Resolution 220-1981
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RESOLUTION NO. 220 -1981
~!HEREAS, the BAORD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA, has received an application from Joseph McCutcheon
and
WHEREAS, in compliance with State Statute, it is necessary
as part of the permitting procedure to read the following Biological
Assessment into the Record, as follows:
The Applicant proposes the construction of 165 lineal feet
of vertical concrete seawall at mean low water. In addition, nine
cubic yards of riprap will be placed at the seawall toe. In all, 75
cubic yards of backfill will be utilized.
The seawall will be installed from a barge and the riprap will he
placed by hand. All materials will be brought to the site by truck.
Turbidity screens will be used.
The purpose of the seawall is to prevent further erosion of the property.
The project area was originally low, mangrove-dominated wetlands with
shallow tidal creeks before being dredged and filled for residential
develepment during the 1950's anc 1960's.
The canal bordering the applicant's property was dredged from wetlands
during this period. It connects at either of its ends to partially
artificial 'lakes', which at one time occurred naturally (at a shallower
depth and with a more meandered shoreline). Depth of this artificial
canal is unknown although it appears to be at least -8 feet at MLW.
Because of the soft marl sediments which were d~edged up here and
which now line most of the canal shoreline, red mangroves (Rhizophora
mangle) have become established along much of this shoreline. Some
of these mangroves have attained surprisingly substantial heights,
considering the relatively short period of time since they have been
here.
Flamingo Island is relatively undeveloped, although a good many of
the lots on the opposite shoreline of the applicant have been developed.
The applicant's property is presently under construction. Newly placed
fill from the upland portion of the lot has been pushed to within
five feet of the high water mark. From this point down, where man-
groves presumably grew at one time, concrete and small boulder riprap
has been placed.
Several red mangroves remain along this property, below MHW. Other
than these mangroves, the narrow shelf (average of ten feet wide) off-
shore supports little in the way of biological productivity ( in terms
of biomass). Some green alo.aes (Batophora sp.) were observed along
this shelf along with several transitional wetland plant species
slightly above MHW. The species observed were sediments along this
shoreline are soft marl. Because of poor water circulation within
this canal system and because of the soft marl sediments, water clarity
is somewhat poor here.
The only significant impact of concern here is the removal of established
mangroves and the subsequent loss of an effective upland filter, de-
trital source, and hurricane buffer. It is felt, however, that the
stabilization realized from the seawall may prevent excessive tur-
bidity and siltation caused from shoreline erosion in the immediate area.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY C01'1MISSIONERS OF ~,1QNROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the above Biological Assessment has been read
into the record and duly considered pursuant to Florida Statute
253.125 by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida,
this
28th
day of
July
, 19 81
at a
regularly scheduled meeting.
BOARD OF COUNTY CO~1ISSIONERS OF
HONROE~TY, FLORIDA
By ~M~5~.oi~
(Seal)
Attest: E CLERK
RALPH \V. \VUi ,
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BY
BOAI'm. Of COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Wilhelmina Harvey, District 1
Curt Blair, District 2
Mayor Protem Jerry Hernandez, Jr., District 3
MAYOR George E. Dolezal, District 4
Ken Sorensen, District 5
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OFFICE OF:
Henry F. Weinkam, Director
Building, Planning & Zoninc
(305) 294.4641
P.O. BOX Room 216 Wing r:
Public Service Building
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Monroe County Legal Department
Key West, Florida 33040
I, the undersigned, do hereby attest that all date
and information is complete in the package of the applicant
as follows:
1. Certificate of Complete Enclosures ~-
2. Permit ~
3. Application for Permit ~
4. Site Plan V
5. Location Map ~
6. County Biologist Report ~
7. DER Assessment ~
8. Resolution
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, PLA11HNG , BUILDING & ZONING DEPARTNENT PEmUT
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f?. .~ PEr~IIT FOR EXCAVATION, THE DEPOSIT OF NO.
COUNTY \~[ ;.1 FILL, OR STRUCTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE
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-, ~:: WATERS OR HETLANDS OF HONROE COUNTY
1) Property owners name & mailing address 2) Date FOR DEPA...~THENT USE m1LY
Joseph McCutcheon March 18, 1981 Resolution No.
'Post Office Box 415 3) Phone number
t-1arathon, Florida 33050 (305) Date:
743-2343
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Contractor or agent's name, mailing address & phone number
Key Cology, Incorporated
I 414 Simonton Street
Key West, Florida 33040 (305) 294-8719
I 5) Legal description of property:
Section 15 Key Marathon Subdivision Flamingo Island Estates
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Tm,"Ilship 66 Lot 26 Block 1
Range 32
Zoning RU-I-M
Volume of material:
Street, road or mile marker
CODa D'Ora
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dredged/excavated
o c.y.
waterward
of M.H.H.
o c.y.
landward
of H.H.W.
filled deposited
Rip-rap 9
35 c.y. 40 c.y.
waterward landward
of M.H.H. of M.H.H.
