. Mike Taranto:
We do not agree with the standard of 3' (depth). Motion
failed.
Alternative and amended motion made by Dorothea Zysko:
The Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board (EPTAB)
has reviewed the Wiggins Pass Inlet Management Plan
for the Board of County Commissioners with respect to the
consistency with the Collier County Coastal Zone
Management Plan (CZMP) policies and the Plan's basis to
provide navigation for vessels with a three foot draft or
less. Based on this review, the EPTAB recommends that
(1) the East channel be eliminated from the Plan due to
inconsistency with the CZMP recommendation number
1.24, which states that "The County shall only
support currently altered pass and navigational
channel dredging and maintenance that is consistent
with and required by State and Federal boating safety
and navigation standards and requirements (reference
CCME Objective 11.2).11,
(2) the East Channel not be included in the request for
exemption from the Outstanding Florida Water (OF)
designation under consideration by the State, and
(3) the South Channel and Water Turkey Bay construction
depths outlined in the Plan be re-examined with the
intent to minimize the allowable overdredge and
advanced maintenance depths to the extent
practicable.
Motion seconded by Gary Wilson. Motion carried 5 to 3.
B. Clam Bay NRPA Management Plan
Derek reviewed NRPA Clam Bay workshop of December 8. He
spoke on aerial photographs, stating that future dollar
amounts should be included in the IMP, and fertilizers.
Nancy Payton - Management Plan, where is the action?
This plan is a study that seems to go on indefinitely.
The circulation issue is not addressed in the Management
Plan, plus there is no timeline. What is causing the
cattails, green slime and bulrushes?
Bill Lorenz: The data we have assessed is that the
problem is nutrient enrichment. We have not yet assessed
the loading of stormwater input and nutrient reduction.
Timeline is good. Dorothea: Limit detrimental
activities in the area. Discussion on Circulation Study
and implementation schedule.
Todd Turrell explained his expanded scope of service.
Item out of Order:
VI. NEW BUSINESS:
A. Election of Officers
Chairman: Dorothea Zysko
Vice -Chairman: Derek Hodgin
There being no nominations, motion made and seconded
to retain the current slate of officers for 1995.
V. OLD BUSINESS
C. EPTAB Vacancy: Thomas Ciranna
Brad Cornell and Mr. Carter have applied for
membership. Matrix handout by Lorenz. Due to EPTAB
attendance requirements, applicant Carter is
technically disqualified. Brad Cornell stated he
feels the County needs citizen imput on recycling and
solid waste. Chuck Ray made a recommendation that
Brad Cornell be recommended for appointment to the
Board as a new EPTAB member. Motion made and
accepted.
D. Request for topics for Frank Meeker from the Big
Cypress Basin Board who will speak in January:
Watershed Plan - Reservoirs - Potable/Irrigation.
E. Sand Dollar Island - BCC went to SDI last week.
Re -submit recommendations that we (Sub -committee) made
last December (memo dated 12/22/93) memo, ie.:
(1) Maintain health of the water body
(2) Critical wildlife area recommended
(3) Recommend NOT filling lagoon or tidal pools
(4) Educational workshop
(5) Investigate environmental interpretive program.
Re -submittal of the memo to BCC will confirm our
previous recommendations - as they have not changed.
Motion made and seconded to re -submit the December 22,
1993 memorandum to the BCC.
F. Standing Committee Report -
1. Natural Resource Protection Area: NRPA committee
recommends reprioritizing remainder of NRPA list and
take into consideration any factors you wish.
Motion made and seconded. Meeting adjourned at 6:35 pm.
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ENVIRO.._ .,NTAL POLICY TECHNICAL ADvA..jORY BOARD
SIGN IN SHEET;;? � r ':" 1994
EPTAB MEMBERS
(Dave Addison
✓ Jack Baxter
,h oma
✓ Robert L. Duane
Derek Hodgin
v/ Stephen A. Means, P.E.
