Waterways Advisory Committee

City of Marco Island Florida 51 Bald Eagle Drive Marco Island, Florida cityofmarcoisland.com Meeting Minutes - Final Thursday, May 19, 2016 9:00 AM Community Room Waterways Advisory Committee Chair: James Timmerman Vice-Chair: Rodger Parcelles Ben Farnsworth, Phares Heindl, Walter Jaskiewicz, Steve Fleischer, Rudy Landwaard City Staff: Tim Pinter, Mary Husted Waterways Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes - Final May 19, 2016 (1) ROLL CALL Present: 4- Ben Farnsworth, Walter Jaskiewicz, Chairman Timmerman and Steve Fleischer Absent: 3- Vice-Chair Rodger Parcelles, Phares Heindl and Rudy Landwaard Also Present Tim Pinter, WAC City Staff Liaison Mary Husted, Administrative Assistant Roger Hernstadt, City Manager Robert Brown, Chairman Marco Island City Council Amadeo Petricca, Vice-Chair Marco Island City Council (2) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (3) APPROVAL OF AGENDA Chairman Timmerman requested a change in the order of the agenda, to move the review of Engineer of Record Bulkhead (Discussion Item 9) before Old Business-Action Item ORI Update (Item 7). MOTION by Member Fleischer, seconded by Member Farnsworth, to approve the agenda with the amended changes. MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: Yes: 4- Member Farnsworth, Member Jaskiewicz, Chairman Timmerman and Member Fleischer Not Present: 3- Vice-Chair Parcelles, Member Heindl and Member Landwaard (4) APPROVAL OF MINUTES MOTION by Member Farnsworth, seconded by Member Jaskiewicz, to approve the April 21, 2016 minutes. MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: Yes: 4- Member Farnsworth, Member Jaskiewicz, Chairman Timmerman and Member Fleischer Not Present: 3- Vice-Chair Parcelles, Member Heindl and Member Landwaard (5) STAFF COMMUNICATIONS Director of Public Works Tim Pinter provided the Board with the following updates: 1. Hideaway Beach dredging has commenced and the contractor is on site fusing together all the pipes. Dredging operations should begin in seven to ten days and will take approximately two weeks to finish. Upon completion, Collier Creek dredging will begin with an anticipated date for the end of June. 2. The vertical clearance and canal depth sign markers will be placed on the Herb Savage Bridge shortly. They are awaiting information from the contractors so the design engineer can certify the height of the bridge. (6) COMMITTEE COMMUNICATIONS None City of Marco Island Florida Page 1 Waterways Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes - Final May 19, 2016 (7) OLD BUSINESS ACTION ITEM: ATON (AIDS TO NAVIGATION) & PATON (PRIVATE AIDS TO NAVIGATION) -JAMES TIMMERMAN Director of Public Works Tim Pinter provided updated information on the Aton and Patons. He advised they are waiting on permits from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). They are continuing to check the Public Works inventory for markers that need updating for the upcoming 2017 year. The City Manager commented there are sixty total and the goal is to cycle them every five years equaling twelve a year. ACTION ITEM: ORI UPDATE-JAMES TIMMERMAN Mr. David Wolfe, Director of Ocean Habitats, gave an update on the Ocean Restoration Initiative (ORI) project and was available to answer the Committee's questions and concerns. He advised twenty-five (25) habitats have been installed on Perrine Court. They really needed to be installed by February 15th in order to get the full effect of getting the spawn animals on the habitat. This will delay the full development of the habitat by approximately 3 months. Originally the plan was to install 33 units, however, per Council's direction, $2500.00 was to be allotted for water quality testing, therefore only twenty-five units were placed instead of the original thirty-three units. Both units at Ville De Marco West are also going to be replaced. ACTION ITEM: COMMERCIAL VESSELS - BEN FARNSWORTH This item was deferred to the July meeting. ACTION ITEM: DOCUMENTING CANAL WATER DEPTHS Director of Public Works Tim Pinter reminded the Committee, the action today was to determine if the Committee was going to ask direction from City Council. Marco Island City Council Vice-Chair Petricca commented most boat owners should know the canal depths being they have depth finders on their vessels. The City Manager believes the data collected would be valuable for possible federal funding in case of a hurricane. MOTION by Member Farnsworth, seconded by Chairman Timmerman, to move this item forward to City Council for direction. MOTION FAILED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: Yes: 2- Member Farnsworth and Chairman Timmerman No: 2- Member