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• • <br />Gordon Maltby, 9884 Riverview Drive, Sebastian, a retired engineer, advised of <br />concerns about muck resulting in the deterioration of sea life, sea grass and fishing in the St. <br />Sebastian River. He and George Koraly (who was not present) have spent many hours in a <br />boat sounding and measuring the depth of the muck in the St. Sebastian River (and where it <br />flows into the Indian River Lagoon), the north and south forks and the C54 canal up to the <br />dam, and for the 12 miles between the two dams. <br />(CLERK'S NOTE: MR MALTBY HAD BROUGHT A VIDEO WITH HIM, BUT <br />INITIAL EFFORTS AT SHOWING THE VIDEO WERE NOT PRODUCTIVE. THE <br />CHAIRMAN MOVED THE MEETING FORWARD UNTIL STAFF WAS ABLE TO <br />SHOW THE VIDEO. ALTHOUGH THE VIDEO WAS FINALLY SHOWN AFTER <br />AGENDA ITEM 10 WAS COMPLETED, FOR PURPOSES OF CONTINUITY, THE <br />AGENDA ITEM CONTINUES BELOW.) <br />The purpose of the amateur video, narrated by Mr. Koraly, was to demonstrate the <br />dramatic detrimental effect the muck has on many aspects of marine ecology. He reported <br />their findings through the use of photographs, charts and a demonstration of two live shrimp, <br />one placed in an aquarium with sand and the other placed in an aquarium with muck. The <br />shrimp in the muck was lifeless after the approximately 40 -minute test period, while the one <br />in the sand was still very much alive. <br />(CLERK'S NOTE: The sound from the video is available in its entirety on the cassette <br />and video recordings of this meeting.) <br />Mr. Maltby advised that the purpose of bringing this to the Commission was to get <br />their help with the agencies responsible for the removal of the muck and for the sources of <br />additional muck. He thanked the Commissioners for their attention. <br />Commissioner Macht thought the Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND) intended <br />to do that and thought the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) might also have <br />an interest and asked for information from the Commissioners. <br />Commissioner Adams responded that it was obviously something the St. Johns River <br />Water Management District (SJRWMD) has been active in; also the Indian River Lagoon <br />National Estuary Program has promoted this over the past several years having recently de - <br />MARCH 23, 1999 <br />35 <br />BOOK 103 PAGE 7E9 <br />