Waterways Advisory Committee

City of Marco Island Florida 51 Bald Eagle Drive Marco Island, Florida cityofmarcoisland.com Meeting Minutes - Final Thursday, May 18, 2017 9:00 AM Community Room Waterways Advisory Committee Chair: Phares Heindl Vice-Chair: Rodger Parcelles Ben Farnsworth, Monica Pierce, Robert Roth, Steve Sokol, Sam Young City Staff: Chadd Chustz, Waterways Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes - Final May 18, 2017 (1) ROLL CALL Present: 7- Ben Farnsworth, Vice-Chair Rodger Parcelles, Chair Heindl, Steve Sokol, Monica Pierce, Robert Roth and Sam Young (2) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (3) APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION by Member Farnsworth to approve the Agenda based upon the Chairman's parameters picking the top 3 or 4 items to discuss first in any order and anything that cannot be done today will be pushed to the next meeting. Seconded by Member Roth. MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: Yes: 7- Member Farnsworth, Vice-Chair Parcelles, Chair Heindl, Member Sokol, Member Pierce, Member Roth and Member Young (4) APPROVAL OF MINUTES Mr. Roth requested an update and more discussion on the Winterberry Park ball field and he also requested an update on the Chlorophyll A test results and the golf course's potential involvement. He also mentioned a typographical error on page 4 from "Eficacy "to "Efficiency" MOTION by Vice-Chair Parcelles to approve the April 20, 2017 Meeting Minutes. Seconded by Member Roth. MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: Yes: 7- Member Farnsworth, Vice-Chair Parcelles, Chair Heindl, Member Sokol, Member Pierce, Member Roth and Member Young Chairman Heindl requested the minutes be rewritten in more detail as to the discussions of the committee and members of the public at the workshop meeting. MOTION by Chair Heindl not to approve the April 24, 2017 Workshop Meeting Minutes. Seconded by Member Roth. MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: Yes: 7- Member Farnsworth, Vice-Chair Parcelles, Chair Heindl, Member Sokol, Member Pierce, Member Roth and Member Young ID 17-1640 April 20, 2017 Meeting Minutes ID 17-1683 April 24, 2017 Workshop Minutes (5) STAFF COMMUNICATIONS Chadd Chustz presented his report. (Attached) Tim Pinter provided an update on the Winterberry Park ball field. In a recent rain event the filter fabric did stop the clay from going into the storm drain however it caused severe flooding of the roadway with vehicles hydroplaning in the area. At the direction of the City Manager, Mr. Pinter has contacted an engineering firm to do a complete study of the ball field itself to look at on site retention or detention of all the storm water runoff. American Engineering will be under contract quickly and there is not an estimate of cost at this time. Mr. Young suggested adding swales in that area. City of Marco Island Florida Page 1 Waterways Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes - Final May 18, 2017 ID 17-1643 ID 17-1644 (6) PUBLIC COMMENT Jim Timmerman, 831 Perrine Court, advised that he attended the workshop meeting and he felt very positive things came out of it. In regards to Ocean Habitats, Marco Island Academy had a presentation where they constructed 30 habitats, Chadd Chustz attended the presentation. MIA has also donated funds to install a habitat at Rookery. Summer growth has started and the first year water quality testing has been done and they are waiting for the results. He would like to present the data at the next meeting. He thanked the committee for their support. Dave Crane, 1076 Gayer Way, questioned how many landscapers are permitted on Marco Island for landscaping and how many have applied and received permits to apply fertilizer. (7) COMMITTEE DISCUSSION A. WATER QUALITY TESTING WORKSHOP SCHEDULING There was discussion on the scheduling of the workshop meeting. Mr. Chustz will send available dates to the committee members to coordinate. B. MARINA WATER QUALITY CONSIDERATIONS AND TESTING ID 17-1646 http://www.dep.state.fl/us/cleanmarina/files/CleanMarina Action Plan Guidebook.pdf (8) OLD BUSINESS A. BUDGETING FOR ATON AND PATON REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE B. REVIEW OF THE WATERWAYS COMMITTEE FY18 BUDGET Mr. Chustz read from Mr. Heindl's email (attached) regarding the itemization of the $15,000 budget request. Mr. Pinter advised that the $15,000 was included in his budget as a separate line item. At the Budget Workshop it was advised that the Chairman of the Committee needs to submit a letter to the City Manager to request the funds. A standardized letter is being developed for this purpose. Also included in the budget was a continuation of last years budget for the ATONS and PATONS replacement, waterway hazard removal, etc. Both these requests are in the "add-on" portion of the budget which means it will be specifically acted upon by the City Council. Mr. Chustz advised that he did submit a water outfall monitoring item to the FY18 budget. By consensus the committee authorized the Chairman to