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EO0K 10 0 PAGE 94"]" Commissioner Stanbridge called on Environmental Planner Brian Poole who stated that this matter had been explained to him as follows: The developer, Lost Tree Village Corporation, went to SJRWMD with a conceptual plan for the island development, which did not include the bridges. LTVC actually has submitted a permit application for the bridges to the Coast Guard. There was a lawsuit, a hearing, and they are waiting for the administrative law judge to make a ruling as to whether or not the bridges will go over State- owned lands. In the meantime, SJRWMD is issuing an intent to deny the permit application because they are assuming that it is State-owned land because the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida have said that they will assert title. If the administrative law judge rules against the Trustees and says they are not State-owned lands, the likelihood is that denial will be reversed and SJRWMD will propose approval. Commissioner Stanbridge stressed that this issue is totally separate from the Coast Guard application on which the Board had sent a resolution. The Coast Guard application has been extended and she believed the environmental assessment will be considered by MANWAC. To further complicate matters, along with the SJRWMD permit, there is also a Corps of Engineers permit. In this case, the applicant, LTVC, chose to go with a nationwide permit application and publication of notice in an obscure journal. She warned that this is a case of "divide and conquer" which typically occurs in permitting. When the developer has all their permits in hand, he goes to the local government and says, we have all these other permits and no one has a problem with our plan. She believed local government needs to deal with this problem. Environmental Planning & Code Enforcement Chief Roland M. DeBlois added a comment that MANWAC is scheduled to review the Coast Guard permit at their August 16'h meeting; and on that same date is the Extended Time Line Deadline for comments to the Coast Guard. He requested authorization to submit comments directly to the Coast Guard on behalf of MANWAC and County and will report back to the Commission. Commissioners had no objections. Upon Commissioner Ginn's question about the application to the Corps of Engineers, Mr. Poole advised that he had placed a call to Irene Sadowsky of the Corps of Engineers to find out specifically whether the County can still make comments on the LTVC permit application. Mr. Poole will advise the Commissioners as to the outcome of his call as soon as possible. JULY 279 1999 5q C`