,i Nancy Payton
✓ Charles Ray
Michael V. Taranto
✓ Gary K. Wilson
k/ Dorothea P. Zysko
PUBLIC
A
MINUTES(YES/NO) ADDRESS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD
AGENDA
DATE: DECEMBER 12, 1994
PLACE: COLLIER COUNTY COMPLEX, HEALTH AND COMMUNITY
SERVICES BUILDING, 2ND FLOOR, ROOM 216
TIME: 4:00 P.M.
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I. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
II. ROLL CALL
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - NOVEMBER 14 AND NOVEMBER 30,
CONTINUATION
IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS
V. OLD BUSINESS
A. Wiggins Pass Inlet Management Plan - Jerry Neal
B. Clam Bay NRPA Management Plan
C. EPTAB Vacancies
D. Topics for the January Guest (Frank Meeker)
E. Sand Dollar Island
F. Standing Committee Reports
1. Steering Committee Report - Steve Means
2. Natural Resource Protection Area - Derek Hodgin
3. Growth Management Committee - Robert Duane
VI. NEW BUSINESS
A. Election of Officers
VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
jl\7352
NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO: Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board
FROM: Kevin H. Dugan, SEnvironmental Specialist
DATE: December 12, 1994
SUBJECT: Wiggins Pass Dredging
Reference to pass dredging and in particular Wiggins Pass is
found in Resolution 92-319. On June 3, 1992 the Collier County
Board of County Commissioners (BCC) approved Resolution 92-319.
This Resolution accepted the Technical Support Document "Collier
County Coastal Zone Management Plan - 1991" (CZMP), with
direction to staff to implement Section I of the CZMP. The BCC
acknowledged Sections II, III, and IV of the CZMP as support
documents providing technical information relating to the Coastal
Zone of Collier County.
Section I of the CZMP is a Synthesis of Recommendations
Concerning the Management of the Coastal Zone. The Section
contains five General Recommendations with over 175 specific
recommendations. Recommendations concerning dredging referenced
to Objective 11.2 of the Conservation and Coastal Management
Element. "The County shall continue to insure that access to
beaches, shores and waterways remain available to the public and
by December 31, 1992 develop a program to expand the availability
of such access and a method to fund its acquisition."
Recommendation 1 of the CZMP states in part: "Collier County will
be consistent with all County, State, and Federal laws,
ordinances, statutes, rules or other requirements that pertain to
the management of the County's Coastal Zone, including but not
limited to:
1.23: The County shall continue to allow dredging of
currently altered officially designated and marked navigation
channels to comply with Federal and State navigation and
safety requirements (reference COME Objective 11.2).
1.24: The County shall only support currently altered pass
and navigational channel dredging and maintenance that is
consistent with and required by State and Federal boating
safety and navigation standards and requirements (reference
CCME Objective 11.2)."
Recommendation 2 states in part: "Nothing contained in these
recommendations shall bind the Board of County Commissioners in
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any way except that where these recommendations result in a
program, policy, ordinance or regulation, the recommendation
shall serve as a guide for staff in developing the the resultant
policy, program, ordinance or regulation. Any action taken
pursuant to these recommendations shall be approved by the Board
of County Commissioners (BCC) by Ordinance or by Resolution, as
appropriate.
Collier County may adopt, by resolution, policies that provide
guidance for programs, activities, and ordinances related to the
management of the Coastal Zone. Such policies may include:
2.10: The first priority for the use of waterways is safe
and non conflicting use by all recreation and commercial
interests (reference CCME Objective 11.2)."
Recommendation 3 states in part: "Nothing contained in these
recommendations shall bind the Board of County Commissioners in
any way except that where these recommendations result in a
program, policy, ordinance or regulation, the recommendation
shall serve as a guide for staff in developing the the resultant
policy, program, ordinance or regulation. Any action taken
pursuant to these recommendations shall be approved by the Board
of County Commissioners (BCC) by Ordinance or by Resolution, as
appropriate.
Collier County may undertake or administer programs to enhance
the environmental quality of the County Coastal Zone, or programs
to acquire data and information to be used in the management of
the Coastal Zone. Such programs may include:
3.27: By June 1, 1995, the County shall establish
contingency plans for clearing and maintaining Wiggins, Clam,
Capri, and Caxambas Passes, after pass alterations that may
be caused by major storm events (reference COME Objective
11.2) .