submit the letter. ID 17-1647 City of Marco Island Florida Page 2 Waterways Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes - Final May 18, 2017 C. ESPLANADE WATER QUALITY ID 17-1648 ID 17-1649 ID 17-1650 ID 17-1651 ID 17-1652 ID 17-1653 ID 17-1654 (9) NEW BUSINESS A. STORMWATER ORDINANCE The Committee began their review of the Stormwater Ordinance (Draft for Review 5-9-17) Mr. Pinter advised that the committee is to make their comments over and above what staff has already done. The staff is not the recording secretary. The committee is to make their own comments and submit them to staff so that staff can forward the comments along with everyone else's comments to the Planning Board to see if it is going to be incorporated into this ordinance. The Planning Board will either agree or disagree and then it will go forward to City Council. Mr. Roth advised that he will mark the changes with a turquoise pen and hand them in to staff. There was discussion regarding the MS4 definition and of the use of the word "swale" as referenced on Page 8, Line 347. Mr. Heindl suggested using the definition as defined in the Federal Code of Definitions. Mr. Pinter advised the committee of the definition of swales as per the City Code of Ordinances and advised that his recommendation will be that the definition of the word swale will remain in this document. There was a lengthy discussion on the purpose of swales and how they should be defined within the Stormwater Ordinance. Mr. Roth read to the Committee several definitions of swales and he felt that they should be reviewed in order for the committee to develop a definition that could be brought to Council at a different time. Mr. Heindl advised that there were two options; one would be that they cannot complete the ordinance until they have a good definition of swale in the City Code or put the committee's definition of swale in the ordinance and recommend that concurrently the definition in the City Code be changed consistently. Mr. Roth read several definitions of swales including: "Swales are shallow, broad and vegetated channels designed to store and/or convey runoff and remove pollutants. They may be used as conveyance structures to pass the runoff to the next stage of the treatment train and can be designed to promote infiltration where soild and ground water conditions allow." The committee took a ten minute recess. The meeting reconveined with all seven members in attendance. City of Marco Island Florida Page 3 Waterways Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes - Final May 18, 2017 Mr. Heindl advised that it was recommended to him that the committee not put the definition of swale in the ordinance and instead include it as a package deal recommending a code amendment to add the new definition. He came up with an alternate definition by adding language to the City of Naples definition: "Swales mean depressions commonly used for landscaping plans to retain and slow the movement of stormwater and maybe a means of storm water convenyance for flood control." Mr. Roth recommended using the word "runoff" instead of "flood." The committee agreed upon this definition. There was also discusson in reference to the City's Right-of Way Construction Standards Handbook in refernce to swales. (Page 10, Line 446-448) It was decided to make this an agenda item and discuss this at the next workshop. Public Comment John Moore, 679 Thrush Court, the ordinance referenced Goal 1 and he questioned if there was a goal 2? He also felt the term "environmentally sound" was vague and he suggested it could be replaced by "that restores local marine ecosystems." MOTION by Member Farnsworth to ammend the Code definition of swale as a linked package with the Stormwater Ordinance. Sconded by Member Roth, that this be recommended for approval. MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: MOTION by Chairman Heindl to recommend the passage of this edited Stormwater Ordinance in a packaged recommendation, that they both must be passed together or neither be passed, to make it clear that along with the Stormwater Ordinance is the swale defiintion amendment to the City of Marco Island City Code of Ordinances. Seconded by Mr. Roth. MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: Yes: 7- Member Farnsworth, Vice-Chair Parcelles, Chair Heindl, Member Sokol, Member Pierce, Member Roth and Member Young ID 17-1656 ID 17-1666 ID 17-1657 B. STORMWATER UTILITY ID 17-1658 Canal Watch Program ID 17-1659 ID 17-1660 (10) PUBLIC COMMENT City of Marco Island Florida Page 4 Waterways Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes - Final May 18, 2017 MOTION by Member Farnsworth to move the existing agenda items to the next meeting. Seconded by Chair Heindl. MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: Yes: 7- Member Farnsworth, Vice-Chair Parcelles, Chair Heindl, Member Sokol, Member Pierce, Member Roth and Member Young (11) ADJOURN NOTE: TWO OR MORE CITY COUNCILORS OR OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS MAY BE PRESENT City of Marco Island Florida Page 5