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FEB 6.1990 BooK A Fa;E 41 4. The Committee voted to allow for an approximately 200 yard "shoal clearance" area in the Sebastian River, to allow boats to go faster than slow speed to clear an existing shoal. The shoal area is to be clearly marked. 5.. The Committee voted to request that the Marine Adviso- ry/Narrows Watershed Action Committee (MANWAC) look into the issue of speed restrictions in the Jungle Trail Narrows area for boating safety and shoreline erosion considerations. The Marine Advisory/Narrows Watershed Action Committee met on January 19, 1990 and considered the Ad Hoc Committee's request to form a recommendation concerning speed restrictions in the Lagoon narrows adjacent to the Jungle Trial. After considerable dis- cussion, the MANWA Committee voted to forward the following recommendation: A speed limit of 25 m.p.h., moderate wake, is recommended for the ICW from Wabasso Bridge south to marker 120. "Moderate wake" is defined as waves no greater than seven and one half(71) inches in vertical distance from ambient water level. The MANWA Committee also ,discussed the issue of whether there should be speed restrictions (i.e.-idle speed) in the ICW under bridges, extending 100 feet to either side; the matter, however, was not formally considered for vote. In the interest of inter-county/agency coordination, prepresenta- tives of the Indian River County Manatee Protection and Boating Safety Committee attended a meeting of Brevard County's similarly form Ad Hoc Committee, which includes representatives of the Sebastian Inlet Tax District. The Sebastian Inlet Tax District's manatee protection speed zone review committee has also made recommendations pertaining to the St. Sebastian River and Indian River Lagoon, extending south to Wabasso Bridge. Although the District's committee is generally consistent with the Indian River County Committee's recommendations, the District's proposal calls for a larger area of speed zone exemption (see attached). A joint public workshop has been scheduled for January 30, 1990. Representatives from the State Department of Natural Resources, Brevard County, Indian River County, and the Sebastian Inlet Tax District are to present their recommendations for discussion. Staff' will give a verbal summary of the workshop's outcome at the February 6th Board meeting. REC(AMNDATIONS : Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners adopt a resolution approving the Ad Hoc Manatee Protection and Boating Safety Committee's recommendations and finalized interim manatee protection speed zone plan, ----to be forwarde—lc tc the FDNR- by -'Febru- ary 15, 1990. It is also recommended that the MANWA Committee's recommendation of 25 m.p.h., moderate wake, in the ICW from Wabasso Bridge south to marker 120 be included in the interim . plan. 35