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FFd GCCS, I I PAGE �Ij s��Q LiL 11 . •.chi LAW OFFICES OF BOG OSIAN & POWEFt--, ' CHARTERED �'.. I ,! - •. 2041 FOURTEENTH AVENUE VERO BEACH. FLORIDA 32980 February 3, 1997 Mrs. Carolyn Eggert and Members of the Board of County Commissioners County Administratiow Building 1840 25th Street Vero Beach, FL 32960 Re: Country Club Pointe Subdivision Ladies & Gentlemen: •'� . • ..•—"�."•TELI ZONE: (56U 587.3400 ..... ..... _......._..: 9581) 778.2848 WE Ciict OF COUNSEL DEBRA M. SMITH I am writing on behalf of the County Club Pointe Property Owner's Association, Inc. and the residents of this subdivision in which I also reside. There are at least 60 property owners in this subdivision and 30 or more of them reside on two boat canals in the subdivision which provide access to the Intracoastal Waterway. The problems with the complete lack of maintenance in this subdivision are many. The end of each canal has silted over and narrowed so much so that even small boats cannot get into the main canal. The banks of the canals have eroded so that the depth in the center of the canals is not sufficient for any larger boat. The banks of the canal along Calcutta Drive have become nearly impassable because of the growth of pepper trees and other bushes. There are derelict boats and trees sunk in our canal along Par Drive. Dead trees have fallen downstream into the main relief canal. All of this is not new to your Public Works Department Over a year ago I wrote to Mr. Davis, informed him of these problems, and was told that it was necessary to obtain environmental permits to do any work. I doubt that normal maintenance such as this requires special permits but in any case nothing has been done about obtaining permits. Thereafter, I wrote to Mr. John Amos at the Drainage District and was informed by its attorney that they do not do any maintenance on the main canal After all of that, itis quite obvious that our subdivision has been receiving nothing except "benign neglect". Historically, the County had been maintaining our canals and roads reasonably well. ' Recently, this has not been the case. Weare all heavy taxpayers in the subdivision and many are being assessed for water -front lots and some owners who do not live on the canals are being charged $100.00 by the County as a fee for installing docks along Calcutta Drive. For example, years ago, and whenever there was a threat of a serious hurricane, Vero Marine would shelter its larger boats in our canals. That wouldmever be possible now. All of the above deficiencies diminish the value and use of their property, and the residents request a public hearing before the Board at the earliest possible time. Very truly )yours, 16 J Rich P. Bogosian MAY 20, 1997 M