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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-15-1999 City of Sebastian, Florida 1225 Main Street [] Sebastian, Florida 32958 Telephone {561} 589-5330 [] Fax {561~ 589-5570 City Council Information Letter October 15, 1999 Scrub Jay MitiRation/Airport Industrial Development As mentioned during Wednesday evening's City County meeting, arrangements are being made to host a relatively brief presentation by Indian River County and consultant, Ms. Lisa Smith to propose a scrub-jay habitat conservation plan to coincide with industrial economic development planning for Sebastian Municipal Airport. As such, please find the attached letter as compiled and delivered by Indian River County Community Development Director Robert Keating, which summarizes the aforementioned concept. Although this information will be presented in your October 27th meeting agenda packets, I thought it would be appropriate for all of you to timely review as much information as possible regarding this issue. In addition, I will be able to address specific questions and/or concerns before formal relevant recommendations are made. Installation of City Wide Entrance Siflns As also discussed during Wednesday evening's meeting, arrangements are being made to recommend authorizing expenditures for the installation of new welcome signs to be located at various points of entry into the community. As such, a presentation will be made to showcase sketched renderings of signs, specific locations and total costs during an upcoming City Council meeting (at this point, I anticipate this matter being brought before you during your November 17th meeting). Yesterday morning, I met with the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors to discuss the proposal. Unanimous support of this project was expressed, thus the future of the existing signs located along the north and south entrances of United States Highway One (US1) will also be addressed. City Council Information Letter October 15, 1999 Page 2 Blood Drive at City Hall Please be advised that a bloodmobile will be positioned in the main City Hall parking lot during the morning hours of Wednesday, October 20th. During the last several years, the City of Sebastian has participated in quarterly blood drives with the Indian River Hospital District, as more municipalities throughout the State of Florida have launched such initiatives in recent years. Financial Assistance from the Federal Emerqencv ManaRement A.qency (FEMA). Check is in the Mail! Please find the attached memorandum from Mark Mason regarding the status of financial assistance from FEMA as a result of our community having been impacted by Hurricane Floyd last month. I am pleased to report that as of yesterday afternoon, the application process was completed, reviewed and accepted by FEMA officials assigned to Indian River County. As such, the City of Sebastian anticipates the delivery of approximately $71,161 ($54,078 from FEMA and $17,106 from insurance reimbursement), to help finance relative damage as well as preparation and clean up expenses. Actual funds are anticipated to be delivered within the next month or so. Update on Hurricane Irene. Impact to Sebastian, Florida Please find the attached latest tropical disturbance analysis as provided by Indian River County Department of Emergency Services. Currently, our area