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• <br />• <br />only about 2.5 feeTand all the dock permits show use of a channel north of No Name Island. <br />A survey was submitted with the dock permit applications showing that northerly channel. <br />There is no deep water channel through the area of the bridge. Rights to access have not <br />been impaired and he was uncertain what the issue is. In response to a question by Chairman <br />Macht, Director Davis noted that the County owns the bottom lands under the foot bridge. <br />He then introduced several Parks Department staff members. <br />Freddie Green, Foreman of the Parks Department, stated that he had been sworn and <br />has been visiting Round Island every day for the last 10 years for maintenance purposes and <br />has never seen any large boats in the area. <br />Bea Guy, Parks Department, stated that she has been with the County since 1974 and <br />had never seen any boats in that area. She was there on a daily basis and was there during <br />the construction of the docks and had never seen a boat at any of the docks. <br />Clint Pease, Parks Department, had been sworn and had never seen any boats, even <br />before the foot bridge was constructed. <br />James "Chip" Boyette, Engineering Technician, noted he had been sworn, and stated <br />that he was in the area last Thursday with a survey crew. He walked from the point all the <br />way across the channel and never got more than 2.5 to 2.6 feet of water. They took <br />soundings every 10 to 12 feet from Round Island to No Name Island and also from No Name <br />Island to the tip of the peninsula where the water depth went from 1.5 to 2 feet. This is a <br />DECEMBER 14, 1999 <br />