3.29: The County shall be the entity responsible for
developing the inlet management plans and permit applications
and for maintaining the inlets according to applicable
requirements for all passes except Doctors Pass (City of
Naples), Gordon Pass (USACE) and Indian Key Pass (USACE)
(reference CCME Objective 11.2)."
Recommendation 4 states in part: "Nothing contained in these
recommendations shall bind the Board of County Commissioners in
any way except that where these recommendations result in a
program, policy, ordinance or regulation, the recommendation
shall serve as a guide for staff in developing the the resultant
policy, program, ordinance or regulation. Any action taken
pursuant to these recommendations shall be approved by the Board
of County Commissioners (BCC) by Ordinance or by Resolution, as
appropriate.
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Collier County may adopt regulations specific to the Coastal Zone
that will enable appropriate management of the Coastal Zone.
Regulations may be implemented as amendments to existing County
Ordinances, or as part of newly developed County Ordinances, to
be considered for approval during requires public hearings. Such
regulations shall include but not be limited to:
4.72: The County shall regulate activities to properly
manage natural habitat areas that are affected by the
following inlets or passes: Wiggins Pass, Clam Pass, Little
Marco/Hurricane Pass Complex, Big Marco/Capri Pass Complex,
Caxambas Pass, and 10,000 Islands passes
(reference CCME Goal 2).
4.73: The County shall support appropriate activities that
promote safe navigation in County controlled coastal inlets
except for Clam Pass and other passes or pass systems that
are not currently navigable, reasonable access to inshore
waters except for the Clam Bay system and other inshore
waters that currently are not reasonably accessible, and
reasonable recreational uses of County waters. Dredging may
be an appropriate activity for Wiggins Pass only (reference
COME Objective 11.2).
4.74: Maintenance dredging of passes shall be allowed only
where permits currently exist for dredging, or for currently
navigable passes where existing or currently permitted
overall pass dimensions become reduced, so that the current
level of service is no longer possible. P t
structures such as jetties, revetments, seawalls, etc.,
shall be prohibite re e�nce--CCME Objec-five 11.2).
4.75: An Advisory Board shall be established for Wiggins
Pass (reference CCME Objective 11.2).
4.77: For those passes under County control, Wiggins Pass,
Clam Pass, Little Marco/Hurricane Pass complex, Big
Marco/Capri Pass complex, Caxambas Pass, and 10,000 Islands
passes, the County shall assume no financial responsibility
for Znor will the County allow increasing or maintaining pass
dimensions or configurations beyond present existing or
currently permitted dimensions (reference CCME Objective
11.2).
4.78: The County shall consider periodic maintenance of
currently altered passes for which it holds responsibility.
Such passes may be dredged for maintenance every three years
as an ongoing program, with provisions for emergency dredging
after major storms or other events that may cause compromise
to the use of passes (reference CCME Objective 11.2)."
Recommendation 5 states: "The implementation of the Coastal Zone
Management Plan shall be guided by the following policies:
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5.1: There will be no unnecessary duplication of existing
regional, state, or federal permitting programs (COME Policy
14.1.1) .
5.2: The County may adopt regulations to strengthen
existing permitting programs (COME Policy 14.1.2).
5.3: Prior to adopting any new regulations to implement the
Coastal Zone Management Plan, the following guidelines shall
be met:
A. It fulfills an important need not presently
adequately met by existing regional, state, or federal
regulation.
B. The regulation can be effectively and efficiently
administered by authorized increases to County Staff.
C. The cost to the County of implementing the
regulation shall have been identified and considered
(modified from CCME 14.1.3)."
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Commission. seeks voluntAers -
for citizen advisory committees
Pelican Bay Improvement Dis-
By Daily News Staff f�j �p fl,� trict. Terms are four years.
The Collier County Commis-
sion needs 18 volunteers to fill va-
cancies on five of its citizen
advisory committees.
There may be some conditions
attached to serving on some of the
committees but anyone interested
should write a letter, with attach-
ed resume, to Sue Filson, adminis-
trative assistant to the county
commission, 3301 U.S. 41 East,
Naples, 33962, by Dec. 16. Only
registered voters may apply.
