Agenda 12/11/2012 Item #10AC12/11/2012 Item 10.AC.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation to direct Turrell, Hall & Associates, Inc. to prepare a work order under
Contract #10 -5571 to update the existing Clam Bay Management Plan to ensure the
preservation of the Clam Bay system and compliance with this preserve's Natural Resource
Preservation Area ( "NRPA ") designation; and, to establish criteria as indicators for
evaluation of dredging needs for the purpose of maintaining flushing for the environmental
benefit of the Clam Bay system; to present such work order to the PBSD, the TDC, and the
BCC at the first January, 2013 meeting of each of these respective boards.
OBJECTIVE: To update the existing Clam Bay Management Plan to ensure the preservation of
the Clam Bay system and compliance with the preserve's NRPA designation; and, to establish
criteria as indicators for evaluation of dredging needs for the purpose of maintaining flushing for
the environmental benefit of the Clam Bay system. This shall be accomplished through a work
order under Contract 410 -5571 for a total cost not to exceed $34,000. The work order
deliverables shall include the following:
. Update the Clam Bay Management Plan to achieve the objective of `preservation' since the
`restoration' objective has been successfully achieved.
. Modify the State and Federal maintenance dredging permits to incorporate the revised
Management Plan objective.
. Develop and implement an updated Monitoring Plan consistent with the revised objective of
the Management Plan.
CONSIDERATIONS: The Clam Bay Management Plan has successfully achieved the
restoration of the mangrove system within Clam Bay. The next management phase will entail
preserving the restored mangrove system. To that end, the Clam Bay Management Plan shall be
updated based on obtained monitoring data to incorporate the preservation objective. Inherent to
the preservation of the mangrove system is the need to provide adequate flushing through
maintenance dredging of Clam Pass to ensure the health of the mangroves. The update to the
Management Plan shall include a recommendation that listed monitoring data, evaluated in
totality, shall be the basis for future dredging considerations. The updated Management Plan
guidelines shall serve as the basis for the modification of the State and Federal maintenance
dredging permits. Clam Pass and Clam Bay shall be recognized and managed as a single unified
system, rather than as bifurcated systems, given that both the pass and the bay constitute the
NRPA and must be taken as a whole. Further, an updated monitoring plan shall be developed
and implemented consistent with the objectives of the updated Management plan.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this work order shall be from the Tourist Development Tax
Fund 195; the total cost shall not exceed $34,000.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item has been reviewed by the County Attorney, is legally
sufficient, and requires majority vote for approval. -JAK
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12/11/2012 Item 10.AC.
RECOMMENDATION: To update the existing Clam Bay Management Plan to ensure the
preservation of the Clam Bay system and compliance with the preserve's NRPA designation;
and, to establish criteria as indicators for evaluation of dredging needs for the purpose of
maintaining flushing for the environmental benefit of the Clam Bay system. This shall be
accomplished through a work order under Contract #10 -5571 with Turrell, Hall & Associates for
a total cost not to exceed $34,000. The work order deliverables shall include the following:
. Update the Clam Bay Management Plan to achieve the objective of `preservation' since the
`restoration' objective has been successfully achieved.
. Modify the State and Federal maintenance dredging permits to incorporate the revised
Management Plan objective.
. Develop and implement an updated Monitoring Plan consistent with the revised objective of
the Management Plan.
Turell, Hall & Assoc. shall present the proposed work order to the PBSD, the TDC, and the BCC
at the first January, 2013 meeting of each of these respective boards.
PREPARED BY: Commissioner Georgia Hiller
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12/11/2012 Item 10.AC.
COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Item Number: 10.AC.
Item Summary: Recommendation to direct Turrell, Hall & Associates, Inc. to prepare a
work order under Contract #10 -5571 to update the existing Clam Bay Management Plan to
ensure the preservation of the Clam Bay system and compliance with this preserve's Natural
Resource Preservation Area ( "NRPA ") designation; and, to establish criteria as indicators for
evaluation of dredging needs for the purpose of maintaining flushing for the environmental
benefit of the Clam Bay system; to present such work order to the PBSD, the TDC, and the BCC
at the first January, 2013 meeting of each of these respective boards. (Commissioner Hiller)
Meeting Date: 12/11/2012
Prepared By
Name: BrockMaryJo
Title: Executive Secretary to County Manager, CMO
12/5/2012 3:28:42 PM
Submitted by
Title: Executive Secretary to County Manager, CMO
Name: BrockMaryJo
12/5/2012 3:28 :43 PM
Approved By
Name: KlatzkowJeff
Title: County Attorney
Date: 12/5/2012 3:38:49 PM
Name: OchsLeo
Title: County Manager
Date: 12/5/2012 4:16:07 PM
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