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•Boatslip Addition <br />The existing development order (D.O.) that governs the overall <br />Grand Harbor DRI project restricts the Grand Harbor marina to 144 <br />boatslips. Of those 144 slips, 72 are restricted for use by <br />sailboats only, while the remaining 72 slips are allowed to be used <br />by motorized boats. The entire marina basin facility and the 144 <br />boatslips have already been constructed. As conditions of <br />environmental permits issued and monitored/enforced by <br />environmental agencies, slip use restrictions are incorporated in <br />each slip agreement. <br />The primary reason.for regulating the number of slips and limiting <br />the use of the slips to sailboats is to ensure that boating <br />activity within the project does not adversely impact the <br />endangered West Indian Manatee. Despite this concern, both the <br />regional planning council (see attachment #3) and the Florida Game <br />and Freshwater Commission (see attachment #4) have no objection to <br />the addition 'of 200 boatslips to the existing marina basin <br />facility, subject to a restriction that these additional slips be <br />used by sailboats only. Restrictions to sailboat use are based on <br />the opinion of the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission and <br />other agencies that operation of sailboats generally does not pose <br />a mortal danger to the manatee. Allowances for lifting the <br />sailboat restriction in the future are incorporated into the <br />regional planning council's recommendation and are tied to future <br />planning and environmental review and monitoring activities. <br />Potential traffic impacts resulting from use of the additional <br />slips were addressed in a previously approved traffic analysis and <br />update for the overall Grand Harbor project. Therefore, it is not <br />necessary to attach any traffic conditions to the approval of this <br />request. <br />Potential law enforcement impacts of adding 200 boatslips have been <br />considered by the Sheriff's Office. The applicant has agreed with <br />the Sheriff's Office that some additional Sheriff's Office boat <br />patrolling will be needed in response to the boatslip expansion. <br />To mitigate this impact, the applicant has agreed with the <br />Sheriff's Office to provide a boatslip for use by a patrol boat and <br />to provide $2,500 in cash or fuel for the operation of the patrol <br />boat (see attachment #7). The approving resolution proposed by <br />staff (see attachment #8), incorporates this condition. <br />•Approval of Request <br />To approve this request, the Board of County Commissioners will <br />need to adopt a resolution that approves the request and amends the <br />existing D.O. The proposed resolution prepared by staff approves <br />the request, contains all of the recommendations made by the <br />regional planning council, including a sailboat only restriction, <br />and includes the condition recommended by the Sheriff's Office. <br />The applicant has no objection to these conditions. <br />Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners adopt the <br />attached resolution approving the subject substantial deviation <br />request with the conditions recommended by the Treasure Coast <br />Regional Planning Council and the Sheriff's Office. <br />33 9 Ftvjr4!K <br />MAY 2 4 1994 MCI <br />L- I <br />