Resolution 221-1981
RESOLUTION 221
-1981
~HEREAS, the BOARD OF COUNTY CO~~1ISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA, has received an application from
Elsie M. Connell
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 is proposing the construction of a block seawall,
involving the backfilling of 50 cubic yards waterward of MEW and 50
cubic yards landward of MHW.
This seawall will be aligned with nearby seawalls which presently ex-
tend waterward slightly below MLW. Seawall construction will be by
hand and fill will be placed by backhoe. Turbidity screens will be
utilized during construction.
Length of this seawall will be 60 ft. (width of property). The width
of the seawall and backfill will be approximately 10-15 feet, beginning
at the eroded edge of the existing lot grade and extending to the off-
shore peripheral channel dropoff.
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The purpose of this project is to reclaim amd protect the applicant's
property.
The project site is located on the western side of SU~IDerland Key near
Kemp Channel within what is referred to as SUITIDerland Cove.
SUmIT,erland Cove has been extensively developed for single family resi-
dences with a network of inland man-made canals and a perimeter channel
which provides deep-water access for the residential community. Water-
ward of this deep perimeter channel, the depths shallow to two (2) ft.
or less. The benthic community over these flats is somewhat unstable
with patches of seagrasses and algaes. Because of this instability,
water transparency within Surnrnerland Cove is somewhat less than that
found elsewhere in the Keys.
In the more immediate vicinity of the applicant, development of the
waterfront lots alonq Carribean Drive is somehwere in the vicinity of
30 to 40 percent. It is likely that the spoil obtained from the dredg-
ing of the offshore perimeter channel was deposited along the existing
residential lots, forming erosion-prone marl shorelines.
As a whole, the shoreline in this area has undergone some erosion although
it is not nearly as severe as it could be due to an original Miami oolite
base, which is exposed below MHW, and a well-compacted limestone-marl
overburden.
Because of the absence of soft sediments along this shoreline, few
mangroves have become established. In general, the emergent shoreline
vegetation starts above the extreme high water line in the form of
transitional wetland species, which occupy only a narrow strip before
giving way to uplands.
The perimeter channel in this area is deep, box cut, and varies from
60-80 feet in width. The submergent shelf separating the present shore-
line from the perimeter channel averages 10-20 feet in width, with
limited floral stabilization.
The applicant's lot drops off abruptly at the erosion line to form an
approximately 15\ wide shelf. This shelf is above the high water mark
at the base of the upland dropoff and it is here that buttonwood
(Conocarpus erecta), small red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle), and
scattered black mangroves (Avicennia germinans) are found.
The normal intertidal zone of this shelf extends to about five feet
from where the shelf drops off into the channel. The basal composition
of this zone is that of compressed marl and loose limestone rubble.
The only significant benthic colonization here was in the form of
scattered green algaes (Batophora sp), which were observed out to the
edge of the shelf dropoff. --
From the point of dropping off, the perimeter channel extended another
+80 feet out.
Because of the relatively low productivity of the area to be filled, it
is felt that little biological loss will occur as a result of this
project. Similarly, because of the small degree of benthic stabiliza-
tion now existing over the area to be filled, it is felt that there will
be little or no loss of water quality due to filling and bulkheading as
proposed.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COlmTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the above Biological Assessment has been read
into the record and duly considered pursuant to Florida Statute 253.124
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~~ISSIONERS OF
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Mayor
(Seal)
Attest:
RA~P~ VI. V~~HnJ, CLERK
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d- Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY.
BY
Attom..... OffICe
SOARD 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 & Zonin(
(305) 294,4641
P,O. BOX Room 216 Wing 1:
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 V
2. Permit V--
3. Application for Permit V
4. Site Plan ~
5. Location Map ~
6. County Biologist Report ~
7. DER Assessment ~
8. Resolution V
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(~"~ PLA1'NING , BUILDING & ZONING DEPARTl1ENT PEronT
MON~CE i~ '::.. PEP~IT FOR EXCAVATION, THE DEPOSIT OF NO.
COUNTY \ ~L ' if
~~!~l FILL, OR STRUCTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE
WATERS OR WETLANDS OF MONROE COUNTY
1) Property Otmers name & mailing address 2) Date FOR DEPARTHENT USE ONLY ,\
Elsie M. Connell April 29, 1981
. 14 Elm Road Resolution No.
3) Phone number
Briar Cliff ~1anor , New York 10510 (914 ) Date: f.
762-0305 I
4) Contra~tor or agent's name, mailing address & phone number
Key Cology, Inc.
414 Simonton Street
Kev ~lest, Fla. 33040 (305) 294-8719
I 5) Legal description of property:
Summer land Key Cove
Section 11) Key f:umrrerland Subdivision Add. #6
Township 66 Lot 13 Block" 1
Range 28 Street, road or mile marker
. Carribbean Drive East
Volume of material:
dredged/excavated
filled deposited
n c.y.
waterward
of M.H.H.
o c.y.
landward
of l1.H.W.
50 c.y. 50 c.y.
waterward landward
of M.H.W. of M.H.W.