ZONING:
PURPOSE:
Cost of Permit
Esti~ated cost of Construction
Approved by
Chairman
BOARD OF COmITY COff-lISSImmRS
OF i-lONROE COUt-;TY, FLORIDA
Biologist Comments - Restrictions or Special Conditions if any:
COD V in File
Date
EuilJing Official
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"DT ANNINr" BUILDInG & zo:nNG DEPART!IENT PERMIT M)I':"=CATIQ~;
t EXCAVATIO'l, THE DEPOSIT OF !..!.!:!:' 0 HJCTURAL
ACT I V I TIE S I:i T II E h' ATE R S 0 R l'; E T LAN D 0 F 1'1 v" ROE CO U ~n y
1) 'Property owners name & mnilinp address
Joseph McCutcheon
Post Office 30x 415
Marathon, Florida 33050
2) On t e
3) Phone number
r1arch 18, 1981
(305) 743-2343
4) Contractor or agent's name, mailinp, address, phone & certification number.
KeyCology, Incorporated c
414 Simonton Street
Key West, Florida 33040 (305) 294-8719
5) Le?,al descri?tion of property:
Section, 15
To~mship, 66
Key,
Marathon
Flamingo Island
Subdivision, Estates
Lot,
26
Block, 1
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(if acreage)
121/ -j -"M I3P
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road or mile marker,
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volume of material:
6) Describe the proposed activity, methods of constr~tion & amount of material
(in cubic yarns), to be. excavated or discharr,ed. Iescribe purpose & intended
use of project.
Construct 165 lineal foot concrete bulkhead at mean low water, with 75 cubic yards limerock
backfill. Nine cubic yards of rip-rap to be placed at toe of seawall. Purpose is to prevent
further e:osion along shoreline.of man-made canal system. t1aterials brought to site via
truck. F~ll spread by dozer; rlp-rap placed by hand; seawall installed from barge. Turbidity
screens wlll be used. dredr,ed/excavated filled/deposited
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owners whose prop~rty affronts
7) Name,
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~.;rat~T\ra?jd-' "lalld\olard
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address & zip code of adjoining property
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Thomas O. and Lois V. Sayer
610 35th Street, Ocean
Marathon, Florida 33050
Martin J. and Carolyn D. Skok
412 North State Street
Elgin, Illinois 60120
8 a) List other permits issued and/or applied for, include applicant's name, for
this site
N/A
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If application has been submitted for this project (or one similar) in the
past, explain reason for new application and give applicant's name if
different from current applicant.
N/A
9) List all Federal and State agencies that have received applications for this
proj ect. State of Florida; DER
Army Corps of Engi neers
This completed ~pplic~tion form will be accompanied by the following, or it will
NOT Be processed.
a) Two (2) sets of drawings, on 8~ x 11 p~per, showing location, plot plan, top view
and cross section of proposal, drawn to scale.
b) App1ic~tion processing fee as follows~
$25.00 for dredge, fill, docks OR any structures affronting natural water bodies.
$10.00 for verticnl seawalls on man-made bodies of water.
$25.00 for any combination of the above activities per site.
A 1ication is hereby made for a permit to ~uthorize the activities described herein.
IP~ertify that I am familiar with the information contained in this applicntion, and
to the best of my knowledge & belief such inform~tion is true, complete & ~ccurate.
I further certify that I possess the authority to undertake the proposed activities..
All provisions of laws and ordinances governing this type of work will be complied wlth . I
whether soecified herein or not. The granting of a permit does not presume to give
authority' to violate or cancel the provisions of any county, state or federal law
regula ti ng cons truction or pe rformance of cons truc tion ,of this t'ype of faSi 11 ty.,.
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PURPOSE: Prevent Further Erosion
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ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS:
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TWSP 66S, RGE32E, SECT 15, Block I
Lot 16, flaminr,o Island Estates,
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LrfRO:JUCTION:
Thisapplic8tion i~ to be reviewed by the Board of County
COl1lmissioners in accor(~ancc ~dth Chapter 19-1ll(a) (5) of the
Honroc County Code.
:JISCUSSION:
Applicant proposes to construct a 165 linear foot concrete
bulk:lead along his canal-front property. The :Je<l\Jall \.,i1l be
placed alonB the mean low water line and will require
approximately 75 c.y. of b<lckfill. In addition, 9 c.y. of
rip-rap bnlllders will be placed at t~e toe of the seawall.
