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Cathy Cigala, 2035 Ocean Ridge, felt there is enough space <br />between the high water level and the water to store a boat. She _ <br />and her husband are very environmentally conscious, but they do <br />feel the beach is for the public's enjoyment and they would like <br />to have a boat on the beach if possible, in a limited area, of <br />course. <br />Tom Collins, owner of a oceanfront residence in Sanderling <br />Subdivision in the north county, noted that he keeps a 6 -ft. <br />rubber raft mounted with a small motor on the beach, and strongly <br />favors this rewritten section of the ordinance. He felt the <br />ordinance would save the dunes by not having people bringing <br />their boats to and fro across the dunes. He and his family have <br />been there for a few years now and have not disturbed the dune <br />system. With regard to the protection of nesting sea turtles, he <br />believed they are fully protected by other county ordinances. He <br />pointed out that if Mrs. Robinson doesn't want to have a boat in <br />front of her home, she doesn't have to. <br />Dick Smith, resident in the north part of Vero Beach, <br />explained that he doesn't live right on the beach but does have a <br />catamaran. He certainly would enjoy being able to park his boat <br />in front of someone's house with their permission. It would be <br />great to be able to just leave it there and not have to take it <br />back and forth whenever he wished to take his boat out. <br />Bob Cigala of Ocean Ridge Circle supported the amendment as <br />rewritten, and appreciated staff's efforts in this, having been <br />the one cited for having a catamaran on the beach. He is a avid <br />beach goer; in fact, -the beach at Ocean Ridge seldom is used by <br />anyone but himself. He keeps his boat up on cat tracks to help <br />propel it up onto the beach. He believes catamarans offer a <br />pollution -free form of recreation because they don't have motors <br />or propellers that dig up the beach. He would like his children <br />to be able to enjoy boating as he has known it. Currently he <br />uses a worn walkway/path in the dune to bring his boat to the <br />water and doesn't destroy the dune. <br />Peter Ford, resident of Seagrove, explained that he has just <br />a little dinghy which he carries down to the beach using a dune <br />cross-over. Occasionally he keeps it down there for a weekend or <br />perhaps a week or two during the summer. He didn't believe his <br />activity harms anything; in fact, he believed it helps to see <br />some activity down there. He fully supported this amendment. <br />Chairman Bird understood that people would have to get <br />permission from a property owner on the beach to keep their boat <br />on the beach and that it would be limited to one boat per residence. <br />Clint Lanier, resident of Ocean Ridge, agreed with Bob <br />Cigala about sand building up around a boat on the beach. He <br />19 BOOK A <br />NOV 2 0 1991 <br />