The Pelican Bay municipal
taxing district advisory commit-
tee has five terms which expire on
Jan. 29. This 15-member board
was established to provide input to
the county manager and the coun-
ty commission on street lighting,
water management, median land-
scaping and other functions of the
The so-called Privatization
Plus Task Force, established by
Commissioner Bettye Matthews,
has three vacancies due to resig-
nations. The committee is charged
with examining which, if any, gov-
ernment services could better be
delivered by private companies.
No member of the task force can
have provided services to the
county or held a county contract
within the last two years the value
of which exceeded $30,000.
The Environmental Policy
Technical Advisory Board (EP-
TAB) has one vacancy, the term of
which expires Sept. 30, 1997. This
11-member committee advises
the county commission and plan-
ning commission on the develop-
ment and implementation of the
county's environmental resources
management plan. Members need
to prove expertise in one or more
of the following areas: airKquality,
biology, coastal processes, estuar-
ine processes, hazardous waste,
hydrogeology, hydrology, hydrau-
lics, land use law, land use plan-
ning, pollution control, solid waste,
stormwater management, water
resources or wildlife manage-
ment. Terms are four years.
The county's Productivity Com-
mission has eight terms which ex-
pire Feb. 4. This 13-member
committee reviews the efficiency
of county government. Terms are
two years.
The Emergency Medical Serv-
ices Advisory Council has one va-
cancy, a seat representing county
commission district 4 which in-
cludes the City of Naples and
some adjacent areas. This
11-member council advises law-
makers on all aspects of its ambu-
lance system. ---
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CLAM BAY
NATURAL RESOURCES PROTECTION AREA
MANAGEMENT PLAN
Fourth Revision: November 21, 1994
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BAY
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INTRODUCTION
The Clam Bay ecosystem contains a healthy mangrove forest
and seagrass community that supports a wide variety of fish and
Wildlife in an area that is largely developed (Figure 1). These
natural areas contribute greatly to the Pelican Bay community and
the Clam Pass Park.
During the biological assessment of Clam Bay, a number of
management concerns became apparent and are documented within the
technical report. The management plan presented here is intended
to allow the Clam Bay system to continue to provide existing
Positive benefits as well as to monitor the system for potential
negative impacts that may need to be addressed.
The management programs discussed below have been developed
from investigations in the field as well as public input during
presentations to various interested organizations and the
Environmental Policy Technical Advisory Board (EPTAB). Although
the programs are separate and prioritized for ease of discussion,
like the natural systems, they are related and linked to each
other.
Six categories of concerns have been identified within the
technical report. These concerns are listed and will be
addressed individually.
1. Exotics control
2. water quality
3. Black mangrove die -off
4. Protection of seagrass beds
5. Clam Pass ongoing dredge and fill permit
6. Other problems and concerns about the Clam Bay NRPA.
MANAGEMENT GOAL
To develop a management plan that will maintain the Clam
Bay NRPA as a viable, self-sustaining system through
integration of natural resource protection and management
decisions with compatible human activities.
FIGLRE
AUST
PINE!
EXOTIC MANAGEMENT
The vegetation survey at Clam Bay indicated several areas
that had exotic infestation (Figure 2). Therefore, exotic
control is an important management tool in keeping the Clam Bay
NRPA a viable habitat for wildlife and native vegetation. Exotic
species can compete successfully against native species because
they normally lack biological controls that restrain native
species from population eruptions. Exotics will replace native
species rendering habitat less valuable for native wildlife.
Along the eastern side of Pelican Bay berm, in some
locations, Brazilian pepper, willow, cattails and primrose willow
were evident. These exotics should be removed before possible
invasion begins on the west side of the berm and into the
conservation easement. These areas are part of the Pelican Bay
stormwater treatment system and the Pelican Bay Services Division
has mandated maintenance duties which should be allowed to
continue unimpeded. On the northern portion of the western side
of the berm, cat -tails have formed a monoculture, dominating
other vegetation and lowering the value for wildlife utilization.
