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EAC Minutes 01/12/2006 S January 12, 2006 TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING OF THE COLLIER COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL Naples, Florida, January 12, 2006 LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Environmental Advisory Council in and for the County of Collier, having conducted business herein, met on this date at 9:00 AM in SPECIAL SESSION in Building "F" of the Government Complex, East Naples, Florida, with the following members present: CHAIRMAN: William Hughes Terrence S. Dolan William Hill Lee Horn- Absent Dr. Judith Hushon Irv Kraut- Absent Dr. Erica Lynne- Absent Nick Penniman Michael V. Sorrell ALSO PRESENT: Steven Griffin, Assistant County Attorney Bill Lorenz, Environmental Services Director Barbara Burgeson, Sr. Environmental Specialist Raymond Smith, Director of Pollution Control & Prevention Department 1 ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL AGENDA January 12, 2006 9:00 A.M. Commission Boardroom W. Harmon Turner Building (Building "F") - Third Floor I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Agenda IV. Approval of Meeting minutes - No minutes at this time V. Upcoming Environmental Advisory Council Absences VI. Land Use Petitions VII. Old Business A. Continuation of Review of EAR amendments VIII. New Business IX Subcommittee Reports X. Council Member Comments XI. Public Comments XII. Adjournment ******************************************************************* ************************************* Council Members: Please notify the Cheri Rollins. Administrative Assistant no later than 5:00 D.m. on January 10, 2006 if YOU cannot attend this meetina or if YOU have a conflict and will abstain from votina on a Detition (403-2424). General Public: Any person who decides to appeal a decision of this Board will need a record of the proceedings pertaining thereto; and therefore may need to ensure that a verbatim record of proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. January 12, 2006 I. Meeting was called to order at 9:03 AM by Acting Chair Hushon. II. Roll Call Roll call was taken with a quorum was established. III. Approval of Agenda Mr. Penniman moved to approve the agenda. Second by Mr. Hill. Carried unanimously 6-0. IV. Approval of Meeting minutes - No minutes at this time V. Upcoming Environmental Advisory Council Absences None VI. Land Use Petitions None VII. Old Business A. Continuation of Review of EAR amendments Ray Smith, Director of Pollution Control & Prevention Department gave a power point presentation (see attached) including the following points: . Review of tests and responsibilities. . Clarifying questions addressed. . The purpose of the study to be implemented every five years is to determine the best of increase of urban and agricultural land use on anthropogenic loading on Southwest Florida estuaries. . Introduction of staff. Dr. Hushon suggested April and October to take samples. She also noted, that there are a number of other pesticides to be addressed, that are used by lawn care and farming. Mr. Smith replied that they have been evaluating the list that she had supplied, and evaluating the cost. Dr. Bushon also made the recommendation to look into the surface water program with the same list of chemicals for one year along with broad passes every five years. Pesticide lists should be updated according to pesticides being used. 2 January 12, 2006 Mr. Penniman owns an independent testing laboratory in Baltimore which operates in a very competitive market, an individual test would cost $150-$250 for a single sample, $3,000 for a panel of sixteen pesticides and $2,000 for agricultural with a 48 hour turnaround. If more turnaround time was aloud and tests performed at the same time the price would go down significantly; approximately $1,300 a panel. Dr. Hushon would like to see sediment data and water quality taken at the same time. She also expressed concerns with design models for PUDs and such and would like to have them checked. Mr. Penniman brought out the possibility of not all programs for pollution check having good enforcement with proper sanctions. Mr. Lorenz addressed policy 2.3.6 (b). Overhead demonstration of "Evaluation of Alternative Storm water Regulations for Southwest Florida". He suggested having the County in partnership with other water quality agencies develop a monitoring program to evaluate performance of stormwater systems permitted by the South Florida Water Management District. Based upon that kind of study, recommendations on the regulatory structure could be changed. A noncompliance condition of the stormwater system will then have to be established and a manner of compliance set up. Mr. Penniman suggested building