is under a tropical storm warning, as the eye of Hurricane Irene is expected to maintain a northerly track, impacting the west coast of Florida, and possible central counties like Polk, Osceola, and northward. However, it is probable that up to several inches of rain will fall in Sebastian, as the outer bands of the storm may pass through the community during the next 12 to 24 hours. As such, I do not anticipate tremendous problems other than possible flooding in Iow-lying areas. However, if drastic changes occur, I will inform you accordingly during the day. Otherwise, despite the weather, try to have a great weekend! Enclosure(s): Letter from Robert Keating Memorandum from Mark Mason Tropical Disturbance Analysis My Documents/InfoLet[er15 eat By: IRC Community Dev Dept; 561 978 1806; 0ct-8-99 2:29PM; Page 274 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 1840 25th Str~t.K. ro Bea~&, Florld~ ~2960 telephr~r~e: (561) 567-8000 October 7. 1999 Terrcnce Moore, City Manager City of ~hastian 1225 Main Stre~ Sebastian, FL 32958 Sebastian A~ea-wtde Sctmb-Jay Habitat Cons~twafiun Plan; Pre~entation to the City Council on OCtober 37 1999 Deux Mr~ Moore: Thank you and your staff (Terry Hill and Tsacy Haas) for me, ting yesterday with County environmental plam~ing chief Roland DeBlois, environmontel co~ultant Lisa Sn'~th, Mike lenniag,q of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife $crvlcc (FWS) and me. regarding the draft Sebastian Area-wide Scrub-Jay Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP}. As we cti~usSed, county staff will bc prepared to pm,scm thc plan tu tim City Council at [he Council's regular meeting of October 27, 1999. As you know, the Florida scrub-jay ia a federally ~hreatened species (|isled in 1987) and is protected under the federal Endangered Species Act as administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For almost a d~.ado now, there has be..en a conflict between protection of occupied scrub~jay habitat on hundrexls platted lots in the Sebastian Highlands va. release of thom lots for residential development. Last gear, the County contraet~l with Lisa Smith of Smith Envimnme'ntal Services to develop a scrub-jay habitat eorisorvagon plan, which has now been completed. The plan is an integral part of tho p[ocess the Cunnty and City tn obtain an "incidental take permit'* (ITl>) from the re,vs, io release for devekvomenl platted residential lots in the Sebastian Highlands that ate currently occupied scrub-jay habitat. The County end t~s consultant, in coordination with you, School Board staff and others, have developed a thoughtful plan that will conserve ca"itical scrub habitat on publicly owm~l land enough to sustain S~bastian-al,ea populaQoa of scrub-jay.% and still allow release of the platted lots ibr development. The plan aim takes into accimnt the City's ae~d to l~tain its it~dusuial Imtd bass at d~¢ Sebastian Mmdcipal Airport, and has been drafl~d ~o as not to impede thc City'~ ccunomic d~:vclopm~nt ~pporlumty. um of the Plan Initially, there wore as many as 2~000 lots Memlfied hi the Sebastian Highlands as scrub-jay habitat warranting protection under the Endangered Species Act. Over the years, however, due m more detailed surveys arid duo to habitat lo~s fi'em overgrowth, there arc now 317 lots identi fled as occupied scrub-jay t. erritery, Tho HCP as wri0x'm will not truly result in release of