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PE ri r1 D1'.T WE,THE UNDERSIGNED RESIDENTS OF ROCKRIDGE AND FAIRLANE HARBOR REQUEST TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REGARDING THE NAVIGATION PROBLEM THAT EXISTS IN THE 14th STREET CANAL. THE PROBLEM OF SILTING, CAUSED BY HURRICANE 'DAVID' IN 1979 WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS BEING DEPOSITED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 17th ST. BRIDGE AND RECENTLY THE INDIAN RIVER BOULEVARD BRIDGE, MAKES THE CANAL ESSENTIALLY NOT NAVIGABLE. Name Address Date .2Sd /err' ,a Pi r/r/f Douglas Auty, 43 S. Harbor Drive, resident of Fairlane Harbor for ten years, informed the Board that the canal known as the South Canal runs in front of his house. In 1978 he had a dock built and bought a boat, and at that time, could go out of the canal into the lntraCoastal Waterway without any problem. Shortly after Hurricane David, however, there was a build-up of sand so that it was very hard to get out except at extremely high tide, and now since the 17th Street Bridge was built, the additional sand and silt have made it really impossible. As a result two neighbors have sold their boats and two others now rent docks in other parts of the park. Mr. Auty continued that about a year ago Public Works Director Jim Davis came to Fairlane to talk about the extension of Indian River Boulevard, and during that discussion, the question of dredging the canal was raised. Mr. Davis at that time said he would have the dredge come down and dredge out the canal, and he said a permit would not be necessary because there was not that many cubic yards of sand involved. However, nothing was ever done. Public Works Director Davis informed the Board that the county staff did try to work with Coastal Marine Construction who was doing work at the bridge, but because of their workload, 19 APR 12 1988 BOOK 72 FAGE 19