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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />INTER - OFFICE MEMORANDUM <br />t't191?1t N'I11" <br />1)11 [1_{11''1f <br />TO: Joseph A. Baird <br />County Administrator <br />DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br />Stan Boling, AICP <br />Community Development Dir <br />ector <br />FROM: Roland M. DeBlois, AICP r%''" <br />Chief, Environmental Planning <br />& Code Enforcement <br />DATE: March 3, 2014 <br />RE: <br />Board Consideration of St. Christopher Harbor Homeowners Association's Request that <br />the County apply for a Florida Inland Navigation District Cost -Share Grant and Fund a <br />Cost -Share Match for Channel Restoration at Head Island (a.k.a. the Green Salt Marsh <br />LAAC Site) <br />It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners formally consider the following information at <br />the Board's regular meeting of March 11, 2014. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />Head Island, also known as the Green Salt Marsh Conservation Area or Moorings South Impoundment, is <br />located along the east shore of the Indian River Lagoon, west of St. Christopher Harbor Subdivision (see <br />location map, Attachment 1 to this report). <br />Historically, Head Island was a "stand-alone" marsh island separated from the barrier island by a narrow <br />channel (see Attachment 2, 1943 aerial). In the mid 1950s, however, in conjunction with development of <br />St. Christopher Harbor Subdivision, that channel was filled in and connection of Head Island to the <br />barrier island was established (see Attachment 2, 1957 aerial). <br />In 1996, the owners of Head Island (Susan Green, et al), donated the +16 acre island to the County for <br />conservation under the County's environmental lands program. <br />On June 15, 2010, the Board of County Commissioners conceptually approved a proposal by Mr. Peter <br />Tyson, on behalf of the St. Christopher Harbor Homeowner's Association (HOA), to restore the channel <br />between Head Island and the barrier island. The main purpose of the proposal was to restore the area to a <br />natural condition and provide navigable passage to the north for boaters from St. Christopher Harbor <br />(and from other nearby waterfront homes), which would result in less boater impact to lagoon resources <br />in the area and improve water circulation (see minutes, Attachment 3). At that time, the Board <br />1 <br />136 <br />163 <br />