EPTAB Minutes 09/09/1991 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD
Minutes of 09 September 1991 Meeting
Present: Dave Addison Gary Beardsley Tony Pires
Mike Davis David Land Glenn Simpson
David Maehr Steve Means Mike Saadeh
David Wilkison
Absent: Larry Richardson (excused)
1. Meeting called to order at 4 : 08 P.M. by Chairman Glenn
Simpson.
2 . Chairman Simpson asked that the minutes be more detailed.
Bill Lorenz stated that minutes will not be able to be more
detailed unless transcribed by the Clerk of Courts at a cost
of $100/meeting hour. A general discussion ensued as to how
to get more details without causing hardships to the staff
and without incurring great cost. A suggestion was made
that EPTAB members could supplement the minutes with
detailed accounts of those areas which they feel important.
3 . Chairman Simpson stated that he felt the minutes of 26
August were not factually correct and he wanted to listen to
the tapes before he could approve them. A consensus was
reached to delay approval of said minutes until next
meeting.
4 . Bill Lorenz outlined his approach for obtaining BCC approval
to initiate a County Land Acquisition Program. He would
like to be on the Board agenda for the 17 September. He
also noted that Valerie Boyd, SFWMD Governing Board, will be
on the same agenda to request funding for the CREW Trust.
Mike Saadeh reported that SFWMD offered to fly EPTAB over
the CREW area to enable them a better understanding of the
CREW project, and to enable the EPTAB to see how all the
lands fit together in the County "jigsaw puzzle" .
5. Mr. Lorenz also noted that the Annual Collier County Public
Survey contained a question relating to land acquisition:
"An increase of 1/4 mill for five years is an acceptable way
to purchase environmentally sensitive wetlands. " The
results showed 41. 6% agree, 39 . 6% disagree, 18% no opinion.
6. Chairman Simpson expressed his feelings that three areas in
the County need protection: 1) Saltwater wetlands; 2)
Freshwater wetlands; 3) Scrub habitats.
7 . Gary Beardsley expressed concern that acquisition only one
prong of GMP and he hoped that EPTAB would tackle some of
the other issues in the GMP. Chairman Simpson assured him
that all of the other mandates in the GMP will be examined
by EPTAB.
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8 . Gary Beardsley also brought up a need to be as simplistic as
possible in the presentation to the BCC. David Maehr
responded that the Mission Statement of EPTAB would be
direct and in simple language. Hopefully, the statement
will be ready for discussion by the next meeting. In
response to Mr. Beardsley's suggestion, EPTAB made several
suggestions as to how to improve the wording in the
Executive Summary that Mr. Lorenz wishes to present to the
BCC on the 17th.
9 . Mike Davis made a motion to give approval to Mr. Lorenz to
proceed with the agenda item for the 17th if the changes
suggested by EPTAB are incorporated. This was seconded by
Tony Pires and unanimously approved.
10. The next item of business was a presentation by Dave Addison
on the Status Report of the Agriculture Subcommittee. A
general discussion of the refinement of and how to
accomplish the proposed goals ensued.
11. Meeting adjourned at 6: 10 P.M.
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