Jaskiewicz and Member Fleischer Not Present: 3- Vice-Chair Parcelles, Member Heindl and Member Landwaard (8) NEW BUSINESS DISCUSSION ITEM: REVIEW OF ENGINEER OF RECORD BULKHEAD CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT - JAMES TIMMERMAN Chairman Timmerman gave background information on seawall construction on Marco City of Marco Island Florida Page 2 Waterways Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes - Final May 19, 2016 Island along with the current seawall ordinance. Specifically the current process which requires the engineer of record design and ensure that a seawall will be built to their design specifications. The City has at this point minimal if any inspection process other than verifying that the engineer of record has performed their duties as specified which includes a before and after letter which states that the seawall was built to their specifications . He has been contacted by people who are concerned that perhaps there might be a better method of ensuring that the engineer is performing those duties as specified. Mr. Martin Pinckney with American Engineering spoke about the design build process for seawall construction. He suggested quality control by having the City issue a specific list of inspections that have to be done during the construction process along with affidavits attached to each inspection. Mr. Pinter advised that the ordinance does provide the option for the contractor to pay for the City to do all of the inspections and that no contractors have ever selected that. They choose to have their design professionial do the inspections. Tim Pinter commented there have been no formal complaints issued to the building department regarding this. Mr. Steve Sokol with Blue Marlin Marine Construction believes Marco Island needs an independent party to monitor the contractors and they need to have more stringent regulations of the contractors. He questioned who is responsible for construction methods. Mr. Jim Schuck with Blue Marlin Marine Construction commented that Marco Island used to have a "pre" and "post" seawall inspection. The City of Naples is similar to Marco Island in that they use the engineers certifications, however, the City of Naples does conduct a final inspection. Board Member Farnsworth provided ex-parte communications. The City Manager commented that the City will not accept a "qualified" statement from the engineers and or contractors which are the responsible parties. The City will look into whether or not this is happening. The property owner has the option of having the City conduct the inspection for a fee. He stated when Code Enforcement looks at a seawall, it is either "vertical" or "not vertical". They do not handle degrees of deterioration. Following discussion, it was determined that the City will make sure the engineers are sending unqualified certifications that are compliant to City code and that the letters stipulate exactly what was done. It was also agreed by consensus to keep this as a discussion item on a future agenda. ACTION ITEM: REPORT FROM MR. HEINDL REGARDING DEP PLANNING LIST This item has been deferred to the next meeting. DISCUSSION ITEM: SMOKEHOUSE BAY MOORING FIELD & ANCHORAGE-JAMES TIMMERMAN This item has been deferred to the next meeting, however Committee Member Fleischer commented that the best place for a mooring field would be Factory Bay instead of Smokehouse Bay, in his opinion. (9) PUBLIC COMMENT City of Marco Island Florida Page 3 Waterways Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes - Final May 19, 2016 Mr. Gene Burson, 1865 Apataki Court, raised concerns for public awareness on the fertilizer ordinance and questioned the process. The City Manager clarified the following points raised by Mr. Burson; Rookery Bay will hold educational classes; the City has created an excel spreadsheet for the contractors to use for the permit process and that will be placed on the City's website; Code Enforcement has been participating in the meetings and implementation of the ordinance and have been instructed to educate the public for now; new lawns, athletic fields, and golf courses are the exception to the rule in the form of a resolution, Beautification Advisory Committee will be the citizen outreach factor and Growth Management will be responsible for the follow up. The June Waterways Advisory Committee has been cancelled. (10) ADJOURN There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:48 A.M. ____________________________________ James TImmerman, Waterways Advisory Committee Chairman ATTEST: PREPARED BY: ____________________________________ Mary Husted, Administrative Assistant City of Marco Island Florida Page 4