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� _ r <br />preserved and flushed and stated there will be some connections <br />for circulation where there will be no boat traffic. <br />Chairman Lyons asked for an explanation of the controversy <br />about the 4' - 2' depth. <br />Mr. Snyder advised that the Regional Planning Council staff <br />put on a condition of a maximum of 4' depth; County staff had <br />recommended 21; however, after some discussion re the need to <br />maintain flushing and because mid tide is 1' lower at one time of <br />the year, they agreed that was good reason for maintaining some <br />at 41. There is no intent to utilize those channels other than <br />for aesthetics and to flush. The deepest point in the marina is <br />7', and dredge and fill permits are in process. Mr. Snyder noted <br />that the low marsh system has not been open to the river in a <br />long time. They want to have a low marsh fringe about the high <br />marsh so the system can respond in ei-ther direction. He further <br />noted that the total fringe area, which is recognized as the most <br />highly productive ecotone, increases to about 61 miles. <br />Commissioner Bird inquired if what was shown is what they <br />are going to recreate as a mitigation and it is non-productive <br />now. <br />Mr. Bieman clarified that it is non-functional since it is <br />not connected to the river, and Mr. Snyder believed the proposed <br />reconnecting will be of great benefit to the river. He informed <br />that Board that it has been estimated that there are some 39,000 <br />acres of impoundments from Jupiter to Titusville, and most people <br />agree that connecting them back to the river is the hope for the <br />future of the Indian River. This, they feel, is the kind of <br />thing that can be done at private expense to give the river back <br />something that is demanded by the area. <br />Commissioner Scurlock believed part of the area proposed to _ <br />be reconnected has a DDT problem, and if they do reconnect it, he <br />wished to know if the DDT will get into the river. <br />Mr. Snyder stated that it would get into the river to a much <br />lesser extent. He noted that the water comes back in from the <br />77 <br />1,985 BOOK 62 <br />