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, <br />BOOK DS PAGE 484 <br />9.B.1. PUBLIC DISCUSSION ITEM - (SEA TURTLE SURVIVAL <br />LEAGUE VS. INDIAN RIVER COUNTY) - AGREEMENT <br />FOR DEVELOPMENT OF HABITAT CONSERVATION <br />PLAN FOR SEA TURTLES - EING /PARVUS /MCCOY <br />/SUMPSON /STRAND MUMARCHE (SUMMERPLACE <br />SEAWALL OWNERS) (GERSTNER) - CARIBBEAN <br />CONSERVATION CORP. - DEPARTMENT OF <br />ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION <br />The Board reviewed a Memorandum of February 24, 1999, together with letters of <br />December 21, 1998 and November 2, 1998: <br />TO: James E. Chandler, <br />County Administrator <br />THROUGH: James W. Davis, P.E.,- PUBLIC DISCUSSION ITEM <br />Public Works Director <br />FROM: Jeffrey R. Tabar, P.E. I / <br />Coastal Engineer v <br />SUBJECT: Interim Agreement and Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the <br />Development of a Habitat Conservation Plan for Sea Turtles <br />REF. LETTER: David Godfrey to Jeffrey Tabar dated November 2, 1998 <br />DATE: February 24, 1999 <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />In an effort to resolve the legal challenges and litigation <br />regarding Caribbean Conservation Corporation (Sea Turtle Survival <br />league) vs. Indian River County, Florida, Patricia King, Brenda & <br />Dirk Parvus, R. Seth McCoy, Richard T. Simpson, Jr., Anne E. <br />Strand, and Peter J. Trimarche, a four -party Interim Agreement <br />(State, CCC, County, and certain Summerplace Property Owners) and <br />Memorandum of Agreement (County and State) have been developed in <br />conjunction with the State of Florida Department of Environmental <br />Protection. These agreements, in more specific language, commit <br />the County to developing a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) for the <br />entire County coastline except State and Federal lands as part of <br />an application for a Section 10 permit under the Endangered Species <br />Act from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service(USFWS). <br />The overall objective of the HCP is to improve the protection <br />of sea turtles and their nesting habitat so as to offset the <br />potential "incidental take" caused by the construction of coastal <br />armoring and other structures built to protect beachfront property <br />from erosion. The HCP and Section 10 permit ensures that the <br />effects of the authorized activity (construction of seawalls) will <br />be adequately minimized and/or mitigated. While the final set of <br />MARCH 2, 1999 <br />