the 317 lots for development, but will also rel~n~ ail -14,000 lois in file Highlands fi'om any potential future coustraims that may otberwi~ t~.'cur if displaced scruINiaYs move to I~ts r~t currently occupied by scrub-jay~. To off~i~t the leas of scrab-jay occupied babitat that will occur when the 317 lots 'are der*loped, the Connty is propertied to cons*rye and manage,/n pert~emiry, -280 acres of scrub land acquixed under tho county onvixonnv*ntal land~ bond program. In ackditlon to that, the plan call.n foe the protection and managen~nt o£ - 12 aercs of scrub on th~ Pelican Island Elementary School campus and ~32 acres of ocean, led scrub jay habitat on the ah'pon property. ent By: IRC Community Dev Dept; 561 978 1806; Oet-8-gg 2:2gPM; Page 3/4 Scrub-jay HCP Page 2 Altachccl is a bullet summary ol~ the scrub-jay habitat ¢onseo~ation plan, including a surrtma~ of what in requested of the City as a par~ of[his cooperative effort to finally r~aolve ~is loag-stancling issue. C~ounty staff'looks i'orwazd to the October 27TM presentation. If you have any questions, please do trot h~:~imte to contact Roland DeBlois or me. $ineer~ly, Community Development Director Attachment: Bullet summary of [he Sabastian Area-Wide Scrub .lay Ir-lebltat Conaezvafion Plan lames Chandler Roland DeBlais Lisa Smith W:',u~ers~rolae~l~x:pj eyrie yllx ent By: IRC Community De¥ Dept; 56t g78 1806; 0¢t-8-gg 2:35PM~ Page 4/4 Sebnst~tn Area. WMe ~e~ub. Jay Habitat Conse~at~n Plan Bullet 8umumry Main Cornuonent~ of the HeP · [mglemcntat~o~ of ~e ~ will relic for dc~nt 317 ~J~ Iota (-79.3 ~s) in ~ 5e~afl~ Hi~ia~s c~nfly ~i~ by ~b-jays. The pla~ ~1t al~ ~lea~ all ~ 14,~ platt~ any ~tential ~t~ con~n~ thru may ~ ~c~ ffd~pla~ sc~-ja~ ~ ~ ~ lots ~r ~ pmp~ ~t c~ntty occ~ by ~ub-ja~. * To off-s~ ~e d~tmmion nf occ~i~ scrub-jay habitat ~at will t~ult ~om ~e i~cldenhM tak~ ~t i~ ~ eo~ion wi~ t~ I'1~. ~ fi~llowing "collation ~s" on public lan~ (-324 ~ll ~ co~rv~, ~ted, and m~d in -~0 ~m of scab on lan& ~qu~d by ~ Co~ty un~ t~ c~unty environ~t~ ~ pm~am (~he No~ S~aa~n ~n~ion Area, ~ Wab~ ~ Come.on -32 ~es of ~cu~ ~b~jay habi~t ~ ~ ~basaan ~n ~y, plus a t~ developer), ~12 ~ of ~cupi~ scrub-jay h~ita~ ~ ~ P~ic~ I~ Et~en~ Sch~l campus cu~ently ~ ~ ~g~ for t~r env~n~l ~ati~ R~a~on a~ ~e~m of ~e ~mpe~on ~e~ o~ ~b to be ~ns~ co~sts of ~wa main activities: ~emoval of ~t~ ~a (by a tim~ co~ny ~ ~ conw~md by ~e Count). ~d i~re~nt~ ~es~ C~ of Sebst~t~an Parttctuafion City establishment of a co~rvafion ~nt a~ ~lowan~ of manhunt, in p~r~m~, of -32 ~s of ~e~i~ ~u~jay ~bi~ in the n~st quaint of ~ S~a~ Mu~cip~ Alert ~y. In ad~tion, a 1~ f~t wi~ "di~l c~doe' buff~ s~ip is to ~ con~v~ ~ managed ~s~ct~ for ~a iMu~ial devel~m~nt). City co--ration a~ ~e~at of an ~isfing h~ g~ow ~n t~ mu~ip~ ~lf ~ a~ ~ ~heaat-aou~west ~nway, by ~ing said ~mfi~ low ~ ~ix f~t hi~) and o~ m allow for ~b-~ay d~aL City alk~w~, for ~mertm ~aga~at ~. of am~ ramov~ and ~rib~ b~ng of ~ ~ -~ a~ ~d~mal la~ ~Ca on ~e ai~ p~ ~or m Ct~ ~blishmcnt of an i~u~Tial p~k on ~id a~$c- Oty allowaacg via ame~nt o~ ~r~on of c~cm otd~e r~ong of p~fi~ b~ng of hms identifl~ un~ the H~ f~ golo~ ~gemont p~s, CiW ab~t of pl~s to exg~ Oi~n S~t (l 3~ S~) ~mugh ~ No~ ~tlan Memorandum From: Date: Re: Terrence Moore, City Manager Mark C. Mason, Director of Finance October 15, 1999 FEMA Recap The City filed requests for reimbursement for Debris Removal, Emergency Overtime