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11.A. WESTMARK DEVELOPMENT APPEAL OF MARINE <br />ADVISORY NARROWS WATERSHED ACTION COMMITTEE <br />(MANWAC) DENIAL OF EXPANSION OF A MULTI -SLIP DOCK <br />FACILITY AT PALM ISLAND PLANTATION ON SOUT14 JUNGLE <br />TRAIL <br />Environmental & Code Enforcement Chief Roland DeBlois noted this vas an appeal <br />of a MANWAC denial of a proposed dock expansion on south Jungle Trail. iHe reviewed <br />the memorandum and extensive backup using the overhead to aid in his presentation to <br />display maps, drawings and other materials. (Copies of same are on file with the backup in <br />the office of the Clerk to the Board.) He noted an important point is an existing dock with <br />6 slips from the 1940s (depicted on a drawing by G. K. Environmental, Inc.). The concept <br />discussed with MANWAC is to expand the old 6 -slip dock into a 14 -slip dock to serve the <br />development. This is a preferred alternative to the developer's request for individual docks. <br />Issues came up as far as inconsistencies with the County's Manatee Protection Plan (MPP), <br />one of which is located in the Jungle Trail Narrows (between Pine Island &'Palm Island <br />Plantation) which is considered by the State as one of 8 manatee protection hot spots and <br />a focal point for controversy when our MPP was established. Expansion, of existing <br />facilities and building new facilities are prohibited in this stretch of the river. The Plan also <br />says you cannot have more than 1 powerboat slip per 100 feet of shoreline. This section, <br />therefore, would be limited to 7 boat slips. This went to MANWAC in March and June. <br />Discussion focused on these two issues. There are two aspects to MANWAC's <br />recommendations. The concept to consolidate what can be done by right seems to make <br />sense, but they did not support reaching the I-100 ratio and denied the proposed project. <br />Staff s recommendations remain unchanged; staff also recommends the Board uphold <br />MANWAC'S decision to deny the project as proposed. <br />Mr. DeBlois then specified that staff is in process of taking a comprehensive look at <br />August 19, 2003 <br />21 <br />