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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11012011NRB AgendaCTY F HOME OF PELICAN ISLAND 1225 Main Street, Sebastian, FL 32958 (772) 589-5330 Phone (772) 589-5570 Fax AGENDA NATURAL RESOURCES BOARD REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1st, 2011 6:00 P.M. "To improve the quality of life in Sebastian by nurturing the balanced relationship between our citizens and our environment by protecting, preserving and promoting our natural resources" 1. CALL TO ORDER: 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: 3. ROLL CALL: 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: October 4, 2011 regular meeting. 5. PRESENTATIONS: Charles Johnson, FDEP Clean Marina Program 6 PUBLIC INPUT: 7. OLD BUSINESS: A. Earth Day 2012 — set date of Saturday, April 21st or 28th B. Measuring of Bald Cypress in Sebastian Buffer Preserve 8. NEW BUSINESS: 9. MEMBER MATTERS: 10. STAFF MATTERS: 11. ADJOURNMENT: ANY PERSON WHO DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE ON THE ABOVE MATTERS, WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH APPEAL IS TO BE HEARD. SAID APPEAL MUST BE FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE DATE OF ACTION. (286.0105 F. S). IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA), ANYONE WHO NEEDS SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THIS MEETING SHOULD CONTACT THE CITY'S ADA COORDINATOR AT (407)- 589 -5330 AT LEAST 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING. TWO OR MORE ELECTED OFFICIALS MAYBE IN ATTENDANCE. HOME OF PELICAN ISLAND NATURAL RESOURCES BOARD MINUTES TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2011 - 6:00 P.M. City Council Chamber, 1225 Main Street, Sebastian 1. Chairperson Graves called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. 2. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. 3. ROLL CALL: Present: Robin Graves - Chair Albert Alvarez Eric Spokas — Vice Chair Ann Lucier Lori Bender Hank Kriss Jane Schnee Gilbert Gordian Jr. Staff Present: Ginny Sieferd, Board Liaison and Donna Cyr, Recording Secretary 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: September 6, 2011 Regular meeting MOTION by Mr. Alvarez and SECOND by Ms. Graves to approve the September 6th, 2011 minutes as written, motion carried. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: September 22, 2011 Field Trip MOTION by Ms. Graves and SECOND by Mr. Spokas to approve the September 22nd, 2011 minutes as written, motion carried. 5. ANNOUNCEMENTS: No announcements. 6. PUBLIC INPUT: No public input. 7. OLD BUSINESS: A. Recap Island Cleanup on Saturday, September 17th, 2011: Ms. Graves felt that the island cleanup was a success. She thanked Mr. Gordian for the use of his boat. Ms. Graves also asked members to try to find other boats for use during the cleanups. The group picked up a lot of trash on the islands IR1, IR9 & IR10 as well as along the shoreline at Main Street. Natural Resources Board Meeting October 4, 2011 Page Two B. Friends of St. Sebastian River "Family Fun Under the Sun" event on October 22nd at Friendship Park: Ms. Graves will finalize the clues for the letterboxing. The board will set out the box the morning of the event. Mr. Spokas and Ms. Bender will be out of town on that weekend but everyone else said that will be at the event. Ms. Graves recommended working in shifts because it's going to be a long day. Mr. Gordian suggested identifying and tagging trees for educational purposes. He will work on this. Ms. Cyr was asked to secure a table from the City for the event. Members will bring their own chairs. The set up will be around the pavilion area in Friendship Park. Ms. Graves passed out a couple flyers (see attached) as handouts for the event. It was decided that instead of having a lot of flyers at the table there will be a master book and website addresses on where the information can be found. There will be a few flyers in case people do ask for them. Ms. Schnee said she would copy the flyer she had on Phosphorous in the I. R. Lagoon. Mr. Spokas mentioned having a flyer on recycling. He also said if we could pull together a schedule of monthly speakers for display at our table that would be good. Mr. Gordian is going to put together a poster to promote the Natural Resources Board for the table as well as a banner. Ms. Sieferd has some foam poster board that she will give to Mr. Gordian, she also will get him an easel. Ms. Cyr will request shirts for members that don't have them. Mr. Spokas will circulate the flyers of this event on the campus of IRSC. Ms. Bender will also circulate the flyer. C. Confirm Speakers for meetings: Ms. Graves will confirm with Charles Johnson of Clean Marina Program that he will be the November speaker. Ms. Graves will ask Mr. Johnson if he needs any special equipment for his presentation. Mr. Spokas is working with Kathy Hill, I.R. Lagoon, National Estuary Program, about speaking in December. Mr. Bamlet, Florida Forest Service, will be speaking at the January 2012 meeting. There was discussion on advertising of the speakers. The board secretary will get a slide on channel 25 and on the website. Mr. Spokas will do some work on publicity of the speakers. Ms. Schnee has a list of places that she has spoken with for advertising. Ms. Graves has been asked to speak at the Parks & Recreation meeting at the end of October. She would like to speak on letterboxing in the City parks and show the power point presentation that she gave the Council. She would love some moral support at the meeting. D. Earth Day 2012 — Set Date: The board was disappointed that Earth Day couldn't be on the same day as the Easter Egg Hunt because another group had reserved the park. Ms. Cyr was asked to see if the Craft Club would be using the whole park and if they would be willing to share the event. If there was a problem with this, the available dates would be Saturday, April 21st (Earth Day) and 28th. It was decided after the last Earth Day we would not need the stage. 8. NEW BUSINESS: No new business. 9. MEMBER MATTERS: Mr. Alvarez asked about board appointments. with Ms. Howe resigning couldn't Mr. Gordian be moved up from alternate to regular member. Ms. Graves said that Mr. Gordian needed to let the Council know that he was interested. Ms. Cyr recommended that Mr. Gordian contact Ms. Williams in the City Clerks office, she is the board coordinator. Natural Resources Board Meeting October 4, 2011 Page Three Ms. Schnee said that Trish Adams approached her about a bald cypress tree on State owned property in Sebastian. She would like to have the tree measured for Champion Tree status. Ms. Schnee said she didn't see anywhere that a tree on public property couldn't be measured. Ms. Graves asked who the award would be issued to. The tree is located in the gated community of San Sebastian Springs. It is part of the Sebastian Buffer Preserve. After some discussion, it was decided to do some more research on the status and location of the tree. Ms. Schnee will find out exactly were the tree is located and let the board know. 10. STAFF MATTERS: No staff matters. 11. Being no further business, Ms. Graves adjourned the meeting at 6:55 p.m. Natural Resources Chairperson Signature Date