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EPTAB Minutes 03/14/1994 DRAFT: 3/15/94 APPROVED: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES OF March 14,1994 Present: Gary Beardsley David Land Nancy Payton Robert Duane Derek Hodgin Christopher Hagan Dorothea Zysko Steven Means Notified Absences: Mike Davis, David Maehr Staff: Bill Lorenz Dick Hartwell James Hatcher Kevin Dugan Kimberly Polen Lisa Douglass Barbara Cacchione Public: Fran Stallings Tony Polzios I. Meeting called to order II. Roll call 1. Introduction of New Member of Derek Hodgin 2. An updated list of EPTAB Members and addresses was handed out. 3. LDC Procedures and Natural Resources Policy 010 was handed out to the EPTAB members. III. Approval of Minutes: 1. The minutes of the February 14, 1994 were approved 5 to 1 abstention. Gary Beardsley wanted clarification on abstaining without filing appropriate paperwork, with finical burden. Staff is checking with the County Attorneys office on this issue. IV. Old Business: a. Status Report for Subcommittees Gary Beardsley wanted to add to the agenda a mini status Report on the Golden Gate Estates subcommittee from Chris Hagan and the happenings of Army Corp field trip that occurred the morning of March 14, 1994. Dorothea Zysko stated she believed it to be a good idea to always have an item on the agenda for reports from the sub- subcommittees. She further stated that it was more appropriate to call these committees Ad Hoc Committees. Kimberly Polen summarized the discussion to three specific issues; Vegetation, Wildlife and Hydrology. Discussion under each heading was to include restoration opportunities. The following members were appointed to consider specific areas: 1) Dave Maehr- large mammals; 2) Dave Addison- small animals; 3) Gary Beardsley- Vegetation; 4) Chris Hagan- Hydrology, and these would be reported the next subcommittee meeting. Staff agreed to put together a draft bibliography with information relayed to North Golden Gate Estates. This Draft would be submitted to the EPTAB committee for their input and comments. Chris Hagan stated the boundaries were North of Alligator Alley and East of 951. He stated he wants to include every general report in the bibliography. He explained that a lot of the issues have been looked at before and that it would be beneficial to look at these reports and not recreate the wheel. Steven Means joined the meeting. Gary Beardsley summarized the group's theory to layer information, and if possible update the information. He said their "Major Goal" was to answer: Is there any resource of value functions in North Golden Gate Estates that needs to be protected? b. Field trip with the Army Corp Gary Beardsley reported on the status of the Corp field trip. Gary Beardsley stated that the County and the Army Corp are negotiating to see if they can come up with some kind of delegated authority agreement. Basically, it focus down to Golden Gate Estates would be in two Parts. One Part would be under a general permit, and one part would be under Army Corp. The County would have a information process where they would look at an area for it's location within or outside the general permit area. If you are inside the general permit the county would issue the permit in house. If you are outside the general permit then the Corp would review the permit. David Land joined the meeting. Bill Lorenz stated if EPTAB members wanted to address the Natural Resource issues we can assist you, however if you want to address the details of the agreement you would need the Development Services to be present. Gary Beardsley suggested Barbara Burgeson be present at the next EPTAB meeting to clarify the general permit agreement. Basically, the County is trying propose when a person comes in and applies to the permit, and it is in the general permit area, they will ask if it in the below the threshold limits established. If it is outside the general permit area, and/or is above the threshold limits the Army Corp of Engineers will review the permit. c. BCC Approval of the NRPA Program Bill Lorenz updated the members on the Board of County Commission decision to proceed with the NRPA Program utilizing Clam Bay as an example. They also wanted a procedure or guideline to follow. Dick Hartwell is preparing a Project Plan for the work to be completed at Clam Bay. Staff is currently brainstorming ideas on Clam Bay. The next decision will be to decide which NRPA and what set of NRPA to bring back to the board. Dorothea Zysko asked if that was going to be based on staff's ability to handle the workload. Bill Lorenz explained that he has allocated 2 Full Time Employees(FTE), for this program, and that staff need to establish a system within that allocation of time. David Land stated he believed staff should prepare and complete Clam Bay before continuing further. Nancy Payton inquired to the time frame for completion of the Clam Bay NRPA. Bill Lorenz stated that they are currently working on a task timeline and completion plan for Clam Bay. It should be ready for the next EPTAB meeting. d. LDC shortcomings/NRPA Protection Mechanisms Barbara Cacchione, Long Range Planning discussed the Transfer of Development Rights. Various options were discussed. David Land explained the problem was that there is no economical incentive to use TDR. Barbara Cacchione said that the TDR has not been utilized recently, more incentive to use the PUD instead of the TDR. The only way to make the TDR system work is more regulations. She stated she recently received a copy of Partners Proposal State TDR which has new information. She state she will distribute copies to EPTAB members. A MOTION was made by Robert Duane that EPTAB ask the Board of County Commissioners to direct staff to prepare an amendment to the Land Development Code to allow clustering for the density requirement in NRPA's. The motion passed 7 to 1. This motion would submitted in a letter to the Board of Commissioners by the Chairman and Robert Duane. e. Manatee Protection Plan Comments Kevin Dugan reported that the State may have some changes to the Manatee Protection Plan. However, he would like EPTAB members to provide written comments on the draft plan. Gary Beardsley inquired about the letter from Commissioner Tim Constantine to the Army Corp of Engineers. Bill Lorenz stated that we would obtain it and distribute copies to EPTAB Members. V. NEW BUSINESS: a. Gary Beardsley stated that he recently received a copy of the Florida Panther Habitat Protection Plan- November 1993. He stated there is some good information in the back of this document. The back 19 pages of Methods of Habitat Protection could be utilized for and during the NRPA Program. It has a list of each agency's responsibilities. Bill Lorenz stated staff make copies of the document and distribute them. The subcommittee meeting for North Golden Gate was scheduled for Thursday March 24., 1994 at 7:30 a.m. b. Bill Lorenz informed the members that the Strategic Planning for the County would be held on March 29, 1994. Various discussion took place about the definition of "Quality of Life" and where Environmental issues fit in. VI. ACTION ITEMS: a. Staff distribute copies of the letter Commissioner Constantine sent to the Army Corp of Engineers. b. Staff copy the "Method of Habitat Protection" from the Florida Panther Habitat Preservation Plan- November 1993, and submit to all of the EPTAB Members. Meeting adjourned at 5:55 p.m.