January 18, 2007 7:00 PM
ORANGE BOATING CLUB
Approved February 15, 2007
Call to Order - Chairman King called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.
Minutes - The minutes of the November and December 2006 meeting were approved as presented
Reports of other members
- SR 46 Bridge - Scott Bear, CH2MHill - Mr. Bear reported that bridge project has been delayed again because there are too many other design/build projects in the queue, and FDOT anticipates too few contractors to bid on the project. He said advertisement of the RFP has been delayed until May, with a selection in August and contract execution towards the end of the year. He said on this schedule, completion would still be sometime around January 2010.
- Site 10/Muck Disposal – Ed Hayes, FFWCC - Mr. Hayes reported he has a meeting schedule with the WMD to discuss regulatory issues. Mr. Hayes said, based on their assessment, the WMD is going to require mitigation at a 3 to 1 ratio, or a little over 700 acres, which is the best that the FFWCC can do. There was a discussion by the group about the mitigation and it was decided to draft bill language to ask the Legislature to provide FFWCC with what it needs to meet the ERP requirements. Sarah hardy, from Sen. Constantine’s office said language could be preliminary in order to meet the deadline and could be update after the WMD meeting.
- 1135 Modeling – Pete Milam, ACE – Mr. Milam reported on the alternatives currently being studied by the Corps modelers. He reported that the team is still having problems with quantifying habitat improvement. Chairman King and Mr. Milam discussed the need for having the model presented to the group.
- Federal Navigability – Kevin Buck, Congressman Feeney’s Office – Mr. Buck said there should be a determination forthcoming from the Coast Guard within a few days.
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Legislative Request – Sarah Hardy, from Sen. Constantine’s office - said language could be preliminary in order to meet the deadline and hold a bill space, and could be update after the WMD meeting.
After group discussion, it was decided Chairman King would draft preliminary language which would include:
- Acquiring Site 10 as a method of complying with the ERP requirements.
- Add a rider on to Seminole County’s request, asking for funding to remove reclaimed water disposal from the site.
- Include the balance of the language from the previous legislative request, except for the reference to regulatory relief.
Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m.