EAC-SC Minutes 07/25/2012Minutes of 7 -25 -2012 Environmental Advisory Council sub - committee meeting.
Meeting held in room 609 at the Horseshoe Drive location. 9 am to 11 am.
Chris D'Arco, Steve Preston, Jeremy Franz, Andrew Dickman, David Bishof, Gary
McNally, Gina Downs in attendance
David Bishof stated that EAC sub - committee recommendations need to be brief. The
recommendations should be presented to the planning commission by an EAC
member. Would like to see the recommendations posted on the website and
suggested the language be in layman terms.
Some discussion ensued concerning the watershed management plan. The plan was
'accepted' by the board of county commissioners. Perhaps 'adoption' of the plan by
the BCC would move the plan beyond the recommendation stage to the
implementation stage.
Steve Preston stated that the BCC accepted the plan as a technical document and the
North Golden Gate flow way is being studied using criteria from the new watershed
management plan.
EAC members were concerned that the watershed management plan not be 'put on
the shelf'. A lot of time and money went into developing the plan and the EAC would
like assurances that it was not a wasted effort.
Gary McNally recommended development of a schedule for implementing the
watershed management plan. Would like to see it adopted in resolution form.
It was suggested that the committee might pull specific items from the plan and
promote their implementation. In essence, have the committee develop the timeline
and not just suggest that one be developed.
Andrew Dickman wondered if we needed a manual for the Low Impact Development
criteria. He said if the LID principles are to move forward into the land development
code, they should be organized in a manual first.
Gary McNally suggested that the credits program for implementing LIDs be compared
with credit programs for same in other Florida counties. He thought the
demographics would be helpful.
Discussion took place regarding what should or should not be included in spreadsheet
format for county comparisons.