ZONING: RU-l
PURPOSE:
Cost of Permit
Esti~ated cost of Construction
Approved by
Chairman
BOARD,OF COUNTY COr~ISSIO~ERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
Biologist Comments - Restrictions or Special Conditions if any:
CODV in File
Date
Building Official
PLA~NI~~r., BUILDI!IG [. ZO~HNr. DEPARTHf '-ERHIT APPLlr.ATIO~;
FOR EXrAVATIO"1, THE DEPOSIT OF !.!.!:.!:., ...." STRUCTURAL
ACTIVITIES I:~ THE HATERS OR HETLAND OF HONROE COmny
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J) Phone number
MONROE
-cOUN"1"Y
1) Property owners naMe & mailinr address
Elsie M. Connell
14 El m Road
[3riar Cliff tlanor, New York 10510
Apri 1 21, 1931
(914) 762-0305
Ke y t Summerl and
Summerland Key Cove
S 11 h d 1 v 1 s ion, Add. #6
Lot,
13
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Street, road or mile marker,
Caribbean Drive East
7) ~ame,
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dredreu/excavated filled/deposited
o c . " . 0 c . y . 50 c . y . 50 c . v .
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ot 1l.li:l<!.J of >1.lI.H. 8rt:Q~lf~fT~ Clrn!1.W~rl-.
address & zip code of adjoining property o,vners whose prop~rty affronts
~JA.Y. Gail J. Belre Donna Robert and t1eredith Brown
Post Office Box 523 3632 S.W~ 7th Street
Summerland Key, Florida 33042 Miami, Florida 33135
volume of material:
8 a)
List other permits i~sued and/or applied for, include applicant's name, fOl
this site
N/A
b) If application has been suhmitted for this p~oject (or one similar) in the
past, explain reason for ne'" application and give applicant's name if
different from current applicant.
N/A
'.I) List all Federal and State ar-encies that have received applications for this
proj ect. State of Florida; DER
Corps of Engineers
Thi~ completed ~pplication form wilt be Accomp~nied by the following, or it will
NOT Be processed.
a) Two (2) sets of drRwings, on 8~ x 11 p~per, showing locntion, plot plan, top view
and cro~~ ~ection of oroposnl, drawn to scnle.
b) Applic:\tion proces~ing fee as follows::
$25.00 for dredge, fill, docks OR ~ny structure~ affronting natural wAter bodies,
$10.00 for vertic~l ~eawalls on man-mnde bodies of wnter.
$25.00 for nny combination of the above nctivitie~ per qite.
ror Departnent Use Onlv/
Application is hereby made for A permit to 1uthorize the nctivities described herein.
I certify that I am familiar with the information contained in this applicntion, and
to the best of my knowledge & belief such information is true, complete & nccurate.
I f~rther 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 with
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, stnte o~ federal law
regulating construction or performance of construction of this type of facility..
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~~S.oo Elsie t1. Con'nell
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Fee (. receipt If
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June 9, 19m
(15. Teryl h. Kranzer
Dept. of Environmental Regulation
3201 Golf Course Boulevard
Punta Gorda, Florida 33950
r Dear Terri:
RE: Els'ie ,\1. Connell; 44-42434-5E (SL~;lmerland Key)
It a~pears that we have placed the location of Mrs. Connell's
seawall on the wrong property. In actuality, lot 13 is located
next door, to the southeast.
~Je apologize foY' this error, and ~ope the normal processing procedure
will not be interrupted. Please note that all dimensions, etc., will
remai n the same.
Since re 1 y ,
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Randa'l V. Brown
Environmental Planner
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CC: Cindy Shalley; COE, Jacksonville
LBober't Denn is; t~on roe County
Elsie t.t Connell
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PURPOSE: Recl aim and\Protect Upl ~z. PROPOSED SEA~JALL WITH BACKFILL
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ADJACEtJT PROPERTY OWNERS: - 10
1. Gail J. Belre Don~a
2. Robert and Meredith Brown
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UUTY OF: Monroe
STA~orida
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TO;S ~ .FORM
3397
LITHO IN
DEPARTMENTAL CORRESPONDENCE
DATE Jl1ne 1 ~, 108]
Su BJECT r" -n~, n 1 , ~ 1";".: ~ (;1 :'11\1:1 1 ,
To
Benr Heinl:an Pi rc c tor
E Po. vir 0 n"l e n t ill
Robert Denmis Biologist
DEP'T Plannin13, Builc.1inf'; and :'::oning
FROM
DEP'T Plannin~, 1uildinr, and Zoninr;
LEGAL
THSP GGS, RGE 2RE, SECT 35,
Lot 13, Surnrnerland Key Cove
Adi1ition), SUT'lmerland Key.
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Zoninr:
H1T'lOnTTCTION:
This apTllicatioll is to b0. revieH~d by tile Joard of County
Cm:11'1issioncrs i!1. acco"danr.e ~~ith C:la;>tcr 19-111 (Il) (5) of the
-to;troe County C0r12.
