Waterways Advisory Committee

51 Bald Eagle Drive City of Marco Island Florida Marco Island, Florida cityofmarcoisland.com Meeting Minutes - Final Waterways Advisory Committee Chair: Rick Woodworth Vice-Chair: David Crain Committee Members: Robert Roth, Steve Sokol, Philip Thompson, William Trotter City Staff: Jason Tomassetti, P.E. Thursday, February 20, 2020 9:00 AM Community Room (1) CALL TO ORDER Chair Woodworth called to order the meeting at 9:00 a.m. (2) ROLL CALL Present: 6- Member Roth, Member Sokol, Chair Woodworth, Vice-Chair Crain, Member Trotter and Member Thompson Absent: 1- Member Wilson (3) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Led by Chair Woodworth. (4) VOTE FOR WAC CHAIRMAN / VICE CHAIRMAN Nomination and Vote for Committee Chair MOTION by Member Thompson, seconded by Member Trotter, to nominate Committee Member Rick Woodworth as Chair of The Waterways Advisory Committee. MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: Yes: 6- Member Roth, Member Sokol, Chair Woodworth, Vice-Chair Crain, Member Trotter and Member Thompson Nomination and Vote for Committee Vice-Chair MOTION by Member Trotter, seconded by Chair Woodworth, to nominate Committee Member Crain as Vice Chair of The Waterways Advisory Committee. MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: Yes: 6- Member Roth, Member Sokol, Chair Woodworth, Vice-Chair Crain, Member Trotter and Member Thompson (5) APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA MOTION by Vice-Chair Crain, seconded by Member Roth, Approving the Agenda amended to add Street Sweeping under STAFF COMMUNICATIONS. THE MOTION City of Marco Island Florida Page 1 Waterways Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes - Final February 20, 2020 CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: Yes: 6- Member Roth, Member Sokol, Chair Woodworth, Vice-Chair Crain, Member Trotter and Member Thompson (6) APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES ID 19-748 Draft of January 16, 2020 Waterways Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes MOTION by Member Thompson, seconded by Member Roth, to Amend Item 9C MS4 Ordinance of the January 16, 2020 Minutes to read as "that the MS4 Ordinance be taken to the City Council to Approve.” MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: Yes: 6- Member Roth, Member Sokol, Chair Woodworth, Vice-Chair Crain, Member Trotter and Member Thompson (7) STAFF COMMUNICATIONS a. Street Sweeping Tim Pinter, Public Works Director, informed the Committee that a HyperVac truck will be coming the City of Marco on February 24, 2020, to perform a street sweeping demonstration. Member Roth suggested that the demo should be done on a residential street versus a main street. b. Monthly Water Testing Jason Tomassetti, Storm Water Engineer, reported that there are still no results for the water testing for the month of January but will inform the Committee Members as soon as the results are known. c. ERD Update Mr. Tomassetti reported that on Wednesday February 26, 2020, there will be a kickoff meeting with Dr. Harper, ERD Consultant, to go over protocol with City staff. d. Swale Grading Update Mr. Tomassetti indicated to the Committee that swale grading has been placed on hold due to the increase in traffic and will resume sometime after Easter.The Public Works department together with Eli's Contracting have already graded 3,000 ft of swales. e. Mackle Park Lake Update Mr. Tomassetti, informed the Committee that the lake in Mackle Park maintains water quality and flood control. f. Wastewater Plant Tour Mr. Tomassetti concluded by advising the Committee that the Utilities department has a once a year public tour event, the last tour date was on February 20, 2020. If the Committee is interested in touring the wastewater facility they can get in touch with the Water/Sewer General Manager, Jeff Poteet. g. Building Permit – BMPs during construction City of Marco Island Florida Page 2 Waterways Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes - Final February 20, 2020 Member Roth feels that the water quality will continue being a problem because of single family home construction. His main concern is that the majority of the pollution is from the runoff water from both roof and driveway from residential homes. Jason Tomassetti agrees with what Member Roth said and is working with the Building department to have contractors submit an erosion sediment control plan together with their NPDES permit. The Committee is aware of these actions and agree with it. (8) PUBLIC COMMENT Jack Williams, 351 Colonial Avenue, thanked the Committee for all its efforts; however, he feels as though the right people are still not on board. He feels as if Council is not taking the Committee's suggestions into consideration. (9) PRESENTATIONS None. (10) OLD BUSINESS a Marketing Proposal/Educational Brochure – Vice-Chair Crain ID 19-750 Vice-Chair Crain presented a Powerpoint document to the Committee about the top 10 things homeowners can do to help keep Marco Island's waterways clean. Vice-Chair Crain went over all 10 items. Member Sokol offered to help Vice-Chair Crain with his Powerpoint document to make it more of a brochure. The overall goal of the brochure is to help residents of Marco Island learn how to maintain their waterways and improve the water quality. b. Fishkill Cleanup – Member Woodworth Chair Woodworth asked Mr. Tomassetti if there were updates about the fish kill cleanup. Mr. Tomassetti said there are no update at the moment and he will have more information when the City Manager provides him with a budget amount. c. MS4 Ordinance Amendment Status – Member Woodworth Chair Woodworth stated that he never received any formal feedback from City Council; however, he did receive an email from the City Council Chairman stated the following, "The City Manager believes his direction from the Council is to not act on any stormwater legislation until the source study has presented some data." Chair Woodworth pointed out that Councilor Young expressed concern regarding the response of the City Council on the Waterways Advisory Committee’s request for feedback on its amended MS4 Ordinance draft. d. BMPs and Citizen Participation – Member Woodworth ID 19-747 Chair Woodworth would like to have City Council look over and review the suggestions the Committee has. Chair Woodworth stated that he personally would like it to go on record that the Committee supports any initiative by the City to address any water problems. Member Roth told the Committee that they must go through a process to be able to get an item on the City Council agenda. Member Thompson recommended to the Committee that they email the Chairperson of the Council to get an City of Marco Island Florida Page 3 Waterways Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes - Final February 20, 2020 item on the agenda. After further discussion, the Committee decided that it is going to email the request to everyone on City Council. (11) NEW BUSINESS a. Water Quality Testing Results (December) ID 19-749 Chair Woodworth was most concerned about the high levels of enterococci bacteria that was found in the water testing results from December. One of the tests results came back as high as 24,196 whereas the state maximum is less than 130. The Committee agrees that the test results are provided later then desired to pinpoint the cause. Member Roth believes that the reason for the results being so high is because of runoff waste from the pavement. Member Roth suggested another form of testing the water is by placing dye in the sewer system and seeing if the dye shows up in the waterways. (12) COMMITTEE COMMUNICATIONS Member Roth offered several observations regarding the street sweeping demo. Mr. Roth suggested that at the beginning of the demo the hopper on the machine should be empty and clean, after the demo all of the material collected should be inspected. A portion of the material collected should be sent over to a lab for some testing to see how much phosphorus, soluble/insoluble, nitrogen, nitrate-nitrite, as well as enterococci bacteria is contained in the material collected. Member Roth believes the results from the demo will determine the number of times the streets need sweeping. MOTION by Member Thompson, seconded by Chair Woodworth, to limit spending up to $5,000 on the material collected from the street sweeping. THE MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: Yes: 6- Member Roth, Member Sokol, Chair Woodworth, Vice-Chair Crain, Member Trotter and Member Thompson (13) ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:00 a.m. PREPARED BY: ______________________________ Diana Aviles, Administrative Assistant City of Marco Island Florida Page 4