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Office of EMERGENCY ADDITION TO AGENDA SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 INFORMATIONAL AGENDA ITEM: 7D INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ATTORNEY Dylan Reingold County Attorney William K. DeBraal, Deputy County Attorney Kate Pingolt Cotner, Assistant County Attorney MEMORANDUM TO: Board of County Commissioners /'f r ,l FROM: Kate Pingolt Cotner, Assistant County Attorn y /' DATE: September 22, 2014 SUBJECT: U.S. Coast Guard Navigational Public Hearings Postponed and Expanded On September 16, 2014, the Indian River Board of County Commissioners ("Board") made a public informational announcement that the U.S. Coast Guard is conducting a navigational survey of the following three waterways that are regularly impacted by rail traffic: the New River bridge in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, the Loxahatchee River bridge in Jupiter, Florida, and the St. Lucie River bridge in Stuart, Florida. The Board also announced that the U. S. Coast Guard would be hosting a number of public information gathering meetings concerning the navigability of the three referenced bridges on October 1-3, 2014. On Friday, September 19, 2014, however, the U.S. Coast Guard postponed the referenced information gathering meetings due to the overwhelming number of comments it has received from the public. The U.S. Coast Guard will announce new meeting dates, times and locations to accommodate both a larger audience and verbal comments from the public. As soon as this updated information is available, the Board will post it on its website. In the meantime, the Board strongly encourages any and all mariners to participate in the U.S. Coast Guard's navigational survey. Anyone can submit their written comments to the U.S. Coast Guard via mail to Office of the Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District, Brickell Plaza Federal Building, 909 Southeast 1st Avenue, Suite 432, Miami, Florida 33131, or via email to USCGD7DPBPublicComment@uscg.mil by November 1, 2014. Please note that the purpose of the survey is to gather written information from mariners to help the U.S. Coast Guard determine if a change in federal bridge operating regulations should be considered. Mariners are encouraged to submit their current and future use of the waterway (especially through movable bridges), the kind and type of vessels they use or have used, the frequency of use, and navigational hazards such as currents, obstructions and those hazards that may not be evident from charts and published materials. i4 -A -I.