Along Clam Bay beach, several areas of Australian pines have
shaded out native vegetation. Also, Australian pine debris from
an earlier removal program still exists within the back beach
area. Several clumps of Scaevola gerecia, an exotic, need to be
removed and replanted with native species.
The remaining portions of the NRPA were not affected by
exotic infestation, and should remain in this state with an
active monitoring plan in place within the Clam Bay NRPA.
Recommendations: (Ranked)
EX 1: All existing exotics on the east side of the Pelican Bay
berm should be controlled by the Pelican Bay Services
Division.
Cost:
EX 2: Remove or poison Australian pines at Clam Bay beach and
clean up Australian pine debris from former removal
program. Collier County Parks and Recreation Department
responsibility.
Cost:.........................................$10,000-$30,000
EX 3: Remove exotic species Scaevola serecia clumps along
beach dune area to prevent spreading of species.
Collier County Parks and Recreation Department
responsibility.
Cost: ............................................ $ 5,000
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXOTIC MANAGEMENT
PROBLEMS PRIORITY COST $ TIME LIMIT RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT
EX 1 HIGH $ 3,000 1 YEAR PBSD
EX 2 MEDIUM $10,000- $30,000 1 YEAR NRD/PRD*
EX 3 LOW $ 5,000 3 MONTHS NRD/PRD
*POSSIBLE OUTSIDE CONTRACT
3.
WATER QUALITY
A balanced nutrient regime, adequate levels of dissolved
oxygen and minimal levels of organic contaminants are necessary
for the Clam Bay system to function properly as a nursery area
for fishes, shrimps, and other organisms valuable to commercial
and recreational interests. Nutrient enrichment is potentially
deleterious to aquatic systems in general. It can alter the
composition of the estuarine algal and macrophyte communities and
affect the functioning of the aquatic community. Consequences of
such alterations include lowered oxygen levels, increased
frequency of algal blooms, and, especially, more frequent blooms
of algae which may be toxic to fishes, birds, and other wildlife.
Analysis of water quality data collected by the Pelican Bay
Improvement District and the Pelican Bay Services District since
1980 at three estuarine stations (Figure 3) in the Clam Bay
system showed general trends of a long-term increase in nutrient
(nitrogen and phosphorus) concentrations.
Mangrove systems may also be susceptible to effects of
increased organic carbon concentrations in the sediments, which
can be a contributing factor in mortality. There are no data on
organic carbon concentrations in either the sediments or the
water column for the Clam Bay System.
The salinity regime in this system is affected by tidal
intrusion of coastal waters, the dilution effects of
precipitation and runoff, and the concentrating effects of
evaporation. The data available for this system suggest that the
salinity regime within the estuarine system is unremarkable and
there is no evidence of any long-term changes within the system.
Seasonality is notably absent and interannual variation is
minimal.
There are presently no data on the types and amounts of
pesticides and herbicides resident in aquatic sediments entering
the system via runoff and release from stormwater ponds.
Pesticides/herbicides can impact wildlife and plant populations
both over the short and long-term and mangrove systems may be
especially susceptible to their effects.
Recommendations: (Ranked)
WQ 1: Analyze the water quality data from the stormwater ponds
monitored historically by the Pelican Bay Improvement
District and currently by the Pelican Bay Services
District. Emphasis will be on identifying trends in
nutrient concentrations (nitrogen and phosphorus) and
release of stormwater to the estuary.
Cost: ............................................ca.$ 5,000
WQ 2: Enhance the existing water quality monitoring program
(conducted at three stations by the Pelican Bay Services
District) to include variables associated with nutrient
enrichment. This would include adding to the variable
list silicates, nitrate and nitrite nitrogen, total
organic carbon, and plant pigments (chlorophyll -a and
phaeophytin-a). The statistical and geographic design
of the monitoring program should be strengthened
(replicates, sample on ebbing tides only) so that trends
can be better detected, quantified, and usable as a
management tool. For example, it is estimated that five
replicate samples are required to detect a 100$
difference in phosphorus concentrations between stations
or a 50% difference in total nitrogen. The fewer the
number of samples for each location and time, the less
valuable are the data for identifying changes. The
recommendation is for a minimum of three with an optimum
of five.
