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TO: The Honorable Members of DATE: November 25, 1987 FILE: The Board of County Commissioners DIVISION HEAD CONCURRENCE: SUBJECT: DER STANDARD DREDGE & FILL PERMIT APPLICATION Ro ert M. K ti g, #311398159 Planning & Developm t Director Applicant: Friedt Foundation FROM:Michael K. Miller Mtn REFERENCES: DREDGE & FILL/MISC2 Chief Environmental Planning & Code Enforcement It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners_ at their regular meeting of December 8, 1987. DESCRIPTIONS AND CONDITIONS: The DER routinely solicits comments from local governments during their permit review process and considers comments from local governments in acting on dredge and fill permit applications. Typically, the staff responds to DER on small scale --projects, when the .comments are technical - but- not negative. :=Such staff level comments are not generally brought to the attention of the Board of County Commissioners.- The subject dredge and fill application, however, concerns the filling of 16 acres of submerged bottomlands, and has the potential to seriously impact the lagoon. Therefore, the staff recommends that the Board review the information contained herein and authorize comments to be sent to DER. The project is located in the Indian River Lagoon, 1.6 miles south of the Sebastian Inlet, to the west of Highway AIA (Section 28, Township 30 South, Range 39 East). The proposed project is located within the unincorporated portion of the County. Although most area seaward of mean high water is under state ownership, certain submerged bottomland is privately owned. The subject property constitutes some of that privately owned bottomland. The applicant has applied for a dredge and fill permit from the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation (DER} A dredge and fill permit from DER is necessary prior to any filling of submerged bottomlands in the Indian River Lagoon. The applicant _ proposes to fill an area of approximately 16 acres that is currently below the mean high water line, in order to develop a residential subdivision. If the State issues the dredge and fill permit, the applicant will file with the County for subdivision approval, and the County will apply County requirements during the subdivision review process. The applicant intends to construct 16 single-family lots of approximately one acre each. Water and sewer service would be provided by individual well and septic tank, and stormwater runoff will be detained on-site and discharged to the lagoon. A concrete seawall will be constructed at the perimeter of the project, and docking facilities are proposed. ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS: The Planning and Development Division reviews and submits comments on dredge and fill applications to the permitting agencies based upon the following: The Conservation & Coastal Zone Management Element of the Indian River Comprehensive Plan DEC 8 1987 7 BOOK 70 F,gGF 254