A discussion of the biota pr~sent <lnd a description of the
area is providerl in the attached Department of Environmental
Regulation report.
PUJ.I'OSE:
To reclaim eroded land and protect property from future
erosion.
EV ALUA TIO'J:
10 adverse, long-t~rrn environmental impacts are expected as a
re::;ult of t~lis pro.i~ct.
IlEC()'rIElr)ATION:
.\pproval.
NOTZS:
Army Corps nnd Departncnt of Eavironmeatal ~c~ulation permit3
requir~d.
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3201 GOLF COURSE BOULEVARD
PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA 33950
BOB GRAHAM
GOVERNOR
JACOB D. VARN
SECRETARY
STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION
SOUTH FLORIDA BRANCH OFFICE
June 2, 1981
Joseph McCutcheon
clo Key Cology, Inc.
414 Simonton Street
Key West, Florida 33040
Re: Monroe County, File No.
44-42258-SE, Seawall,
Rip-Rap
Dear Mr. McCutcheon:
As we advised you on May 6, 1981 , your application is
incomplete without local approval, pursuant to Section 253.l24,
Florida Statutes, for filling waterward of the existing mean/
ordinary high water line.
Please submit the enclosed copy of our biological comments
together with your permit application to the Board of County
Commissioners/City Councilor their authorized permitting
authority. Section 253.124, Florida Statutes, states that the
county commission/city council ". . .sha11 have in hand the
(biological) report and findings thereof." It further states,
"The report shall be read into the record and duly considered
at the same meeting at which the board of county commissioners
or other authorized body takes final action on the application
for permit."
You will need ~o obtain a copy of the minutes of the meeting
or an appropriate indication of the local approval. This
letter, resolution or copy of the minutes should be sent to
this office. Your application will remain incomplete without
valid local approval. If you have any questions concerning
this procedure, please contact us.
Sincerely,
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Enclosure
Richard W. Cantrell,
Dredge & Fill Supervisor
DER Fo~ 17-1.122(50)
McCUTCHEON, JOSEPH
tt44-42258-5E
Honroe County - Harathon
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A. The applicant is proposing the construction of 165 lineal feet
of vertical concrete seawall at mean low water. In addition,
nine cubic yards of riprap will be placed at the seawall toe.
In all, 75 cubi~ yards of backfill will be utilized.
The seawall will be installed from a ,barge and the rl.prap will be
placed by hand. All materials will be brought to the site by
- truck. Turbidity screens will be used.
The purpose of the seawall is to prevent further erosion of the
property.
B. The project area was originally low, mangrove-dominated wetlands
with shallow tidal creeks before being. dredged and filled for
residential development during the 1950's and 60's.
The canal bordering the applicant's property was dredged from
wetlands during this period. It connects at either of its ends
to partially artificial "lakes", ,which at one time occurred
naturally (at a shallower depth and with a more meandered shoreline).
Depth of this artificial canal is unknown although it appears to ~'
be at least -8 feet at MLW.
Because of the soft marl sediments which were dredged up here and
which now line most of the canal shoreline, red mangroves
(Rhizophora mangle) have become established along much of this
shoreline. Some of these mangroves have attained surprisingly
substantial heights, considering the relatively short period of
time since they have been here.
Flamingo Island is relatively undeveloped, although a good many
of the lots on the opposite shoreline of the applicant have been
developed.
C. The applicant I s property is presf:ntly under construction. Newly
placed fill from the upland portion of the lot has been pushed to
within five feet of the high water mark. From this point down,
where mangroves presumably grew at one time, concrete and small
boulder riprap has been placed.
Several red mangroves remain along this property, below !~~. Other
than these mangroves, the narro\~ shelf (average of ten feet wide)
offshore supports little in the way of biological productivity
(in terms of biomass). Some green algaEs (Batouhora ~) were
observed along this shelf along with several transitional wetland
plant species slightly above ~rnw. The species observed were
McCUTCHEON, JOSEPH
#44-42258-5E
Monroe County - Marathon
Page Three
buttonwood (Conocarpus erecta) and sea daisy (Borrichia sp.).
Sediments along this shoreline are soft marl. Because of poor
water circulation within this canal system and becc,use of the soft
marl sediments, water clarity is somewhat poor here.
D. The only significa~t impact-of concern here is the removal of
established mangroves and the subsequent loss of an effective
upland filter, detrital source, and hurricane buffer. It is
felt, however, -that the stabilization realized from the seawall
may prevent excessive turbidity and siltation caused from shore-
line erosion in the immediate area.