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CAC Minutes 03/24/2005 S March 24,2005 TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING OF THE COASTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE SPECIAL MEETING Naples, Florida, March 24, 2005 LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Collier County Coastal Advisory Committee in and for the County of Collier, having conducted business herein, met on this date at 1 :00 PM in SPECIAL SESSION in Building "F of the Government Complex, East Naples, Florida, with the following members present: CHAIRMAN: Ron Pennington John Arceri Anthony Pires Paul W. Sullivan James Snediker Heidi Kulpa Murray Hendel (Excused) John Sorey III (Excused) ALSO PRESENT: Maria Bernal, Tourist Tax Coordinator, Tourism Heidi Ashton, Assistant County Attorney Gary McAlpin, Coastal Project Manager 1 03-24-05 Page 1 of 1 MEETING AGENDA & NOTICE COASTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE SPECIAL MEETING THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2005 -1 :00 P.M. W. Harmon Turner Building (Administration Building F) Collier County Government Center, 3301 E. Tamiami Trail, Naples I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Changes and approval of Agenda: The purpose of this special meeting is to consider the schedule for renourishment of Hideaway Beach with consideration of sea-turtle nesting season. No Other business may be considered except by unanimous consent of the committee IV. Business: Consideration of the Schedule for Renourishment of Hideaway Beach 1. Hideaway Beach Schedule Options Agenda Item Summary 2. Biological Opinion Hideaway Beach a. Hideaway Beach Renourishment b. E-mail Hideaway Beach Mangrove Mitigation Plan and Notice to Proceed (NTP) Issuance c. Hideaway Beach Mangroves 3. Contractor Letters Confirming Delay Costs a. Weeks Marine and Marine Contracting Group Backup 4. Turtle Nesting Specifics on Hideaway Beach in May a. Nests in May b. Pictures V. Public Comments VI. Committee Member Discussion VII. Next Meeting Date/Location 1. April 14, 2005 - 1 :00 p.m. - BCC Board Room VIII. Adjournment All interested parties are invited to attend, and to register to speak and to submit their objections, if any, in writing, to the board prior to the meeting if applicable. For more information, please contact Maria Bernal at (239) 213-2966. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the Collier County Facilities Management Department located at 3301 East Tamiami Trail, Naples, FL 34112, (239) 774-8380. Public comments will be limited to 5 minutes unless the Chairman grants permission for additional time. Collier County Ordinance No. 99-22 requires that all lobbyists shall, before engaging in any lobbying activities (including, but not limited to, addressing the Board of County Commissioners) before the Board of County Commissioners and its advisory boards, register with the Clerk to the Board at the Board Minutes and Records Department. http://www.colliergov.net/tdc/cac/03-24-05.htm 3/22/2005 March 24, 2005 I. Meeting was called to order at 1 :00 PM. II. Roll Call- Mr. Hendel and Mr. Sorey being excused, a quorum was established. III. Changes and approval of Agenda: The purpose of this special meeting is to consider the schedule for renourishment of Hideaway Beach with consideration of sea-turtle nesting season. No other business may be considered except by unanimous consent of the committee. Mr. Arceri moved to accept. Second by Mr. Sullivan. Motion carries. IV. Business: Consideration of the Schedule for Renourishment of Hideaway Beach: 1. Hideaway Beach Schedule Options Agenda Item Summary Gary McAlpin, Coastal Project Manager- There were two options for review addressed in the summary. Hummiston & Moore have done an excellent job going above and beyond. The state has given notice to proceed. With permitting and regulatory issues it appears that we are in good shape. (Review of schedule) April 6th would be a pre-construction meeting. A pre-site notice would have to be done between now and the 6th. They would be able to start on May 7th due to logistics. There is a lot of work to be done before the actual dredging could start, due to set up. The mobilization will be done during the day. They believe it will take one month for sand placement, included in that time is 7 days of inclement weather. Ms. Kulpa- The biological opinion says it will take 150 days and go through the entire turtle season. Mr. McAlpin- If there are weather issues it will obviously take longer. If there is a delay then the contractor cannot guarantee availability. Ifwe decide to go to November then it should be re-bid now. Ms. Kulpa- There will be a problem from lights from the barge. Mr. McAlpin- We would conform to any regulations around equipment lighting at night. Mr. Pires- Have you applied for permits with Marco Island? Mr. McAlpin- Contractors are typically responsible for local permits. I will look into it. 2 March 24, 2005 Mr. Arceri- What experience has there been with Weeks? Mr. Pennington- They are nationally known. We do not have any direct experience with