and Preparation, along with five damage claims to City property. Following is a summary of the City s efforts regar& g FEMA recovery from overtime and/or damage sustained in the wake of Hurricane Floyd. Project Damage Insurance FEMA City Actual Description Costs Reimb. Recovery Costs Debris Removal Emergency Prep Indian River Drive Right-of-Way Erosion Compound Storage Shed Golf Course Damages (Cart Barn, Irrigation Box Cart Shed, Bulletin Board) Yacht Club Finger Piers Yacht Club Pier $ 3,207.25 $ 0 $ 3,099.77 $ 107.48' $ 9,246.90 $ 0 $ 7,477.09 $ 1,769.81 * $ 3,083.33 $ 0 $ 3,083.33 $ 0 $13,586.00 $13,086.00 $ 500.00 $ 0 $ 4,520.00 $ 4,020.00 $ 500.00 $ 0 $ 3,500.00 $ 0 $ 3,500.00 $ 0 $35,918.00 $ 0 $35,918.00 $ 0 Totals $73,061.48 $17,106.00 $54.078.19 $ 1.877.29 100% 23.4% 74.0% 2.6% The asterisk (*) under City Actual Costs reflects the 25% cost share to the City for overtime and fringe benefits associated with FEMA's standard practice of reimbursing 75% of overtime and fringe benefits associated with Emergency Preparation and Debris Rc~moval. Overall FEMA will reimburse the City 74% of total Damage Costs and when combined with the insurance reimbursement, total recovered costs represent 97.4% leaving the City to pickup up 2.6% of the costs incurred as a result Hurricane Floyd. 561778 7 NATI-,LaN I, ICCOLLU' ~$ Indian River County Board of County Commissioners Department of Emergency Services Total Pa~es----3 1 ~40 251:h Street, Vero Beach, Florida 32960 02 Hurricane Irene Atlantic Ocean ~ Caribbean Sea October 15, 1999 ~: 08:00~m F~: 75~h Wln~ ~d 25 ~es Fr~ C~Cer ~SZ~ ~T: Weaken ~=~sify ~ ~: 0c=ober 15,1999, 2:00~ G~lf Of MeXiCO Pacific Ocean Maintain 2. 3, 4. 6. 7. No Threat To Our Area. This Is The Last A~vtsory. Continue Monitoring. No Direct Threat At This T!~. Com~uteg Models Indicate A Possible Threat To Our Area. Continue To F~nitor Closely. Tropical Btozm/Hurric,,e Watch May Be Issued Wir~hin The Next 12-14 hours. Begin Personnel Notifications. Tropical Storm/Hurricane ga=chNas ~een Issu~ For In, an ~egin Preparer-ion For A~proaching Storm. Hurricane Warning Has Hae~ issued For Indian River a=ione Should ~e ~ushed To C~pletion. Tropical ~to~Hurrlcane Win~s Are Imminent. Increased Winds 3~h to 40mph are expecte~ in Hours. Oi~sion of Eme~genc~ ,~ca, Sewce~ S&7.&OOO ExL 217 Nathan B. McCollum, Emergency Man&g'~"--,*: Coordinator Division of Oi~sion ~ Division of S&7-80OO S62-2028 Ext.,M6 rd444 gJNCOM 224-1444 FAX (~1) .~7-g323 07:30 5617705 NATHAN MCCOI~U~ ES PAgE 03 HURRICRNE IRENE 82.2W 2%1N i~$RT ~ ~iFR]: 8 Ig'l HINOS.'GUSTS: ',.y FRI 5 AM RDU~ 8 FRN.~ 2 ?5/$6 MPH SPEED: ~0'/15/1999 07:38 5617705 N~,T"H~N NCCOI_L.IJIV "~'S P~,GE 04 * ......................... * S.,~ry Infor~ation * ............................. Storm: HURRICANE IRENE Time: FRI 5 AM DaR: 10/15/99 Adviso~ 8 Fils Refer~Ce$ 2 ~ent Posi=ion: 82.2W 24.1N Winds: ~5 ~H ~ts: 86 ~H S~: 9 ~H Selec~ Pro~bili~y: 22% Watch From: Watch To: I Dist~ce - 34 ~ot Win~ 2o Sel~=ed ~tion: 89 Z. Miles I Dlrec= Pa~ ~l~la~io~ S~ Cen=er ~ives: SAT 6 ~ (25 Ho~s ~ ~viso~) 34 ~ot Winds ~ive: ~I 3 ~ (10 Ho~s ~t~ Advise) Close~ ~in= of ~ ~lcula=ions (~A) C~'S ~A: 101 S, MI ON F~ 10 ~ (17 ~ ~T~ ~V.) 34 ~OT WI~S ON ~ 12 ~ [7 ~ ~ ~SORY) Average ~ror CPA: WI~ AVG ~OR, ~ CO~ ~ ON ~T 8 ~ (27 ~ ~T~ ADV. WI~ AVG ~OR 34 ~ WINDS ON ~I 9 ~ (4 ~ ~ * ................... * ~ess "P" to ~in= S~ Info~tton * .................