DISCUS~Io;r:
A I1 '11 i c ,1 n t pro p 0 ~ e '" t 0 con G t r u c t <1 G n ft. Ion g b 1 0 c ; ~ sea H Q 11
alan:; l1cr uatcr::ront pro~8rty :1buttil1g Sumnerland Cove. The
s8D.'imll uill con~l';;ct to and ali~n i-iith an e:dstin?, seawall to the
saut~l~~st 3.:1(~ be ~.bout 10 ft. "Jatcr~']nr(l o~ tIle ?!"cscnt :f111'; line.
Appl:"o~~i~l:ltely Ion c.y. of hac1:fi11 \vill be required.
A rl i Gens s ion 0 f tile biota presen t and a des cript ion 0 f t;1e
ar"~a i::; ]1rnvid0G in the attac:1(~d Depnrtneat of Environmental
Re~ulntion report.
P,JRPOSE:
To rcelain ~rodec1 1:1'1:1 and protect property fron future
erosioa.
r.:VALU:\TIO:~:
~o lo~~-tcrm adverse enviro~ncntnl inpacts are expected as
" result oE this proje~t.
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ArMY CO::::'P3 <:n,l .)~partm:~:1t of E:1viroanc~atal J.cr;ulotion permits
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3201 GOLF COURSE BOULEVARD
PUNTA GORDA. FLORIDA 33950
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STATE OF FLORIDA
BOB GRAHAM
GOVERNOR
JACOB D. VARN
SECRETARY
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION
SOUTH FLORIDA BRANCH OFFICE
June 5, 1981
.-Elsie Connell
.C/O KeyCology
414 Simonton Street
Key West, Florida 33040
Re: Monroe Co., File No. 44-42434-5E
Seawall
Dear Ms. Connell:
As we advised you on May 7, 1981 , your application is
incomplete without local approval, pursuant to Section 253.124,
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 ". . .shall 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 to 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,
CJ~~ ,1- try-
Terri A. Kranzer
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Enclosure
DER :orm 17-1.122(50)
C02WELL, ELSIE
if44-42434-5E
Nonroe County - Summer land Key
Page Two
1'- The applicant is proposing the construction of a block seawall,
involving the backfilling of 50 cubic yards watenvard' of MHW
and 50 cubic yards landward of ~ll1w.
This seawall will be aligned with nearby seawalls which presently
extend waterward slightly below ~~l]. Seawall construction will
be by hand and fill will be placed by backhoe. Turbidity screens
~will be utilized during construction.
Length of this seawall 1.vill be 60 ft. (-.;vidth of property). The
width of the seawall and backfill will be approximately 10-15
feet, beginning at the eroded edge of the existing lot grade and
extending to the offshore peripheral channel dropoff.
The purpose of this project is to reclaim and protedthe applicant's
property.
B. The project site is located on the western side of Summer land Key
near Kemp Channel within what is referred to as Surnmerland Cove.
Summerland Cove has been extensively developed for single family
residences with a network of inland man-made canals and a perimeter
channel which provides deep-water access for the residential
community. Watenvard of this deep perimeter channel, the depths
shallow to two (2) feet or less. The benthic community over these
flats is somewhat unstable with patches of seagrasses and algaes.
Because of this instability, water transparency within Summerland
Cove is somewhat less than that found elsewhere in the Keys.
In the more immediate vicinity of the applicant, development of
the waterfront lots along Carribean Drive is somewhere in the
vicinity of 30 to 40 percent. It is likely that the spoil obtained
from the dredging of the offshore perimeter channel was deposited
along the existing residential lots, forming erosion-prone marl
shorelines.
As a whole, the shoreline in this area has undergone some erosion,
although it is not nearly as severe as it could be due to an
original niami oolite base, Hhich is exposE';d below 1.rnH, and a well-
compacted limestone-marl overburden.
Because of the absence of soft sediments along this shoreline, fe-.;v
mangroves have become established. In general, the emer8ent
shoreline vegetation starts above the extreme high vlater line in
the fOrD of transitional Vletland species, Hhich occupy only a
narrow strip before giving way to uplands.
COrWELL, ELS IE
ff44-42434-sE
Honroc County - Summerland Key
Page Three
The perimeter channel in this area is deep, box cut, and varies
from 60-80 feet in width. The submergent shelf sepErating the
present shoreline from the perimeter channel averages 10-20
feet in width, with limited floral stabilization.
C. The applicant's lot drops off abruptly at the erosion line to form
-an approximately 15' wide shelf. This shelf is above the high
water mark at the base of the upla~d dropoff and it is here that
buttonwood (Conocarpus erecta), smdll red mangroves (Rhizophora
mangle), and scattered black mangroves (Avicennia ger@inans) are
found.
The normal intertidal zone of this shelf extends to about five
feet from where the shelf drops off into the channel. The basal
composition of this zone is that of comp~essed marl and loose
limestone rubble. The only significant benthic colonization here
was in the form of scattered green algaes (Batophora sp), which
were observed out to the edge of the shelf dropoff.
From the point of dropping off, the perimeter channel extended
another +80 feet out.
D. Because of the relatively low productivity of the area to be filled,
it is felt that little biological loss will occur as a result of
this project. Similarly, because of the small degree of benthic
stabilization now existing over the area to be filled, it is felt
that there will be little or no loss of water quality due to filling
and bulkheading as proposed.