WQ 2a: Continue monthly sampling at the three locations for
another 2-3 years, after which a seasonal approach
could be adopted. A full suite of variables aimed
at characterizing nutrient enrichment should be
evaluated over time and space. The current study
was not designed to provide management information
or quantify trends. These modifications are
recommended because seasonal effects on water
quality are not well understood in this system.
Cost: Laboratory ....................................$ 9,000
(Lab costs would be reduced to approximately $6,000
annually thereafter when only seasonal monitoring is
conducted).
WQ 2b: Undertake semiannual (wet and dry seasons) water
quality monitoring at an additional six (estimated)
stations within the system during both ebbing and
flooding tides.
Cost: Laboratory costs ($2,100 per station)........
•.$12,000
WQ 2c: Wet season sampling for organophosphate/carbamate
pesticides and herbicides is recommended.
Cost: Laboratory costs ($1,200 per station)........
• $11,000
WQ 3: Prepare a comprehensive assessment report,
integrating all data at the end of year one; annual
cumulative assessment reports thereafter.
Cost: Comprehensive Report: ................
••••••••••$13,500
Annual Report .................................$ 6,750
WQ 4: Citizen participation in water quality monitoring
and inventorying of the biotic assemblages should be
sought. Such programs would serve multiple
purposes. More data relevant to "ecosystem
management" concepts would become available and a
greater sense of stewardship could be developed
among the populace.
WQ 4a: A water quality monitoring similar to that currently
being conducted by "Save the Bays" in the adjacent
Moorings Bay system should be encouraged. County
staff would manage the data and integrate it with
other data collected above. Emphasis would be on
identifying spatial and temporal variations in
salinity as a tool towards better understanding of
circulation patterns.
WQ 4b: Citizen participation should also be sought to
develop inventories of select flora and fauna (e.g.,
fishes, birds) which utilize the Clam Bay system.
Such information, gathered semiannually or annually,
would provide additional data valuable for
evaluation of the health of the system and provide a
tool for assessing long-term changes.
Cost: ...........
................................. $2,500
WQ 5: Sediment quality monitoring should be undertaken
annually at all stations (nine in this example) to
better understand nutrient enrichment of the system
and to provide background data on organochlorine
pesticides and metals. Variables should include
nutrients (phosphorus, organic nitrogen, ammonia
nitrogen, and total organic carbon), organochlorine
pesticides, and trace metals (year one only unless
"high" concentrations are detected). After the
first year's sampling, a significant reduction in
stations would likely be recommended.
Cost: Laboratory costs (approx. $950 per station)..$ 8,500
(year 1)($1,000/year thereafter)
WQ 6: Biological monitoring should be undertaken on a
semiannual basis. Benthic community structure
should be monitored initially at the nine stations
proposed for water and sediment quality monitoring,
and then reduced if some stations appear to be
highly similar in composition. Use of volunteers
(see 3b.) would reduce labor costs significantly.
Cost: (Approx. $1,550 per station) .................
WQ 7: Preliminary comparisons of nitrogen concentrations
in Clam Bay and Collier County coastal waters and
wet precipitation indicates that rainfall and
coastal waters have nitrogen concentrations
considerably lower than those of Clam Bay. Inputs
from these and other sources (runoff) are, however,
unknown. A nutrient budget should be developed to
estimate inputs of nitrogen to the system from
precipitation, groundwater/runoff, tidal exchange
and nitrogen fixation. Such a budget would be a
valuable management tool in determining the
effectiveness of "Best Management Practices" for
water management purposes. The cost of such a
budget is presently unknown.
Cost: ............................................ Unknown
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WATER QUALITY MONITORING
PROTECTION
PROBLEMS
PRIORITY
COSTM
TIME LIMIT
RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT
WQ1
HIGH
5,000
N/A
PCD
WQ2
HIGH
9,000
2-3 YEARS,
UTILITIES, PCD
6,000
THEN REDUCE
SCOPE
WQ 2b.
MEDIUM
12,500
2-3 YEARS
PCD*
WQ 2c.