them. Mr. McAlpin- We have not had any direct experience with Weeks. Mr. Hummiston- We have worked with them before and they were on time. I thought they would be finished before the subject date. I would expect the cost to go higher if delayed until November, due to the weather fact and fuel cost. Mr. McAlpin- You will be coming out of hurricane season at that time. Ms. Kulpa- On page 31, terms and conditions, point 11; do we have enough people to do all of the monitoring? Mr. McAlpin- Environmental Services said they don't feel they have enough staff. We don't have a complete plan as of yet. I believe we can come up with a plan. Ms. Kraus- (Chart Shown) May is the slowest month of turtle season. Water temperature usually doesn't hit 81 degrees until the end of April. Mr. Arceri- Could we be getting more turtles because we have a larger beach after the restoration? Ms. Kraus- The turtles don't need much beach in order to nest; they will even go up into the vegetation. Mr. Pennington- (Read from report) Mr. Snediker- 65-70% of the dredging will be done at night; affecting about 130 feet of the beach at one time. Ms. Kraus- If a turtle comes ashore to nest the dredging will stop temporarily while the nest is relocated. A licensed person will have the authority to stop the dredging and take the nest. This would take approximately two hours. Mr. Pennington- If they see a turtle come up on they beach they have to stop dredging. Mr. Hummiston- Yes I think that is in the biological opinion, if they see a turtle then they have to stop the dredging. Mr. Arceri- Is there anything in this contract that gives penalties ifthe contractor does not finish in time? 3 March 24, 2005 Mr. Hummiston- I don't believe that is an issue, a contractor wants to get in and out in order to get paid. V. Public Comments: Eric Recknicks, President of the Hideaway Beach Association- I want to assure this board and those speakers that the Board of Hideaway Beach are committed to environmental concerns. We cover our lights on the beach during turtle nesting season. We formed a special taxing district so that the residents could pay for their own beach renourishment. This increased our property taxes by 15%. We are really close to having enough money to cover our share of the project. Ifwe have to wait until November and the cost of the project goes up, we will not have enough funds. We will then have to go back with a new referendum, which could not be done until April 2006. Temporary T -groins were put in about 1997 or 1998, they have since expired. The county is required to remove those. If they are taken out there will not be any protection. I am an advocate to continue this project. Nancy Richie, Environmental Specialist City of Marco Island- Until Monday the City of Marco Island was for the November start. After finding out that the contractor is unsure of November the city now recommends a start as soon as possible. When Collier Creek was dredged in turtle season a turtle crawled under a pipe. As I understand the time line: pre-construction April 6t\ mobilization April ih, first week of May pumping begins, this will take 30 days so that brings us to the first week of June; then two or three weeks of demobilization. Will the monitoring still be taking place while they are demobilizing? Mr. McAlpin- There won't be anymore night activities after the pumping has stopped. We will have a construction monitor out there. Mr. Pires- You have to arrange a meeting between the contractor, Fish and Wildlife, and the person responsible for egg relocation 30 days prior to commencement of work. Ms. Richie- This is something that needs to be dealt with tomorrow. Mr. Arceri- I am against June 7th as the finish date. Mr. Arceri moved to direct the county to proceed with this project based on an expected and planned completion date of May 31 st. Second by Mr. Snediker. (2) Opposed (4) for. Motion carries. Mr. Arceri- Ifwe start this project and he has major equipment problems why wouldn't we consider postponing the job? 4 March 24, 2005 Mr. McAlpin- We will do whatever it takes to plan and expedite this project to be completed in May. That is our commitment. VI. Committee Member Discussion: Ms. Kulpa- We shouldn't set precedence. The turtles affect everyone. Mr. Snediker- I prefer human beings myself. Mr. Pires- (Handed out articles) Ms. Kulpa- Thank you Mr. Pennington for the excellent job on the 22nd. Mr. Arceri- Thank you Gary McAlpin, super job. Mr. Pennington- I would like to echo that. Every board is reviewed every four years. We were required to submit data and make a presentation. (Open discussion on the informational gathering to take place on the boat tour. It was resolved to take the advice of the attorney and have Mr. McAlpin give the presentations after meeting in a clubhouse.) VII. Next Meeting Date/Location: 1. April 14, 2005 -1:00 P.M. - BCC Board Room VIII. Adjournment **** There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was adjourned by order of the Chair at 3:19 PM. COLLIER COUNTY COASTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Chairman, Ron Pennington 5