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AR 2-8 1989 <br />BOOK 76 PAGE 4& <br />Addressing the environmentally sensitive area, Mr. Orcutt <br />noted that at the end of the drainage canal, there is an area of <br />lush seagrasses and a very active manatee area which would be <br />threatened by major increased activity from the proposed boat <br />ramp. Heavy boat traffic there would increase turbidity and make <br />it more difficult for the survival of seagrasses. He suggested <br />that the public boat ramp at Oslo Road be used since boats must <br />be kept off-site in this development. <br />Mr. Orcutt stated that he had a hard time believing that the <br />boat ramp is going to have minimal use, since there are about 60 <br />people in attendance this morning who are excited about the boat <br />ramp being built there. He wished to look at the numbers for <br />potential boating. Assuming there are 500 units in Grove Isle <br />and only 10% of those people have boats, you are looking at 50 <br />boats. Given that there are only 5 parking spaces, let's say <br />that only 5 people a day could use that ramp. If each of these <br />people used their boats twice a month, you are looking at 100 <br />additional movements in that canal in front of River Shores. <br />This means that it only takes 10% of Grove Isle's population to <br />have boats to result in a constant flow in and out of there, and <br />he felt that is a real conflict to the argument for minimal use. <br />Mr. Orcutt noted that there are only 6 boats in River Shores at <br />the present time and their use is limited, because most of the <br />residents work and are not retired. <br />Mr. Orcutt next wanted to address the question of ownership <br />of the bottom lands, but Vice Chairman Eggert interjected that it <br />had been established earlier in this meeting that the public can <br />pass over bottom lands that are privately owned. <br />In conclusion, Mr. Orcutt felt we are talking about a <br />potentially dramatic increase in boating activity in a very <br />sensitive part of the river as defined by the Florida Game and <br />Fresh Water Fish Dept., and none of this made sense to him from a <br />environmentally standpoint, especially when these people were <br />22 <br />