HIGH
11,000
2-3 YEARS
PCD*
WQ 3.
HIGH
13,500-
ON -GOING
PCD
6,750
WQ 4a.
MEDIUM
2,000
ON -GOING
PCD
WQ 4b.
MEDIUM
2,500
ON -GOING
PCD
WQ 5.
MEDIUM
8,500-
2-3 YEARS
PCD*
1,000
THEN REDUCE
FREQUENCY
WQ 6.
MEDIUM
14,000
2-3 YEARS
PCD (+ SUBCON.)
THEN REDUCE
SCOPE
WQ 7.
?
UNKNOWN
1 YEAR
UTILITY + SUB.
* or subcontractor
APPROXIMATE LIMIT
DIE OFF. THE ARE
TO BE 13 ACRES.
FIG�F- 4
A
OF THE MANGROVE
IS ESTIMATED
MANGROVE FOREST ECOSYSTEM
Mangrove forests are among the most productive ecosystems,
they also provide protection from coastal storms, and an
aesthetically pleasing landscape. The leaves and twigs form the
basis of the detritus food web that supports up to g0 % of the
important sport and commercial fisheries locally. The goal of
this portion of the plan is to design a monitoring program that
will identify threats to the existing healthy mangrove forest.
Concern for the health of the mangrove community in the
Clam Bay system has been expressed by many parties. Most of the
black mangroves in an area to the west of Upper Clam Bay (Figure
4) have died as well as several much smaller clumps of trees
throughout the system. During the preliminary investigation no
conclusive evidence to indicate the cause of the mangrove deaths
was discovered. Some "natural causes" such as inadequate
circulation, and rising sea level might be manifested as rising
soil salinities in supra tidal mangrove forests. The intention
of this portion of the management plan is to set up a monitoring
plan to track soil and water salinities as well as the extent of
the dead areas. This will relate to the Water quality section
and the Pass Maintenance section. Any dead areas that can not be
attributed to salinities, high water, or wind will be
investigated further and discussed with experts.
Recommendations: (Ranked)
MAN 1: Map the dead mangroves that include areas > 200 ft in
diameter. ( This will eliminate most of the lightning
killed and individual trees that have died of natural
causes.) Investigate and mark any new sites so that a
continuing assessment may be evaluated for each area.
Annual review of observations from condominiums, aerials
and over flights will be used to identify new areas if
any occur. Any new areas > 200 ft will be investigated
for disease, soil salinity, and marked for future
reference.
Cost:............................................$1,464.00
Volunteers would be able to assist in the collection of
additional data but there would be little reduction in
staff time.
MAN 2: Soil salinities will be monitored twice annually during
the dry season. Surface water salinities will be
monitored twice monthly throughout the system when
routine water quality samples find surface water
salinities greater than 40 ojoo or the pass closes. This
data can be used to justify a permit to open or clear a
restricted pass.
The surface water salinity collections may be done using
salinity meters and a corps of volunteers if possible.
If possible the volunteers could be used in the other
field work as well.
Cost:.........................................$2,050.00
Volunteer help could reduce staff time
to a total of ($732.00).
($732.00).
MAN 3: Monitoring and planting young mangroves in the largest
dead area north west of Upper Clam Bay will be done as
mitigation for a road project in the Wiggins Pass system
by an outside consultant. Propagules and young trees (if
necessary) will be planted and their growth monitored for
at least five years.
Cost: ..........................................$ 0
No staff time.
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
Problems
Priority
Cost
Time Limit
Res onsible De t.
MAN 1.
High
$1464.
2-5 years
NRD
MAN 2.
High
2050.
On -going
NRD
MAN 3.
Medium
0.
5 years
OCPM
$3514
SEAGRASS MEADOWS
IN OUTER ("ILA M BAY.
CLAM
PASS
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FIGIURE 5.
SEAGRASS PROTECTION IN THE CLAM BAY NRPA
Seagrass beds are one of the most productive and
ecologically important marine habitats in Collier County. These
communities provide habitat to a wide variety of organisms
including many commercially valuable species. Seagrass beds are
also environmentally sensitive habitats which act as biological
indicators of the surrounding marine environment. Seagrasses are
very susceptible to man induced impacts.