the cost into the developments and specify the time frame on the studies with a specific department to report to. Dr. Hushon suggested the language "require Collier County by 2009 to undertake an analysis of the current model used to evaluate stormwater management structure designs. This will include sampling pre and two year post construction at at least ten PUD outfalls. Based on this an assessment of the models should be made and presented to the Board of County Commissioners". Also adding "in addition to nutrients and heavy metals in the stormwater model, lawn care pesticide and nutrient effluence should be evaluated". She volunteered to meet with Mr. Smith and suggested having TruGreen or Lusco give a presentation. It was noted that low grassy or older retention areas should be tested Mr. Hughes would like a bi-annual report from Pollution Control and Prevention Departments. Public Speakers- Jim Kramer, Citizen of Collier County an opponent of Frank Halas at the last election, read from the newspaper that asked how polluted is the water that comes off of driveways, yard ways, streets, and fairways. He asked how much of the pollution is being caused by the neighbor, South 3 January 12, 2006 Water Reclamation Plant, and commercial vehicles that speed at 55 miles an hour. He has already sent notification to Jim Mudd, John Prat, the Commissioner and the Sheriffs Department on the speed of commercial vehicles. The meeting recessed at 10:30 AM reconvening at 10:45 AM. Mr. Dolan noted that he is on the Estero Bay Agency for Bay Management where a presentation was given updating the progress of the Special Basin Rule dealing with best management practices for water quality purposes. It will probably be put back for hearing and public comment in late spring. GOAL 8: Policy 8.1.3: 1. - Mr. Griffin suggested a language change of "The Collier County Sheriff s Office will continue to stop vehicles with visible exhaust emission". GOAL 9: Policy 9.4.3:- Mr. Griffin suggested adding "62-761 or 62-762, F.A.C. as applicable" GOAL 10: Policy 10.1.5:- Deleted due to Policy 7.2.3: redundancy. Policy 10.1.14:- Changing the word "is" to "are". Policy 10.4.7:- Name changes that will have to be further evaluated. Policy 1 0.6.1: - The removal of Tigertail will need to be researched. GOAL 11: No suggested changes GOAL 12: Policy 12.3.4:- Items #1 and #2 need to be deleted. Rick Zyvoloski, Emergency Management Coordinator relayed that the 2001 Regional Planning Council Hurricane Evacuation Study is the most recent; there is a contract out for revision. He added that FGCU is recognized as the States LP 1. They have emergency satellite radios and telephones in order to have dedicated communication so that they can initiate emergency broadcasting. He also noted that native trees are better at surviving 4 January 12, 2006 Florida weather. Mr. Penniman feels that the emergency management was excellent. Policy 10.3.14:- Delete "which will maintain any changes to levels determined acceptable" adding "compatible with these resources and natural systems". GOAL 13: No suggested changes VIII. Public Comments Brad Cornell, Collier County Audubon Society supports all of the changes except Objective 2.1. He feels that 2018 is too late, proposing 2010 adding "individual watersheds shall be prioritized for rolling completion and implementation prior to the deadline for completion of all the plans". He suggested establishing a subcommittee to motivate the process. Jean Jourdan mentioned that there are different State agencies working on the project. 2018 would be the date the watershed management plan could be completed. There will be further discussion of this subject. Dr. Hushon suggested having the first plan completed by 2008 and all watersheds completed by 2012 with the individual watersheds prioritized by the intensity of ongoing development. The Committee agreed that the new proposed language for Policy 6.1.1 :(2) is optimal. The committee also agreed to suggested language changes for Policy 6.1.1 :(4). Mr. Griffin mentioned that "Conservation Mechanism" is not a legal term. It would need to be developed ifused. Policy 6.1.1:(10) b. should read "equal or greater than". Policy 6.1.2: would need the criteria corrected. Mr. Hill noted that Policy 6.1.1 :(3) should read "On-site and off-site". Mr. Lorenz will have additional analysis on .5 acres under 6.1.1 :(1 0) b. IX. New Business None X. Subcommittee Reports None 5 January 12, 2006 XI. Council Member Comments Mr. Hughes commented that the Sheriffs department needs to police dump trucks. ***** There being no further business for the good ofthe County, the meeting was adjourned by order of the Chair at 11 :54 AM. COLLIER COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL Chairman William Hughes 6