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The Board reviewed the following memo dated 1/29/90: <br />TO: James Chandler <br />County Administrator <br />DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br />Robert eating, CP <br />Community, Devel pme Director <br />FROM: Roland DeBlois, AICP <br />Chief, Environmental Planning <br />DATE: January 29, 1990 <br />SUBJECT: INTERIM MANATEE PROTECTION <br />SPEED ZONE PLAN <br />It is requested that the data presented herein be given formal <br />consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at their <br />regular meeting on February 6, 1990. <br />DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS: <br />On December 19, 1990, the Board of County Commissioners adopted a <br />resolution approving a "conceptual" interim manatee protection <br />speed zone plan, which was forwarded to the Florida Department of <br />Natural Resources to meet a December 26, 1989 timeframe set forth <br />by the State. The resolution was forwarded with a condition of <br />flexibility, whereby the Board would send a finalized interim plan <br />after public hearing input. <br />The State imposed deadline for counties to submit finalized <br />interim plans is February 15, 1990. A proposed (revised) interim <br />manatee protection speed zone plan is provided herein for the <br />Board's consideration. <br />ALTERNATIVES & ANALYSIS: <br />-The Ad Hoc Manatee Protection and Boating Safety Committee met on <br />January 18, 1990 to discuss and refine the proposed interim plan, <br />with consideration to the Board of County Commissioner's review <br />comments at the December 19, 1990 Board meeting. Following is a <br />summary of the Ad Hoc Committee's speed zone plan refine- <br />ment/adjustment recommendations. <br />1. The Committee voted to designate as a ski exemption area <br />that portion of the 'Indian River Lagoon west of Pine <br />t={� <br />�� 34 OuGf< <br />Island, from the Wabasso Causeway low bridge south to <br />Hobart channel markers,'in lieu of the ski area present- <br />ly designated in the Jungle Trail narrows, east of Pine <br />:=,:"•` <br />Island. The ski area change is conditioned upon public <br />input at public workshop/hearings. <br />2. The Committee voted to recommend that a speed zone <br />exemption access area from the ICW to the Sebastain <br />Inlet be broadened to allow for boating traffic patterns <br />to the north and south.' <br />3. The Committee voted to make it clear that the ski <br />exemption area presently designated in the Pelican <br />Island Wildlife refuge is conditioned upon USFWS ap- <br />proval. <br />t={� <br />�� 34 OuGf< <br />