At least two species of seagrasses are known to occur within
the Clam Bay System. The two species identified in Clam Bay are
Cuban Shoal Grass (Halodule wrightii) and Turtle Grass (Thalassia
testudium). The seagrass beds are predominantly found in Outer
Clam Bay and extend to just north of the inlet at Clam Pass.
These beds represent the largest concentrations of seagrasses in
Collier County north of Rookery Bay (Figure 5).
The seagrass beds in Clam Bay were mapped and ground truthed
in June, 1994. The Halodule beds were found to be very prolific
and more wide spread than the previous year, but the Thalassia
was conspicuously absent. The Halodule is a heartier species of
seagrass and is able to withstand more stress than the Thalassia.
Recommendations: (Ranked)
SEA 1: Continue to monitor and map the extent and composition of
the seagrass beds.
Cost: .................................................. $ 500
SEA 2: Post the area as an Idle Speed Zone for all watercraft.
Cost: ..........
SEA 3: Mark the location of seagrass beds to warn boaters of
their presence.
Cost: ............ ..............
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MONITORING SEAGRASS PROTECTION
500
PROBLEMS PRIORITY COST UL. TIME LIMIT RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT
SEA
1.
HIGH
500
ONGOING
SEA
2.
HIGH
1,600
ONE YEAR
SEA 3. HIGH 500 ONE YEAR
* POSSIBLE OUTSIDE CONTRACT
NRD
CAP PROD*
NRD
CLAM PASS ONGOING DREDGE AND FILL PERMIT
Clam Pass provides for tidal action and flushing between
Gulf waters and approximately 600 acres of bay and mangrove
preserve. This tidal action, coupled with the inflow of fresh
water from the Pelican Bay Development and surrounding areas, are
extremely important in keeping the mangrove areas and Clam Bays
self sustaining. Without these two actions, this area will
suffer severe environmental consequences in the decline of water
quality and the loss of mangroves.
Clam Pass is a dynamic mixed energy inlet, affected by a
combination of wave and tidal action. The Pass frequently has
been closed by natural sedimentation. The last closure was by
tropical storm "Keith" in 1988. Each time, the Pass has been
reopened by County dredging operations.
Collier County will seek an ongoing permit from all
responsible agencies in order to make certain that Clam Pass
remains open.
Recommendations• (Ranked)
PER 1: Collier County will obtain an interim permit from U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Florida Department of
Environmental Protection, and Division of Beaches and
Shores with concurrence from the Division of State lands.
COST: OCPM (in house) ...................................$ 8,000
PER 2: If closed, Clam Pass will be maintained by dredge and
fill operations. Transportation services
COST: ................
PER 3: After completion and approval of the Inlet Management
Plan, Collier County will obtain an ongoing permit from
all responsible agencies. Office of Capital Projects
Management (outside consultant).
COST: ....................................................$50,000
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MONITORING DREDGE AND FILL PERMIT
PROCESS
PROBLEMS PRIORITY COSTS) TIME LIMIT RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT
PER 1 HIGH 8,000 ONE YEAR NRD/OCPM
PER 2 HIGH 5,000 ONE YEAR NRD/TS
PER 3 HIGH 50,000
*Possible outside contract
ONE YEAR
NRD/OCPM*
OTHER PROBLEMS/CONCERNS ABOUT CLAM BAY NRPA
During the Clam Bay biological survey, several other
concerns were documented while in the field. While th aAza
problems do not have a major impact on the System itself, NRD
staff believes that they should be part of the Clam Bay
Management Plan.
Recommendations: (Ranked)
CON 1: Several nature trials within the back beach area shall be
restored with nature signs.
Cost: ................................................. $1,000
CON 2: A program to install canoe directional signs should be
initiated. This would be of great benefit for people
using the bays and their tributaries for recreational
purposes.
Cost: ..........
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MONITORING CLAM BAY
PROBLEMS PRIORITY COSTS) TIME LIMIT RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT
CON
1:
MEDIUM
1,000
ONE
YEAR
PRD
CON
2:
HIGH
1,000
ONE
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