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ALTERNATIVES & ANALYSIS: <br />The Planning and Development Division reviews and submits <br />comments on dredge and fill applications to the permitting <br />agencies based upon the following, <br />The Conservation & Coastal Zoning Management Element of the <br />Indian River Comprehensive Plan <br />Coastal Zone Management, Interim Goals, Objectives & <br />Policies for the Treasure Coast Region <br />The Hutchinson Island Planning & Management Plan <br />The Indian River County Code of Laws and Ordinances <br />All of the five projects are located in the City of Vero Beach. <br />Therefore, the focus of staff review is on potential County and <br />regional impacts rather than site-specific impacts; in-depth <br />field inspections of the project sites were not conducted. <br />Chapter 16Q-20 of the Florida Administrative Code sets para- <br />meters for private residential single docks located in the <br />Indian River Aquatic Preserve. Section 16Q -20.04(5)(b), Florida <br />Administrative Code, sets further specific design standards and <br />criteria for private single docks. <br />Although the extent of any impacts are not fully known at this <br />time, there may be cumulative impacts of these and other dockage <br />projects proposed to be constructed along the Indian River upon <br />the Florida Manatee. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />It is recommended that the Board of County Commissioners autho- <br />rize staff to forward the following comments regarding these <br />projects to the Florida Department of Environmental,Regulation: <br />1) The Department of Environmental Regulation and other <br />appropriate agencies should coordinate with the D.N.R. to <br />determine if the proposed projects are located in•the <br />Indian River Aquatic Preserve and therefore subject to <br />requirements of Chapter 16Q-20, Florida Administrative <br />Code; <br />2) The Department of Environmental Regulation and other <br />appropriate agencies should consider the potential cumu- <br />lative impacts of dockage projects upon the Florida Mana- <br />tee; <br />3) The Department of Environmental Regulation and other <br />appropriate agencies should evaluate the potential impact <br />of marina projects on ecologically significant submerged <br />bottomlands such as seagrass beds in the Indian River. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Lyons, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Bowman, the Board unanimously (4-0) <br />authorized staff to forward the comments listed in <br />the above memo to the DER. <br />39 <br />BOOK. 6 PAGE 867 <br />